I'm pissed... Every year you put the Nutcracker Sweet on Netflix and I have the enjoyment of watching my favorite three movies around this time of the year. However, now I have to settle with A Christmas Carol and White Christmas without the Nutcracker Sweet. And instead I have to settle with Tory Spelling pretending to sing, "sing" her heart out to Christmas cheer my heart!? No... No... No....
Anyway... I'm just going on record to say Krampus saved my year as a new addition to my Holiday Movie Trifecta. Movie review, here we go!
Krampus, as the name implies is a movie about Krampus. Shock and Aw... However, the real story is thinly laid out on an idiot plot. Krampus comes to town to take everything. Unlike the father of giving, i.e. Saint Nicholas.
Anyway, we have the usual Christmas story line of a family welcoming their relatives for the season which means EVERYONE has there own way of celebrating. Well, little Johnny, after some harassment from his cousins decides to wish they (his family) all went away. Low and behold like the goblin's from Labyrinth. That's all Krampus needed to get the ball rolling.
So a big cloud hangs over the house. A typical Michigan storm takes hold and we get to see the goat-man demon of Christmas. However, he's not as prominent in the movie. A lot of Krampus' henchmen being demented toys and 'evil elfs' come to torment little Johnny and his family. Via snatching them up one by one.
By the time everyone is snatched by Krampus he gives little Johnny a little bell with his call sign on it. Leaving the boy in a winter storm after taking everything away from him. Well, the movie, kinda sorta ended on that note and the wife and I are like, "That's the movie!?" Nope, the final act is the boy trying to explain to Krampus all he wanted was a 'Normal Christmas' the way it used to be. There's all of one second of negotiating with Krampus. Which I don't know why, but I had a moment of feeling more for the evil Krampus. He's just doing his job. Apparently it's not good enough. Thus the movie ends. Ends in a 'was it all just a dream' sequence which proved to be flawed just moments later.
The movie is atmospheric. Filled with cliche characters. However, not filled so much to the brim of cliche characters, life choices and idiot plot we, the audience, are neglected of a horror film Christmas style. Ya'know? Any case, the movie ends with a satisfyingly. I'll go on record to say a reimagining of what would have happened if Jack Skelington tried to be Saint Nicholas was totally used in this film. With finally a healthy dose of jump scares which I would expect coming from the same director and writer of "Trick 'r Treat."
Anyway... I'm just going on record to say Krampus saved my year as a new addition to my Holiday Movie Trifecta. Movie review, here we go!
Krampus, as the name implies is a movie about Krampus. Shock and Aw... However, the real story is thinly laid out on an idiot plot. Krampus comes to town to take everything. Unlike the father of giving, i.e. Saint Nicholas.
Anyway, we have the usual Christmas story line of a family welcoming their relatives for the season which means EVERYONE has there own way of celebrating. Well, little Johnny, after some harassment from his cousins decides to wish they (his family) all went away. Low and behold like the goblin's from Labyrinth. That's all Krampus needed to get the ball rolling.
So a big cloud hangs over the house. A typical Michigan storm takes hold and we get to see the goat-man demon of Christmas. However, he's not as prominent in the movie. A lot of Krampus' henchmen being demented toys and 'evil elfs' come to torment little Johnny and his family. Via snatching them up one by one.
By the time everyone is snatched by Krampus he gives little Johnny a little bell with his call sign on it. Leaving the boy in a winter storm after taking everything away from him. Well, the movie, kinda sorta ended on that note and the wife and I are like, "That's the movie!?" Nope, the final act is the boy trying to explain to Krampus all he wanted was a 'Normal Christmas' the way it used to be. There's all of one second of negotiating with Krampus. Which I don't know why, but I had a moment of feeling more for the evil Krampus. He's just doing his job. Apparently it's not good enough. Thus the movie ends. Ends in a 'was it all just a dream' sequence which proved to be flawed just moments later.
The movie is atmospheric. Filled with cliche characters. However, not filled so much to the brim of cliche characters, life choices and idiot plot we, the audience, are neglected of a horror film Christmas style. Ya'know? Any case, the movie ends with a satisfyingly. I'll go on record to say a reimagining of what would have happened if Jack Skelington tried to be Saint Nicholas was totally used in this film. With finally a healthy dose of jump scares which I would expect coming from the same director and writer of "Trick 'r Treat."
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