7/14/2023 0 Comments Krampus 2015 streamcloudKrampus makes one big, ultimately fatal error ![]() So why doesn't this movie work? There's one simple reason. ![]() Dougherty also comes up with some visually inventive moments - like a flashback told in Rankin/Bass stop-motion style.Īnd finally, setting a horror film in a blizzard is just a great notion, which leads to some very scary sequences. Plus, the design of Krampus himself and his twisted, Christmassy helpers (who take the form of monstrous gingerbread cookies, toys, and elves) is really great, and director Michael Dougherty does a nice job of revealing Krampus very, very gradually throughout the film. When one little boy tosses his letter to Santa out the window, having lost all belief in the guy in the red suit, his wish is seemingly answered by a giant blizzard, some creepy snowmen, and a ghastly silhouette that races atop nearby rooftops. Plus, they're played by fine, funny actors, like Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, and Allison Tolman.įrom there, Krampus lays out a pretty good human conflict for a Christmas movie - this family is at each other's throats. Sure, they might seem ripped from political email forwards (the uptight Blue Staters versus the crude and crass Red Staters), but we all have That Family Member we don't want to see at the holidays, and in bringing many of them together for the holidays, Krampus has found a lean and mean way of getting to that idea. ![]() It starts by setting up believable, interesting characters. On paper, the movie does everything right.
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