Krampus

Krampus isn’t what I was dreaming of when the project was announced, but even the way it is, it’s not able to reach to the TOP. Which doesn’t mean that it is a bad movie. This time, Dougherty has done with Christmas the same he did a couple of years ago with Halloween, a nice and atmospheric horror comedy, where the humour, as well as the fear and the tension are effective in each of the sequences. But it’s just not completely outstanding in any way. If it’d stayed only with Krampus and his elves, it would have been better, IMHO. The living gifts are more or less cool, but the bloody living gingerbread men are already too much. And I was also surprised with how fast everything ends. In a only couple of minutes about half the characters are reduced in uninteresting ways, to the point that I felt as if the creators already wanted to get rid of them, but didn’t feel like writing another twenty minutes of script. 70% and I would love to see a gritty German Alpine prequel. (24/12/2015)

Right after watching the trailer, Krampus raised great expectations in me, but we all know that trailers are very much for effect, so you have to go to the cinema to see the film's qualities for yourself. I have to say that I got a very good Christmas movie with a memorable atmosphere, which in the end didn't really live up to the expectations raised by the trailer, but that didn't hurt at all. Krampus is definitely not your typical horror movie with lots of scares, ghosts and blood. It's more of a black comedy of sorts, leaving you feeling that Christmas can be anything but a "holiday of peace and quiet", as all the characters in the film find out the hard way. I was intrigued by the make-up effects and the portrayal of the monsters, including the terrifying creature from hell, and I liked the imaginative insertion of an animated insert that illuminated Krampus' story. As a Germanist, I also cheered with joy at the German (or Austrian, who knows) doll, who, next to the spirited auntie, was my favourite of all the characters. All in all, a solidly made Christmas horror comedy that will stay in my mind for a long time thanks to its strengths and not least thanks to the totally unexpected ending, which left me with a rather unpleasant feeling – what losing faith and hope (here on a fantastical and cruel scale) can actually do. (11/12/2015)

I’d been looking forward to Krampus. The users here turned it into a legendary movie, which in the future will be an inseparable part of Christmas; they kept putting it into the same rank as Home Alone. By the way, the only thing this movie has in common with Home Alone is a couple of melodies in the score. Other than that, it’s worlds apart. You see Krampus alternates between a fairy-tale atmosphere and a regular horror movie in the vein of Nightmare on Elm Street. Nevertheless, I do admit that the film had a couple of really interesting moments. For instance, the opening scene in the mall, which is totally awesome or the cartoon part, which tells the story of the grandma, who had met Krampus when she was little. By the way, it looked almost as if it was made by Tim Burton himself. The rest is a classical slasher movie, where you’re actually not sure whether it’s a comedy (the constantly drunk grandma and her catchphrases, or the three gingerbread guys who are alive) or a horror movie (Krampus, who isn’t actually seen much in this one, and his elven minions). (15/12/2015)

The story of the movie "Krampus: Get Lost" is perhaps a bit simple, but it is packed with quite an action-packed spectacle that can entertain you. It's something that won't scare you much, but it can captivate you as great fun. If you want to go to the movies for something that won't bore you, I think this is exactly the film you could watch. Plus, it also has that Christmas family spirit. (07/04/2016)

If Krampus was even more comedic, and I don't care if in the black-humorous style of the skirmish in the attic or the Griswold Christmas break style in which it began, I'd like it even more. Even so, from my point of view, it is a very pleasant surprise, which is able to entertain and tantalize, but it could do without those few annoying, more serious minutes promoting family values. I was probably most pleased by the special effects - with the exception of bloodthirsty gingerbread, not too much digital magic is happening here, but rather good old-fashioned puppets and animatronics. And it all looks great! (18/02/2018)