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Agreed! It's always so off-putting as a German when i watch a Movie and they couldn't even bother to hire one of countless actual German Actors living in the USA. Also regarding the Movie. I come from Berchtesgaden here in Bavaria and here we celebrate Krampus and Perchtenlauf (Just youtube search "Perchtenlauf Berchtesgaden" to see what we do). I'm also one of the People who dresses up, it's a very old Tradition here. Basically the Perchten roam the Street in their Customs and chase Teenagers with a "Rute", which is a bundle of Sticks and hit them, in some cases if the Teenagers challenge you or are cocky we also wrestle them to the Ground/Throw them to the Ground. Regarding Krampus (which is connected to the Perchtenlauf) he can visit your Home (if the Parents ask for it) and then basically pretend to kidnap the Kid and bring it outside in the Woods (thats only done in small Villages around here) and then is left there. Obviously since the Parents know all about it, they followed from further away and then pick the scared Kid up and bring it home. Now i know that this seems horrible for People who didnt grow up with it, naturally, but it's a Tradition that also has it's Purpose. Happened to me to as a Kid because i took a little Money from my Grandparents instead of asking, all i can say is that after that Experience i never stole anything ever again. We also get many Tourists from the USA during that Time, many of them have completely different Expectations but in general enjoy the Perchtenlauf Prost and Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
@@chartreux1532 Hey man, i actually live pretty close to you near Rosenheim. I remember the Perchtenlauf in Wasserburg. I saw it with my grandmother as a kid and was terrified and began to crie XD Afterwards she bought me some treats though so it was all good :) A little scare makes you appreciate the good things in life even more i think.
@@chartreux1532 WTF, you actually beat teenagers? I'm German too and I also know the Perchten and Krampus tradition, but nobody ever got hurt and I think it's not okay to actually do this. Okay, there was one time when a Krampus in our school hit a 5th grader with a chain, but he got in so much trouble for it. They even considered cancelling the tradition at the school. I've also never heard of someone actually pretending to kidnap the kids and I also think that's not okay either. As a child, Krampus came to my home along with St. Nikolaus and that was so scary for me already. But he never actually beat me, it was just a threat and that was more than enough.
So the comic book adaptation confirmed that the snow globe is just how Krampus checks up on the families that he’s visited making sure that they still are being nice
That’s a little more reassuring yet still kinda scary as it means that they’re constantly in a sense of fear for all eternity out of fear of being sent to Hell
@@w1ndgeneral226 They did a comic tie-in for the movie that released a few weeks before the movie which is an anthology of stories that the director co-wrote. From what I've seen of it, it's supposed to explore more of how the movie's version of Krampus works.
I love how for the design of Krampus instead of the furry black monster usually associated with it, they decided to make it look like a decaying Santa Claus. It’s as if it’s a Santa that got all the Christmas spirit sucked out of it
IIRC, the Krampus was a demon Santa tamed and let out to eat the kids on the naughty list. He probably let it have a spare costume, and it decided to become a rotting reflection of Santa because demons love irony.
@@marquis911 It is indeed. I've seen a figurine they made of him, and through the open "Santa" mouth, you can see what looks like a second mouth with jagged, fang- like teeth.
His review didn't show it, but at the end where he opens a gift and finds the bell he was given by Krampus to remind him it all really happened is such a great dark parody of Polar Express. I love it!
I was going to mention this like how he comes down and it's the perfect Christmas morning and the family that was at each other's throats the night before is all happy and he thinks that everything that happened was a bad dream then he gets this present and he opens it and it's a bell just like the one krampus left the grandmother years ago and everyone sees the Bell and all the laughter and the smile stop and you can tell everyone just remember the night before and that it wasn't a dream and then the camera pulls away and shows the house in the snow globe in krampus his hand
Thats honestly the only thing that kinda takes the payoff outta this movie for me. I love the visuals, and even the dead face on his face is a cool touch, and it felt like they were gonna show his real face as the final reveal, but then didnt. The Krampus has a pretty intimidating kinda devilish goat face, you can even see his goat eyes sunken in under the mask.
Such an awesome movie. Just to add though, growing up in a bi-lingual family, talking to your grandparents in english and then answering in their native tongue and both sides understanding each other is absolutely normal
I can agree. My grandparents speak Spanish and I clearly understand what they’re saying but I still talk to them in English and they understand me too, then again they do also speak English very well. But basically we can both be speaking different languages and we’ll still understand each other perfectly.
