Krampus (film)
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| Directed by | Michael Dougherty |
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| Music by | Douglas Pipes |
| Cinematography | Jules O'Loughlin |
| Edited by | John Axelrad |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $61.5 million |
Krampus is a 2015 American Christmas comedy horror film based upon the eponymous character from Germanic folklore, directed by Michael Dougherty and written by Dougherty, Todd Casey, and Zach Shields. The film stars Adam Scott, Toni Collette, David Koechner, Allison Tolman, Conchata Ferrell, Emjay Anthony, Stefania LaVie Owen, and Krista Stadler. It was released in the United States on December 4, 2015, by Universal Pictures.
Three days before Christmas, the dysfunctional Engel family come together for the holidays. Max remains a firm believer in Santa Claus and intends on sending a letter to him. Amongst his family are his parents Tom and Sarah, his teenage sister Beth, his aunt and uncle Linda and Howard, their children Howie, Jr., twins Stevie and Jordan, and baby Chrissie, Sarah and Linda’s cantankerous aunt Dorothy, and Tom’s mother Omi, who speaks mostly in German.
Max wants to continue family traditions but tension between his relatives leads to them losing their Christmas spirit. The last straw comes when his cousins read out his letter to Santa, leading to a scuffle, and he then tears up the letter and throws it out the window. That night, a severe blizzard engulfs the town and causes a power outage. Beth ventures out to check on her boyfriend, but is chased by a large horned creature. Beth hides beneath a delivery truck, but the creature leaves a jack-in-the-box which is implied to attack and kill her following a monster coming out of the box.
Tom and Howard go to find Beth, reaching her boyfriend’s house but find it in ruin, with the chimney split open from the inside and large goat-like hoof prints in the house. Outside, the two are attacked by an unseen monster under the snow. They return home and board up the windows. Later, a large hook is lowered down the chimney, an attached living gingerbread man luring Howie, Jr., over to it and he is dragged back up the chimney. The family try to save him but fail.
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