Krampus (2015)

A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a festive demon to his family home.

Director:

Michael Dougherty

Writers:

Todd Casey, Michael Dougherty

Stars:

Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner

4 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emjay Anthony	...	Max
Adam Scott	...	Tom
Toni Collette	...	Sarah
Stefania LaVie Owen	...	Beth
Krista Stadler	...	Omi
Conchata Ferrell	...	Aunt Dorothy
Allison Tolman	...	Linda
David Koechner	...	Howard
Maverick Flack	...	Howie, Jr
Queenie Samuel	...	Jordan
Lolo Owen	...	Stevie
Sage Hunefeld	...	Baby Chrissy
Leith Towers	...	Derek
Curtis Vowell	...	DHL Man
Luke Hawker	...	Krampus

Storyline

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family's home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

krampus | christmas | christmas horror | holiday | child in peril | 

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Taglines:

...Is Coming To Town

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of horror violence/terror, language and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

4 December 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Krampus: El terror de la Navidad

Filming Locations:

Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,293,325, 6 December 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$42,592,530, 10 January 2016

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$61,788,393, 31 December 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Legendary Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Syon Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1 Datasat Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Composer Douglas Pipes described his music as a "collection of twisted Christmas carols, with pagan thrown in." He incorporated the sounds of chains, bells, bones and animal skin drums into the score, and had choirs chant and whisper in different tongues.

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Goofs

Tom's plan to use the snow plow is flawed. It has been sitting with its lights on for over 24 hours by the time they get to it. The battery would of been dead by then.

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Quotes

Omi: Like he had for thousands of years, Krampus came not to reward, but to punish. Not to give, but to take.

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Crazy Credits

A vast number of photos and Christmas cards can be seen together with the end credits.

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Connections

References Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011)

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Soundtracks

Up on the House Top (Ho! Ho! Ho!)
Written by Benjamin Russell Hanby (uncredited)
Arranged by Carl Cotner
Performed by Gene Autry
Courtesy of Gene Autry Entertainment

User Reviews

Good actual horror.

Since no one written a review its on me i guess.

I really Enjoyed the Movie so sorry if i don't really have much negative to say.

The Good:

-Scary scenes are actually scary. (suspence build up pretty well, i liked seeing the "Monster" which I usually dislike in other Horror Movies)

-Krampus is pretty accurate. (And Scary)

-Additions to the old myth are either working well or are too funny to not include.

-Brings the world closer to the real old Christmas we "enjoy" in central Europe.

-Funny half of the movie working well.

-Scary half works perfectly fine.

-Overall pretty good contrast to the rest of the commercial holiday.

The Bad:

-Maybe a little slow on the start.

-Maybe overall a bit too harsh for some viewers. (but no blood or overuse of the F Word, but still pretty scary but the closer the end the more serious it gets with less comedy)

The cinema was pretty much enjoying it some people hated it i guess. But i felt it was quite good and had a good evening.

I would say overall if i wanted to watch Krampus in the very beginning, which i didn't intend to, i would be happy with the actual Movie.

It Keeps its Promises and does very well what it intends to do. Don't expect something like Tucker and Dale, Shawn of the Dead or Braindead more a mix of Jeepers Kreepers and and regular Christmas Comedy, but does this much better. (i disliked jeepers creepers and all this Christmas comedy but liked this)