100%- my family is German, and when I started learning her native tongue, my nana would speak to me exclusively in German. Since I didn’t fully know the language, the point was for me to pick up on things like context and words I actually understood to slowly get used to the language. I’d respond in German if I could, but it’s not like I’d get the Flammenwerfer if I responded in English.
She's great, but it's so awkward how she just keeps talking in German when nobody but the boy actually seems to understand it. She obviously speaks perfect English. Is she just being a dick?
@@MrHodoAstartes a lot of ppl are troubled speaking foreign language even if knows it perfectly. They need a lot of time to process sentences, correct themselves in mind before speaking, so for small talk they tend to use native language - just in order not think of every word. But if needed to, they easily can speak other languages, its just less convenient for them.
@@MrHodoAstartes I'm currently learning spanish, as an introvert, I plan to pretend like I don't know English when I don't feel like talking to people XD
Very beefy design, lot of visual weight behind it. They could have just used one of the skinnier Krampus designs, but this is more unique and impactful, I love it.
The whole "why is the grandmother speaking one language and the kid speaking another" thing is actually totally true to life. My son understands when my wife speaks Thai to him, but he refuses to reply back to her in Thai (kids!), so you end up with a conversation being held in two different languages.
Same, but with Spanish. My mom is fluent in both Spanish and English (Spanish being her first language), but I lost a lot of my Spanish as I grew up. I can understand it a lot better than I can speak it, however, so my mom will often speak to me in Spanish but I’ll always reply in English. (How my mom decides which language to use, I don’t know. Probably just whichever she feels like at the moment, lol.) Edit: This really only works if both parties understand the other’s language well enough. Point is, in the case of the movie, it’s still totally believable because we can see that the grandma understands English well, but she’s probably just more comfortable speaking German, and vice-versa for the kid. (As for why she doesn’t speak English when the other family’s around... I mean, she doesn’t like them, right? 😆 Can’t blame her for not wanting to put in the effort for them!)
Yeah this is very common especially if still learning the other language. When I lived in Japan, often I could hold a conversation with some people by speaking English to their Japanese and we'd both try to use English/Japanese at certain points to also help the comprehension. People are usually more comfortable speaking in their native language.
Yeah it's hard t otell which is scarier: something that tries to be scary and disturbing and succeeds at that or something intended to be cute and endearing and instead turns out scary and disturbing?
@@oceanberserker I kind of like it because I don't remember if it's in the movie or if I heard it somewhere else but I heard somebody referred to krampus as Santa's dark Shadow and how traditionally he follows behind Santa to punish the bad kids so him wearing a mask of a dead Santa fits in with the whole Santa dark shadow Santa's antithesis. Also some people on the comments are mentioning a comic that ties into the movie that's basically and anthology of other people who krampus tested and apparently that's not just a mask that is the face of a mall Santa krampus killed
The ending actually has an official answer. According to I’m pretty sure the writer of a graphic novel based on this movie (correct me if I’m wrong) said that Krampus gave them a second chance, he just would be keeping an eye on them.
Having read the comic myself, I can vouch for it, it confirms that the bell is a sign of those who lost the holiday spirit and a reminder to never lose it again, with the snow globes being the equivalent to however Santa is able to know when you've been a good kid or a little piece of shit that deserves that lump of coal in their stocking
The graphic novel sucked, no real horror and a soft ending to not scare anyone, the film ending was better as it left it up to interpretation as you can believe the family just walked away with a warning or doomed to hell.
This seems like a better ending as it makes the story have more of a point, with the sacrifice of the son saving everyone (hey! The actual Christmas Spirit!) otherwise it’s nihilistic nonsense. To bad the ending wasn’t more clear about it.
From what I can tell, the snowglobes at the end are a way for Krampus to spy on those he sparred. Which somewhat makes this movie less horrifying but still
As someone with a German Grandmother, I can confirm Krampus is a big part of European culture. I can also confirm my Grandmother scared the shit out of me with stories of what Krampus does to bad children around the holidays.
@@undead890 yeah, for me it was my cousins that terrified me with the story of Krampus. Looking back now, it's hilarious but back then I remember not being able to sleep when Christmas came.
A lot of movies have tackled it since this movie came out. Most of them are horrible low-budget cash-ins though except one called "Rare Imports". That one is really good.
