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Krampus: The Christmas Devil
USA 2013
produced by
Jason Hull, A.J. Leslie (executive), Darin Foltz (executive), Steve Dorth (associate), Matt Chassin (associate), Seth Metoyer (associate) for Snowdog Studio
directed by Jason Hull
starring Bill Oberst jr, Richard Goteri, A.J. Leslie, Michael Mili, Jay Dobyns, Erica Soto, Jeremy Sidun, Brad Weaver, Paul Ferm, Samantha Hoepfl, Angelina Leigh, Annette Lawless, Brian Patterson, John Marazza, Andrew Ferrick, Mark Hensel, Mike Merrell, Jared Sidun, Benny Weaver, Emily Kessler, Darin Foltz, Matthew Siman
written by Jason Hull with A.J. Leslie, Darin Foltz, music by Aaron Forsyth, Krampus costume by Dustin Austen, Krista Austen
Krampus, Santa Claus
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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30 years ago, when he was still a little boy, Jeremy (A.J. Leslie) got
abducted by someone ... or something, and he's sure it was the Krampus
(Brad Weaver), a demon from Alpine folklore, who accompanies Santa Claus
(Paul Ferm) on his tour through the country, and while Santa gives to the
good kids, the Krampus sacks the naughty ones. Jeremy has escaped from the
Krampus (if it was him), but he was the only naughty kid in town who did.
Of course, nobody would believe his Krampus-story ... Now: Jeremy has
since become a cop, and only a few days before Christmas, someone has come
to the city on a killing spree, killing naughty children. Now Krampus or
not, Jeremy does notice the similarities between his own abduction and the
current killings. So he and two colleagues (Jay Dobyns, Jeremy Sidun) set
out to capture the killer ... who they soon find out is indeed the
Krampus, as he's impervious to bullets, has superhuman strength, and seems
to be able to appear and disappear at will. The Krampus captures Jeremy
and his partners, but while the others die horrible deaths, Jeremy manages
to escape - only become something of a scapegoat at headquarters, someone
who has abandoned his partners and is now free to be bullied. And thus he
becomes the cause of a barroom brawl, him against a bunch of men who were
his friends until yesterday. And if it wasn't for the chief of police
(Richard Goteri), he would have been killed as well. Though getting
involved in a barroom brawl is the last thing he can use right now, as his
wife (Erica Soto) and daughter (Samantha Hoepfl) are in mortal danger, as
they've been taken hostage by a man (Bill Oberst jr) whom Jeremy has put
behind bars 10 years ago, but who has been released on a technicality -
and now he wants his revenge. So will Jeremy make it home in time? And
what about the Krampus? After Jeremy has escaped him twice, he has put his
daughter's name at the top of his list ... Krampus: The
Christmas Devil is and enjoyably eccentric genre movie that smoothly
shifts from slasher movie to cop drama to hostage thriller and back again
without ever missing a beat or boring its audience. Sure, several
questions are left unexplained, like how come the Krampus and Santa are
terrorizing a city, but then again, it works at least for the duration of
the movie and creates suspense rather than to derive from it by means of
long-winded explanations. And add to this a well paced directorial effort,
a competent ensemble cast, mostly practical effects and a creepy Krampus
outfit, and you've got yourself a nice piece of horror cinema.
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