GoldenJCJ

American Dad is the first thing that popped into my mind upon seeing the thread title.

One thing I really like about American Dad is they never have traditional Christmas specials. They're always dark, violent, Christmas tales. Santa and the Smiths don't have a very good relationship.

jacob_b

Yup. I believe they helped make it blow up. That's how I know of this legend.

maxfisher

Have you seen it or are you just basing that off a preview? I thought it was pretty clear that the whole point of the movie was that the real Santa was actually Krampus. He was a giant monster with horns that wanted to punish evil children and eat them. A quick google search looks like that's the commonly held understanding, including by the distributor of the film in the US.

RichC2

The American Dad "Rapture's Delight" episode is one of the few TV episodes I wish was a full movie, loved that stuff But yeah, their Christmas tales are always something special.

Trevor

Sweet! I was going from limited searches not showing any mention of Krampus. I'm not sure if I even saw it yet.

dsa_shea

We have Rare Exports at the house. A strange movie it is but not all that memorable.

Premise

(2013)

Why So Blu?

Seeing Krampus in about an hour.

Why So Blu?

This was not that bad. Had some great stuff but the coverart sucks balls.

Why So Blu?

Just got back from this and boy was it a dark as fuck flick. Yeah, it had its cheesy moments but the level of darkness and violence more than made up for it and the Krampus character looked fucking awesome.

No, it was not better than Trick R Treat but that's apples and oranges. The Blu-ray will be mine.

Rob V

So, in your opinion, is it ok for a 13 year old to see or is it too violent / gory? My daughter is bugging me to see it but this looks borderline Rated R based on the trailers I've seen.

Why So Blu?

Not gory, but violent. They do drop 1 f-bomb, as well, so that's skirting the rating.

I'd say sure, why not?

SethDLH

Loved it. Here's my review - http://celluloidterror.blogspot.com/...mpus-2015.html

Solid Snake

I saw it today. Fucking Hell. That was the way you make a movie. Jesus. So much horror type films suck shit but this had the backing of the studio to do what it did and just live in that world. Fuckin' A, motherfuckers.

So fucking good. The actors, the tone, and the unrelenting will to not back into falling into generic narrative results. Loved everything about it. It just felt so fully realized that it felt like a real world even w/ the humor in it. It just accepted it and went.

I'm fucking buying this BD.

spsimmons

Cannot wait to see this! I love the Krampus legend and have been waiting for a movie like this for a long time. Glad to see the positive reviews!

onebyone

I somehow missed this was from the director of Trick 'r Treat, or I wouldn't have been quite so surprised at how good it was. I was expecting it to be more goofy funny, but they played it pretty straight (all things considered) and really nailed it. The atmosphere was perfect, the tone was fun, and I loved all the creatures in the movie. A+ and adding it to my yearly Christmas movie list from here on out. Good times.


A lot of the violence is implied and not shown, so it's not really gory. There's no sex or anything, and just 1 f bomb that is used in an appropriate time. If she's not too sensitive to a few intense scenes, she should be ok.

asianxcore

Saw this tonight with one of my best friends.

I enjoyed it! I'll echo what has already been mentioned and say that I loved the tone, atmosphere and visual design of the creatures.

The only thing I would nitpick would be

I enjoyed that the writing really stuck to its guns and didn't fall into most generic Horror Pitfalls. I noticed that alone divided the large audience I saw it with.

Nice review! I was thinking the same thing that you mentioned in the review and was

Rob V

Thanks for the feedback

Why So Blu?

Quack

Loved it, will be rewatching every year. A+.

asianxcore

Is there an original cut or is that speculation?

From an interview with Dougherty, it sounds like something was cut out of the original draft in regards to his appearance. Something he hints at putting in a sequel.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/intervi...ael-dougherty/



I'll have to see it again to double check

Why So Blu?

Yeah, it's speculation on my part from what I was able to see. I expected Krampus

This design that they went with was more of a hybrid.

I really enjoyed the aspect of him being more practical, as were the evil elves, monsters, etc., than CGI. Krampus definitely had some weight and was physically there on the set. A lot of the people in screening let out gasps and "oh shits," because they didn't expect the character to have the speed he did. He was roof hopping and running, which was pretty scary in retrospect.

Why So Blu?

Here's the Michael Dougherty quote from that article:


I should also point out that there's a graphic novel that has 4-stories featuring Krampus. Whether his appearance is different in those I can't say, because I have not read it yet. I own it but have not gotten to it yet.

mdc3000

Why So Blu?

I'll go with that.