@@undead890 In most parts of Germany Krampus isn't even a thing though. I first learned about it from this movie, and no one I asked in my family and social circles knew about the tradition.
I don't know how it is other places, but here in Norway people have tended to use these horrible Santa masks ever since the 60's, and they look absolutley terryfing! Krampus' mask is like an intentionally horrifying version of that and it really works with his agenda in the film. Speaking of the horrible norwegian Santa-masks, some friends of mine made a music video with a Killer Santa that uses such a mask. Search Haust - No Christmas if you're interested, but be warmed, there is more gore in the 3 minutes the video lasts than in this entire movie. XD
@@teddybearkiller5271 I don't think they've ever shown it. There's a Krampus statue that you can find pictures of online that show a close up of his face with the Santa "mask" and you can see his actual mouth underneath so you can kinda imagine what his face looks like.
Sooo, I'm German, and my grandma literally told me, Krampus would kidnap naughty kids in his bag... Every year St. Nikolaus would come to our house on Dec 6th with a Krampus (and sometimes an angel). But he didn't look as scary as in the movie. Krampus had chains with him and a rod/whip with which he is said to beat naughty children. Of course it was just a threat to scare kids, he never really hurt me. I was very scared as a kid, but the strange thing is, I was scared just as much of Nikolaus himself. Because he saw everything and would read out of a golden book, if I were naughty or nice the last year. Of course my parents told the guy some things in advance and in the end I always got little presents. (By the way, I think this tradition is rather common in Bavaria (in southern Germany) and Austria.)
I just love how demented yet festive this film is. Also, it was confirmed that Krampus uses the snow globes to keep an eye on the family so they won't lose the Christmas spirit again
@@patrickgowen324 I don't know what's more terrifying. Being trapped in an ironic hell or having Krampus watch you all year, waiting for you to mess up.
For a minute I thought you said "Australia" and I thought "Wow, they really are hardcore down there!" But Austria makes sense, and sounds friggin cool!
@@TheGuardDuck yeah from what I’ve heard (not a native Austrian but American) that they have a day every year where adults dress up as Krampus, and really just run around the street.
@@TheGuardDuck In Austria, Krampus is a kind of demon that comes in company with the Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Clause) in 5th/6th december. The original idea of Krampus was that he has to punish the nasty kids (while Nicholas rewards the nice kids), but today it is a kind of nice devil who brings sweets and small presents to all kids.
@@mithrandirlannister2230 So, it really _IS_ a nightmare before Christmas? Ever see that movie? The main character is actually trying to be nice, but he's from Halloween Town and thinks nice is to be scary, and he kidnaps Santa and takes his place.
This is actually one of my favorite holiday movies. I love how scary and silly it gets while still have good heart. The scene of grandma's backstory is my favorite
This movie has some of the best sound-design I have ever seen - or well, heard. It's criminal that this movie, like so many others, did not receive an award.
This is the kind of "Horror" movie you feel NOTHING for the people who get their come-uppance. (Except for the Grandma and Kid.) So that makes it really fun.
It was the opposite for me. We saw them at their very worst, but once the family was in danger, they came together and did everything in their power to keep each other safe and sane.
The "Pazuzu Mary Poppins" joke made me laugh hysterically then socially acceptable. Pazuzu outside of pop culture was the Assyrian god of the Western Wind, and the note flying through the air was absolutely perfect.
The perfect revenge for those Hallmark movies I was subjected to at the dinner table. I did make sure to clear up the ambiguous ending with everyone before we went to bed. It’s the holiday season, a time for being thoughtful and understanding, always keep that with you no matter what happens in the world, and Merry Christmas to all 🎄!
I’m a huge fan of folklore and mythology, and the Krampus is one of my all time favorites. I love how this film portrays him and how it does Christmas horror without turning into a typical slasher film that just happens to take place during Christmas. It’s a nice little break from the mushy sweetness of Christmas while still feeling like a Christmas movie.
I think that in the ending, everyone woke up thinking it was all a dream, but it was so life like they’re left scared even after it’s over so they all act happy and be extra nice. Whilst Krampus watches over them.
