Film Review: Krampus

 Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Cert: 15 cert

Director: Michael Dougherty 

Screen writer: Todd Casey (written by) Michael Dougherty (written by) Zach Shields  

Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collette , David Koechner , Allison Tolman , Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony , Stefania LaVie Owen, Krista Stadler , Mark Atkin , Trevor Bau , Brett Beattie , Breehn Burns , Gideon Emery , Maverick Flack , Sophie Gannon.

Running time:  1h 38 min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity:

• man and woman kiss for about 2 seconds. Nothing bad just a quick kiss.

• A mother is concerned that her daughter is late returning from her boyfriend's house, her tone and phrasing imply that she's afraid they may be in bed. However we never see the girl and boy together.

• No nudity or sexual content.

• Violence & Gore: A man gets bitten on the leg (off-screen but very frightening). Some blood is shown later. The same character gets shot with a nail gun; there is a little blood. The same man is shot through the leg, and we see the wound.

• A young kid is eaten alive by a jack-in-the-box toy

• Some of the evil creatures are stabbed and shot with a shotgun. They ooze green gooey "blood" Not graphic looks like slime

Profanity: 

• The film contains,hell 5 times but used only for religious purposes and 2 assholes .

• A character apologizes for thinking of his brother in law as a "JACKASS"

• Other mild humor played for humor

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:

• A character jokes about having a hangover.

• A character makes a peppermint drink with alcohol in it, and then shares it with one of the children. Meant to be funny.

• A man pours alcohol into his coffee cup.

• A girl on skype is talking to her boyfriend who shows her a Christmas-themed bong, then tries to convince her to come over.

• A girl says how her mom is using a prescription drug "like candy".

Frightening/Intense Scenes:

• The film contains several sequences where characters are faced with threatening situations and commit moderate violence.

• For example, when the adults are attacked by menacing-looking toys, they manage to fend off the assault through the use of an axe, a knife and a shotgun.

• The sense of threat is heightened by the toys gruesome appearance, where they bare features such as sharp teeth and claws.

• There is a scene where a young girl is eaten alive by one of the toys

• Parental Guidance strongly recommended for people aged 11 and Higher. as its a 11 rated film nobody under that would be admitted

Story: 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.

Likes : First of all great written story to really tell the nightmare story of krampus, If you compare this to other film of this theme, none of them have actually captured it right apart from this one.

I want to see this at the cinema but i thought it would be just another horrible low budget film so i waited for it to come out on dvd. apoun watch this film im pleasantly surprised this was actually good.

I love the style of the way they've made this film which is actually done right, we get a full back ground of what krampus is & what he does when the christmas spirit dies it kind of a frightening concept with a ice cold chill with this story.

It kind of like the gremlins concept yet with a christmas nightmare theme with thing you would normal see on christmas but turn into nightmarish creatures, with some funny results, as there are scene despite the film being horror you kind of find yourself laughing your head off at certain bits throughout the film.

although the film does have some funny scene there is a balance between this as it does still hold some chilling scenes that put a chill down your spine, but unfortunately it not scarey scarey it more weird & funny type of horror but i can see this being a cult classic for sure.

When it comes to the background story of the grandmothers past its brilliant done in a animation style flashback which is pretty dark & chilling to think about, but it add the story which is cool because it give the film some background on which to set up the scene perfect that come after.

The acting performance from Adam Scott , Toni Collette , David Koechner , Allison Tolman , Krista Stadler & Emjay Anthony really made the film convince, David Koechner being a comedy actor really did well with some funny scenes.

All in all this is a pretty good told story of krampus is actually the best one ive seen in awhile, this is a film you really have to watch, you will get a laugh out of this film as well as a great story, the way it end leaves you baffled for a second but then you get this Jeeper creepers ending style which is brilliant done.

Dislikes : I think the film was missing some opportunities where there could of been other people as involved fighting for the lives but as it is this is a cool film as it was.

Overall : Great story telling, funny moments with some chilling moments.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 8 out of 10 for story telling