“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?” (IMDB)
Director/Writer: Jason
Hull; Starring: Jay
Dobyns, Paul
Ferm, Andrew
Ferrick, Bill
Oberst Jr.,et.
al.
Santa's evil brother is a sick twisted
dude. Almost as bad as accused child killer Brian Hatt. Both of which
are reasons why you should always be good, for goodness sakes!
Krampus: The Christmas Devil is
a many faceted little Christmas tale that pits a former bad boy that
should have been drowned by Krampus against not only Santa's evil
twin but a brilliantly played accused child rapist bent on revenge
against the cop that busted him (gloriously played by Bill Oberst
Jr.). Jeremy's obsession is a lot less tangible than the Brian's but
their outcome is pretty much the same and added an interesting
duality to the child punishing duo. That much said, this was a great
story with amazing potential. Admittedly I became much less
interested in Jeremy wrestling his demons with an insane monster like
Brian Hatt running around (is there anyway he could get his own
movie?). But this was a fun movie that did a great job blowing the
concept of Krampus out of proportions and comparing it to the true
horror of reality. By the way, Santa Clause is no angel, this movie
makes it totally clear he expects his evil brother to do his job and
rid the world of all the bad kids. Sorry kids, Santa is a bastard,
deal with it.
There were a few really good twists,
including the cops taking care of their own. The soundtrack is dead
on awesome, adding to the 80's slasher cinematic feel and texture. A
few of these actors should look familiar, especially the old cops and
bartender. All in all, though it may be unfair to compare to it to
Santa's Slay or Rare Exports, its nice to see an actual
Krampus story!
Farewell from the
beasts and I,
J.P.
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