Interesting thought. I will add thinking when the kid apologized to Krampus I was grateful of the ad pause because it made think this: While the creatures were creepy and hilarious enough, I would have laughed so hard if that's all it took for it to go a happier ending. The one given was expected but still effective
I was kind of hoping this would happen: (Krampus descends from the chimney to drag the grandmother to hell, along with her family) He slowly walks up to her, his haunting face looking down apon her. His body covered in various devices of torture disguised as Christmas gifts, his horns scraping the ceiling, his massive body slithering closer. Grandma stand defiant, determined to save her doomed family. Krampus stops. He reaches slowly for his sack, tucked away in his cloak... "Stop" says the grandma. She pulls out a snickers candy bar. "Eat this. Your not you when your hungry" Krampus appears shocked at the audacity of this foolish mortal. Reluctantly, he takes the candy and pops it into his gaping mouth. "Better?" Santa Claus himself now stands there, Jolly a wholesome as ever. "Better" he says.
How bout... It's the most horrific time of the year. There'll be much decomposing and blood will be flowing throughout all your eaaaaaaaars. It's the most... *horrific time* of the yeeeeeeeaaaaaar!
@@jamesvanitas his most notable works I could find were the Original Modern Warfare, the Mass Effect Trilogy, God of War 3, Assassin’s Creed 3 and Halo 5 to name a few
17:05 one of the things i love about this movie is how demented they made the toys. Its like every single one of krampus’s toys are possessed by a Deadite from Evil Dead
It makes sense, Santa keeps an eye on everybody in the world to make sure they’re being nice and get to have presents so why shouldn’t Krampus do the same for all the people in the world. My only question is what the hell is wrong with Santa in this world if he’s allowing children to be murdered and sent to hell if they act bad whatever happened to giving them coal?
@@mrcritical6751 Technically the concept of Krampus came before the coal myth, so I guess Santa and/or God were always sadistic. That or the Germans really like to scare their children.
@@HB-fq9nn in the german folklore he was just a goat demon that kidnapped naughty children and beat them. Obviously this movie added a lot of new stuff to make it more horrific, I’d say that the original mythology made more sense as Santa allowing naughty children to be beaten makes more sense than letting them be murdered by gingerbread men and a demonic clown so they can be sent to hell
I'm surprised with how the covid been, that they haven't done a zoom meeting review of the unfriended movies, could legit stay home and do the review while referencing the movie (shot in skype) and current events, plus have a few cameos
I'm wondering if he will considering his review years ago. I know that was not a Nostalgia Critic review but with the one he gave years ago. If he comes. I'd be equally interested in the other one he gave in a similar way of If Fallows
The snowglobe concept could honestly be its own horror movie. Like a ground hogs day kind of thing where Christmas day keeps happening, and you’re the only sentient one there, heck after a few days you start to wonder if they’re you’re actual family. You go outside and try to open other people’s door but can’t. But eventually you do and it’s just a black void. And so you try to escape. Basically this could easily get a sequel. 😂
Honestly it does a great job satirizing consumerism from that particular time. With Amazon, I can't say that it has aged particularly well and people who weren't around during that time likely won't understand the experience of holiday shopping in the 90s. If it had stayed the course as a satire movie it would have been much better, but I'm guessing that it was the studio who wanted the slapstick family elements. The slapstick works to a point in satirizing consumerism and capitalism but the movie takes it a tad too far. Still great though and it deserves a second look.
Jingle All the Way (or Mission Julegave lit.: Mission Christmas Present as it's known here) is a heartwarming movie. I know Critic shits all over those kinds of heartwarming feel good movies, but I like em, as they are what I associate with christmas. In JAtW I like the highjinx that ensues when two grown ups fight to get their kid a rare toy, and how the kid who ends up getting it gives it away to the other kid. THAT is the true christmas spirit right there if you ask me, giving up something you really want, because the joy of seeing someone else happy is greater than your own desire for material goods.
I feel like Doug should be in charge of ALL advertising, because he always makes me want to buy whatever he peddles in these mid-video sponsor shoutouts 😂
I watched a behind the scenes blooper reel and during the attic scene there was Toni, Adam and Conchata were screaming in pure terror and crying then the SECOND they called cut the actors switched like THAT back to being normal and chill. AMAZING how everyone went all in with their acting
That design and reveal. Krampus looks so damn amazingly haunting and one of the many of the creative designs in the movie is what makes the movie so memorable for a great horror Christmas movie.
It reminds me of the designs of the Angels from Bayonetta. A hokey artificial appearance that is actually just ornate masking hiding a more alien biology underneath.
