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Krampus

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Adam Scott

Toni Collette

David Koechner

Allison Tolman

Conchata Ferrell

Emjay Anthony

Stefania LaVie Owen

Krista Stadler

Lolo Owen

Queenie Samuel

Maverick Flack

Sage Hunefeld

Leith Towers

Curtis Vowell

Luke Hawker

Seth Green

Breehn Burns

Justin Roiland

Brett Beattie

Mark Atkin

Amy Brighton

Trevor Bau

Ravi Narayan

Felicity Hamill

Sophie Gannon

Kelly Lily Marie

Clare Odell

Gareth Ruck

Ivy George

Collin Dean

Pascal Ackerman

Skye Broberg

Jessie Carson

Gideon Emery

Sean Foot

Michael Dougherty

John Axelrad

Zach Shields

Todd Casey

Jules O'Loughlin

Alex Garcia

Thomas Tull

Fabiano Petroni

Keith O'Hara

Ben Rowsell

Cathy Sandrich Gelfond

Marten Coombe

Kevin Andrew Smith

Mark Paterson

Chloe Feodoroff

John Morris

Ross Riege

Jon Jashni

Miranda Rivers

Oliver Hug

Shaun Friedberg

Alan Wilson

Mathieu Baptista

Kate Caldwell

Drew Nielsen

Brendon Durey

Dan Charbit

Kelly Oxford

Jules Cook

Margaret Yen

Christoph Roth

Karen Vassar Triest

Philip Beckner

Brinsley Compton

Andrew 'A.J.' Johnson

Alistair Kay

Jesse Kobayashi

Richard Muller

Bob Buck

Vanessa Younger

Kristin Voumard

Danny Bergeron

Peter Afterman

Michael Aerni

Sven Harens

Neil Mayo

Steve Unwin

Paul Bercovitch

Tony Lamberti

Ben Baudhuin

Sebastien Racine

Davina Lamont

Paul Booth

Amanda Mackey

Daniel M. Stillman

Douglas Pipes

Pamela Harvey-White

Daniel Birt

Adrian Hebron

Danny Williams

Shaun Bolton

Rodney Cook

Phred Palmer

Marko Anttonen

Greg Gilbert

Aaron Sims

Michele Perry

Guy Campbell

Leanne Hoare

Elizabeth McCarthy

Stephen Crene

Peter Skarratt

Dion Hartley

Gerard Maher

Natasha Lees

Hannah Goldblatt

Philip Maldonado

Ian Barton

Melissa Ririnui

Dan Horton

Jason William Clarke

Tyler Kemp

Jim Marsden

Kate Thurston

Jack Binding

Steven Saunders

Christopher Alex Menges

Daniel McGraw

Francisco Cubas

Hamish Drummond

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> A creepy Christmas tale of a family.

Probably no one would have anticipated it, this is a surprise movie, especially being an anti-Christmas theme. Possibly the one last time I enjoyed was a Finnish film called 'Rare Export', that's the name came in my mind after watching this. I also could not believe this rated PG13, well it differs in other countries. Of course, there are plenty of intensified frightening scenes, even for the adults, but no gores. The violence parts were well edited/shot, yet it makes sure they're still part of the story without showing them. I think it was a smart filmmaking keeping in mind the family audience. So in the end, I guess it paid off well.

I did not know the plot, as well as a few words that referred in the movie. But while watching it, I was worried about the graphics, because this is not a big budget film. Even the cast was not from the top league. Overall, it achieved a good result, that's the point. There are no major flaws as well, and the small ones can be easily ignorable. Because on the other side the movie provides a good suspenseful entertainment that makes you not to move the body or the eyeballs. After I'm saying all these, you should at least consider giving it a shot. But remember there's no story in it, it was constructed on a panic situation during the heavy blizzard when one after another begin to disappear.

7/10

A mixed bag.

<em>'Krampus'</em> has a lot of potential, based on the dark themes we see. However, unfortunately, it dumbs itself down in festive family gathering melodrama. I also didn't rate the ending that much, not that it's bad per se - it's just meh to me.

Adam Scott is alright in the role of Tom, though is bettered by Toni Collette as Sarah; albeit minorly. The most interesting character is Krista Stadler's Omi, though they don't delve as deeply into her as I expected/wanted. Elsewhere, David Koechner's character, Howard, is kinda lame, but Koechner himself is solid. Of the younger actors, Emjay Anthony (Max) and Stefania LaVie Owen (Beth) are OK.

It does do positive things. Some of the tension building is good, even if their eventual pay-offs are a little underwhelming. The antagonists look cool, especially the gingerbread men and the jack-in-the-box. It works Xmas music vibes into the score well, also.

Nothing terrible, but it didn't work out all that enjoyably for me personally.

Heard some good things about this rendition of the forklore and while not bad with some funny moments and a decent cast, I wasn't totally enamored with this one. The effects were alright and the horror elements were fine, but never really was fully engaged. I don't know, not exactly a horror Christmas classic and not much desire to revisit anytime soon. **3.25/5**

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