2015 · horror · comedy · fantasy
Krampus
Directed by Michael Dougherty1h 38m2015
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max 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.
Our read: Krampus (2015) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal horror · comedy · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured horror / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
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How Krampus feels to watch.
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“You want anti-Christmas horror-comedy with creature chaos and a nasty sting.”
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