I like how the elves hug the jack-in-the-box monster. It's almost like they're comforting it as if it had witnessed a traumatic event, even though the monster itself was doing the traumatizing.
I loved this movie still to this day. As a child i was told the stories of Saint Nicholas and Krampus, and we held up even the traditions of Krampus night. Plus i still think the director did a good job at even with the whole pg13 rating, the monsters/minions are clever and how they get around r rating was fun. Not to mention the director is a favorite of mine.
@@alebree6983 You missed my point, I'm saying pop up ads or video ads I'm okay with. In video sponsor mentions I'm OK with, but mixing the two it's like it's too much.
@@alebree6983 Exactly, I'm by no means opposed to youtubers relying on sponsors or ad revenue. But when I watch 30 minutes of your content, and 5 minutes of it are ads of some sort, that means almost 20% of your content is comprised of ads. Add to this the video and pop up ads and it just becomes almost tiring and unpleasant to view.
Pretty sure the Snow globes are just like so he can keep watch on them. The Grandma experienced Krampus before so I feel like that’s a safe assumption.
This has become one of my favourite Christmas movies alongside Nightmare Before Christmas, Klaus and Christmas Carol. I can definitely see where Doug is coming from with how I’m able to look at the film in a positive light despite its flaws and being spread too thin in regards to tone. Mainly due to the acting, effects, and even the message on how the Christmas Spirit should be valued the most for when times are hard and things don’t always go the way you want them to (I think that can’t be said enough for Christmas this year)
This review got one legitimate 'burst out' laugh out of me: "She's like if Walmart was a person." No idea why that was the line that did it, but it so perfectly summed up so many people I've known over the years and this character.
The director of this movie also made "Trick 'r Treat". There was a deleted in which they show Sam's lollipop from that movie. Doug should review that film in the future. I honestly would like a sequel to this movie seeing Krampus targeting other people.
This channel has done every single ad or sponsorship right. Its in character, its funny and its well written. I never even feel like I'm watching an ad, I feel like I'm watching the same content.
3:41 I believe this is called a “bilingual conversation”. It’s when both parties are capable of speaking the same two languages, but prefer one over the other respectively and so they speak the preferred one. However, since they can both understand the same languages, there is zero issue with verbal or auditory communication.
18:56 actually, the director, Michael Dougherty, confirmed Krampus let them another chance but keep an eye on them by the bias of the snowglobbes in case they didn't learn the lesson.
honestly I thought Christoph Waltz talking about Krampus on Jimmy Fallon was what brought him on the map And if that's true I'm upset that he wasn't part of this movie
@@thedarkweeb1253 Exactly! I saw that inverview, which was taken two years or so before this movie came out and always thought, this was what initiated the idea!
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Really? Very interesting, didn’t know that
I loved this film
I like that they actually got an actress who speaks proper German and not somebody putting on an accent.
Glad there's something authentic and a very fictional story...
Yes!! Usually we get "Germans" like the two guys on Scrubs who talk complete nonsense that has nothing to do with the German language
Agreed! It's always so off-putting as a German when i watch a Movie and they couldn't even bother to hire one of countless actual German Actors living in the USA.
Also regarding the Movie. I come from Berchtesgaden here in Bavaria and here we celebrate Krampus and Perchtenlauf (Just youtube search "Perchtenlauf Berchtesgaden" to see what we do).
I'm also one of the People who dresses up, it's a very old Tradition here. Basically the Perchten roam the Street in their Customs and chase Teenagers with a "Rute", which is a bundle of Sticks and hit them, in some cases if the Teenagers challenge you or are cocky we also wrestle them to the Ground/Throw them to the Ground.
Regarding Krampus (which is connected to the Perchtenlauf) he can visit your Home (if the Parents ask for it) and then basically pretend to kidnap the Kid and bring it outside in the Woods (thats only done in small Villages around here) and then is left there. Obviously since the Parents know all about it, they followed from further away and then pick the scared Kid up and bring it home.
Now i know that this seems horrible for People who didnt grow up with it, naturally, but it's a Tradition that also has it's Purpose. Happened to me to as a Kid because i took a little Money from my Grandparents instead of asking, all i can say is that after that Experience i never stole anything ever again.
