Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)

Sadly Over-hyped

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

KRAMPUS: THE CHRISTMAS DEVIL is another slice of indie trash cashing in on the now-popular Krampus legend. The story is about a bald cop with a sinister past who investigates the recurrence of a number of missing children cases and soon finds that there might be a supernatural explanation. I had high hopes for this story's plot, but in the end it turns out to be another boring exercise in torture porn tedium, with bad acting throughout and below-par production values. Indie regular Bill Oberst Jr. is the best thing in this but has little to do.

'Love Actually' and 'Die Hard' literally scream 'Christmas', and It's time to start another tradition... Strap yourselves in for 'Krampus: The Christmas Devil'.Look this is a bad film, but not a terrible one. Most of the major crimes are committed from behind the camera and in the editing suite, but the script and story arc are more sensible than an IMDb rating of 1.7 might suggest.While sitting through all 88 minutes can be an exercise in frustration (so many of the film's issues could have easily been solved with a little more patience), the scene- sealers include some bewbs, a ranting Santa, and some strangely provocative flannelette Minnie Mouse pyjamas. True, the dialogue occasionally feels like Sorkin ripped through Google Translate, and the soundtrack is influenced by Trent Reznor and out-of-tune radios, but there have been worse crimes committed in the name of cinematic art with much greater resources and certainly higher pretensions.There are even outtakes during the closing credits - just to demonstrate the hilarity behind the process. If nothing else, it's clear DirectorJason Hull and the rest of the crew had fun making 'Krampus: The Christmas Devil'. Maybe you should just enjoy watching it.

My first year student film in college was better than this turd, for which there isn't enough polish in the world to even give a glimmer. An old college buddy of mine actually made a little spoof/mockumentary about asshats who get a camera and a budget and have NO idea what the hell they're doing. It's really funny if you're a filmmaker, lots of in jokes, free, and DEFINITELY better entertainment than this pile of manure:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wBKVNO22gc1-10 Ratings: =========Dialogue = 0 (lines don't even make sense sometimes, like when the two cops are talking to each other in the police station, it's like they just mined the cheesiest dialogue from the worst cop movies ever made)Plot = 0 (I've seen 2 other Krampus movies, and I STILL don't know what the hell THIS story is about)Acting = 0 (your grandmother can act better than any one of these talentless hacks)Cinematography = 0 (non-existent, doubt the "filmmaker" even knows the meaning of the word)Costumes = 0 (I think my 8 year old nephew could come up with a better costume than this on a budget of $10 at the Dollar Store)OVERALL = 0 (staring at a bucket of water with a ruler in it to measure condensation would be more fun, I'd take 12 inches of evaporation over the torture of the 1 hour and 20 minutes I just endured)

Seems several indie companies are trying to get ahead (or profit from) the release of the upcoming big-budgeted "Krampus," so they have managed to produce one bowel movement after another. The other review I read of this piece of garbage kinda' says it all: you'll have to go some distance to find ANY movie that's worse than this one. It seems Krampus only comes around on Christmas Eve. He has until Midnight to do his dirty work, i.e. collecting all the BAD boys and girls who have misbehaved before Christmas. He then finds them, puts them in a gunny sack, and does various and sundry things to them. Why the naked girl with huge boobs was in his lair still has me scratching my head, but I digress.Where on earth do people get funding for this garbage? If you want to do a movie about a demon who's (get this) Santa Clause's brother, can't you find an interesting plot line somewhere along the way? Could you at least have them at loggerheads over what one of them is doing? Not here. Santa Clause is shown ogling the naked woman with big boobs before he manages to cop a feel. What a wonderful message to any kid who might see this: Guess what, honey? Santa Clause is really a foul-mouthed pervert.This s*it stain of a movie is awful, and if IMDb had a "zero" star rating, this would certainly get one. Rated "R" and not recommended for children or pre-teens. This is trash, pure and simple.