2013 · horror · action · thriller
Krampus: The Christmas Devil
Directed by Jason Hull1h 23m2013
Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current time searching for his kidnapper as a child. After other children begin missing, Jeremy pieces together the truth and realizes that his childhood kidnapper could be a creature of ancient yuletide lore, Krampus, who is the brother of St. Nick, and punisher of children who perform acts of unspeakable evil without repercussion. Can Jeremy kill Krampus and prevent more missing children?
Our read: Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive horror · action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / action, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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