We also get many Tourists from the USA during that Time, many of them have completely different Expectations but in general enjoy the Perchtenlauf
Prost and Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
@@chartreux1532 Hey man, i actually live pretty close to you near Rosenheim. I remember the Perchtenlauf in Wasserburg. I saw it with my grandmother as a kid and was terrified and began to crie XD
Afterwards she bought me some treats though so it was all good :)
A little scare makes you appreciate the good things in life even more i think.
@@chartreux1532 WTF, you actually beat teenagers? I'm German too and I also know the Perchten and Krampus tradition, but nobody ever got hurt and I think it's not okay to actually do this. Okay, there was one time when a Krampus in our school hit a 5th grader with a chain, but he got in so much trouble for it. They even considered cancelling the tradition at the school. I've also never heard of someone actually pretending to kidnap the kids and I also think that's not okay either. As a child, Krampus came to my home along with St. Nikolaus and that was so scary for me already. But he never actually beat me, it was just a threat and that was more than enough.
So the comic book adaptation confirmed that the snow globe is just how Krampus checks up on the families that he’s visited making sure that they still are being nice
That’s a little more reassuring yet still kinda scary as it means that they’re constantly in a sense of fear for all eternity out of fear of being sent to Hell
What comic book?
@@w1ndgeneral226 They did a comic tie-in for the movie that released a few weeks before the movie which is an anthology of stories that the director co-wrote. From what I've seen of it, it's supposed to explore more of how the movie's version of Krampus works.
Thank you for tying it up
Yeah, but it's still confirmed through Omi that Krampus does also take people away. I wonder if the comic answers what happens to them.
I love how for the design of Krampus instead of the furry black monster usually associated with it, they decided to make it look like a decaying Santa Claus. It’s as if it’s a Santa that got all the Christmas spirit sucked out of it
I think that's a Santa mask hiding his goat face.
Hes wearing the mask of dead Santa that's why ;)
The design for Krampus was wicked af.
IIRC, the Krampus was a demon Santa tamed and let out to eat the kids on the naughty list. He probably let it have a spare costume, and it decided to become a rotting reflection of Santa because demons love irony.
@@marquis911 It is indeed. I've seen a figurine they made of him, and through the open "Santa" mouth, you can see what looks like a second mouth with jagged, fang- like teeth.
A comic released to coincide with the movie revealed Krampus is apparently wearing the skin of a mall Santa he killed
His review didn't show it, but at the end where he opens a gift and finds the bell he was given by Krampus to remind him it all really happened is such a great dark parody of Polar Express. I love it!
I was going to mention this like how he comes down and it's the perfect Christmas morning and the family that was at each other's throats the night before is all happy and he thinks that everything that happened was a bad dream then he gets this present and he opens it and it's a bell just like the one krampus left the grandmother years ago and everyone sees the Bell and all the laughter and the smile stop and you can tell everyone just remember the night before and that it wasn't a dream and then the camera pulls away and shows the house in the snow globe in krampus his hand
"She's like if Walmart was a person." As a Walmart associate, I confirm this.
Same
She's at least one of our more 'fun' customers
Same
Rip Conchata Ferrell she was great in this
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What makes Krampus even more terrifying is that he’s basically wearing the face of a dead Santa
Oh my gosh
Holy shit, I thought that Krampus was a werewolf like Santa that only appears when all Christmas cheer is lost instead of a full moon
Thats honestly the only thing that kinda takes the payoff outta this movie for me. I love the visuals, and even the dead face on his face is a cool touch, and it felt like they were gonna show his real face as the final reveal, but then didnt. The Krampus has a pretty intimidating kinda devilish goat face, you can even see his goat eyes sunken in under the mask.
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Was it the one Tim Allen killed?
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Such an awesome movie. Just to add though, growing up in a bi-lingual family, talking to your grandparents in english and then answering in their native tongue and both sides understanding each other is absolutely normal
I can agree. My grandparents speak Spanish and I clearly understand what they’re saying but I still talk to them in English and they understand me too, then again they do also speak English very well. But basically we can both be speaking different languages and we’ll still understand each other perfectly.
It’s true, my Grandmother always speaks to my Mom in Spanish and she always replies in English
100%- my family is German, and when I started learning her native tongue, my nana would speak to me exclusively in German. Since I didn’t fully know the language, the point was for me to pick up on things like context and words I actually understood to slowly get used to the language. I’d respond in German if I could, but it’s not like I’d get the Flammenwerfer if I responded in English.
