Note: Spoiler Alerts Throughout
In a last minute outing, I caught the new holiday movie
Krampus at Regal Cinemas 16. The opening scene of this movie alone was worth
the price of admission and in fact, the best part of the movie. While there were some visually interesting aspects throughout,
overall Krampus was a disappointment. Picture Tremors meets The Gremlins meets almost
every holiday family comedy you can think of where “family” gets together in
spite of disliking one another immensely. Add evil elves, deranged gingerbread
cookies, an animated deviation from the visual style and an idiot that sends
the poor dog into the air shaft to attack a massive jack-in-the box and you have
a mess of a movie. Sadly, this could have been good with the Alpine Folklore at
the heart of this story but it wasn’t. The
only thing that made the film watchable was the cast who delivered excellent performances
and carried a completely weak story.
