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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013) Review Revisted


“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)





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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