Awesome is a big stretch buddy.
I am happy that the Granny speaks real German. Most US American films just let foreign people say something bad translated in their language.
She's great, but it's so awkward how she just keeps talking in German when nobody but the boy actually seems to understand it.
She obviously speaks perfect English.
Is she just being a dick?
@@MrHodoAstartes a lot of ppl are troubled speaking foreign language even if knows it perfectly. They need a lot of time to process sentences, correct themselves in mind before speaking, so for small talk they tend to use native language - just in order not think of every word. But if needed to, they easily can speak other languages, its just less convenient for them.
It's the TEKKEN 7 syndrome
@@MrHodoAstartes If you are scared, you speak as a child.
@@MrHodoAstartes I'm currently learning spanish, as an introvert, I plan to pretend like I don't know English when I don't feel like talking to people XD
I love the design of Krampus in this, his arched back, the silhouette created by his cloak, it’s so intimidating and haunting. So cool.
Very beefy design, lot of visual weight behind it. They could have just used one of the skinnier Krampus designs, but this is more unique and impactful, I love it.
And wearing the skinned face of Santa Claus as a mask.
The goat eyes and horns and the skinned face as well.
The whole "why is the grandmother speaking one language and the kid speaking another" thing is actually totally true to life. My son understands when my wife speaks Thai to him, but he refuses to reply back to her in Thai (kids!), so you end up with a conversation being held in two different languages.
My grandmother speaks Spanish but I don't talk to her in English.
My mom and I both speak Spanish and English, we never choose the same one.
Same, but with Spanish. My mom is fluent in both Spanish and English (Spanish being her first language), but I lost a lot of my Spanish as I grew up. I can understand it a lot better than I can speak it, however, so my mom will often speak to me in Spanish but I’ll always reply in English. (How my mom decides which language to use, I don’t know. Probably just whichever she feels like at the moment, lol.)
Edit: This really only works if both parties understand the other’s language well enough. Point is, in the case of the movie, it’s still totally believable because we can see that the grandma understands English well, but she’s probably just more comfortable speaking German, and vice-versa for the kid. (As for why she doesn’t speak English when the other family’s around... I mean, she doesn’t like them, right? 😆 Can’t blame her for not wanting to put in the effort for them!)
Yeah this is very common especially if still learning the other language. When I lived in Japan, often I could hold a conversation with some people by speaking English to their Japanese and we'd both try to use English/Japanese at certain points to also help the comprehension. People are usually more comfortable speaking in their native language.
my brother has held conversations where he is speaking English and the other is speaking Korean
Some how Krampus wasn't half as scary as the rat people from Nutcracker 3D.
Nothing is scarier in the world than the dark inescapable void of the Uncanny Valley
@@robbieking4070 Your not wrong though. Those rat people looked terrifying!
And cats which came out last Christmas
Yeah it's hard t otell which is scarier: something that tries to be scary and disturbing and succeeds at that or something intended to be cute and endearing and instead turns out scary and disturbing?
This movie doesn't parallel the Holocaust
Krampus in this looks like a Santa that froze to death screaming
Hes wearing a mask mocking Santa
That's kinda the idea. Y'know, death of the Christmas spirit and all.
@@oceanberserker I kind of like it because I don't remember if it's in the movie or if I heard it somewhere else but I heard somebody referred to krampus as Santa's dark Shadow and how traditionally he follows behind Santa to punish the bad kids so him wearing a mask of a dead Santa fits in with the whole Santa dark shadow Santa's antithesis. Also some people on the comments are mentioning a comic that ties into the movie that's basically and anthology of other people who krampus tested and apparently that's not just a mask that is the face of a mall Santa krampus killed
I feel like if this movie came out in the 80's it would be hailed as a classic in the same way Gremlins was received.
The way Krampus jumped from rooftop to rooftop when he first appeared was just...awesome.
Right? it was so effortless for him. It really helps add to the hopelessness of never being able to escape him.
That's dramatic
cringe asf.
The ending actually has an official answer. According to I’m pretty sure the writer of a graphic novel based on this movie (correct me if I’m wrong) said that Krampus gave them a second chance, he just would be keeping an eye on them.
Having read the comic myself, I can vouch for it, it confirms that the bell is a sign of those who lost the holiday spirit and a reminder to never lose it again, with the snow globes being the equivalent to however Santa is able to know when you've been a good kid or a little piece of shit that deserves that lump of coal in their stocking
yea this is what I read as well. Wish it was a bit more clear in the movie.
That's actually a happy ending wow
The graphic novel sucked, no real horror and a soft ending to not scare anyone, the film ending was better as it left it up to interpretation as you can believe the family just walked away with a warning or doomed to hell.
This seems like a better ending as it makes the story have more of a point, with the sacrifice of the son saving everyone (hey! The actual Christmas Spirit!) otherwise it’s nihilistic nonsense. To bad the ending wasn’t more clear about it.
One of the funniest Christmas themed horror comedies ever made, a cross between Gremlins meets Home Alone.
I was thinking Gremlins mixed with Evil Dead 2
It was more Christmas Vacation meets Gremlins for me.
This is still underrated.
From what I can tell, the snowglobes at the end are a way for Krampus to spy on those he sparred. Which somewhat makes this movie less horrifying but still
I assumed they’d be stuck in a groundhog’s day to be tortured/ punished until they find the Christmas spirit.
@@silverdragon147I took the implications as they did learn their lesson by the end and as said Krampus just is making sure they know he’s watching
@@creed8712 that’s a possibility I hadn’t considered. Not a bad tone for the movie to end on either.
It is, it was said as such in the book that came before the movie.
@@silverdragon147 kranpus is like santa, he knows if you have lost the christmas spirit or not
"A family Christmas where nobody's complaining about politics. *THIS HAS TO BE PHONY* " -Doug Walker
Krampus is such an iconic character in parts of Europe, and has such a rich history, I hope more movies choose to tackle the subject.
As someone with a German Grandmother, I can confirm Krampus is a big part of European culture. I can also confirm my Grandmother scared the shit out of me with stories of what Krampus does to bad children around the holidays.
@@undead890 yeah, for me it was my cousins that terrified me with the story of Krampus.
Looking back now, it's hilarious but back then I remember not being able to sleep when Christmas came.
I grew up with it. Scarred the hell out of me. I still remember the nightly prayers and poems, so I wouldn't be hit by his whip.
A lot of movies have tackled it since this movie came out. Most of them are horrible low-budget cash-ins though except one called "Rare Imports". That one is really good.
@@undead890 In most parts of Germany Krampus isn't even a thing though. I first learned about it from this movie, and no one I asked in my family and social circles knew about the tradition.
Fun fact, Krampus is actually wearing a mask in this movie which I felt made him much creepier!
Like the skinned off face of Santa
I don't know how it is other places, but here in Norway people have tended to use these horrible Santa masks ever since the 60's, and they look absolutley terryfing! Krampus' mask is like an intentionally horrifying version of that and it really works with his agenda in the film. Speaking of the horrible norwegian Santa-masks, some friends of mine made a music video with a Killer Santa that uses such a mask. Search Haust - No Christmas if you're interested, but be warmed, there is more gore in the 3 minutes the video lasts than in this entire movie. XD
@@Steel_Bison is he because he does look like Santa
I knew it! I wonder what he looks like under there?
@@teddybearkiller5271 I don't think they've ever shown it. There's a Krampus statue that you can find pictures of online that show a close up of his face with the Santa "mask" and you can see his actual mouth underneath so you can kinda imagine what his face looks like.
"She'll be yammered about a raid Easter Bunny come spring."
Me: Apparently he has never seen "Watership Down" and/or "Night of the Lepus"
I thought that "Night of the Lepus" was just a fever dream, but you have validated its existence in the best way.
He’s seen Watership Down. He put it on his list of Nostalgic stuff he’d never review
Or the rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Oh sh*t watership down i’ve seen it once but damn just that once.... think i still have it on dvd
"How do they understand each other?" -- Pretty common bilingual family behavior. This could have been me and my Swiss grandparents.
Sooo, I'm German, and my grandma literally told me, Krampus would kidnap naughty kids in his bag...
Every year St. Nikolaus would come to our house on Dec 6th with a Krampus (and sometimes an angel). But he didn't look as scary as in the movie. Krampus had chains with him and a rod/whip with which he is said to beat naughty children. Of course it was just a threat to scare kids, he never really hurt me. I was very scared as a kid, but the strange thing is, I was scared just as much of Nikolaus himself. Because he saw everything and would read out of a golden book, if I were naughty or nice the last year. Of course my parents told the guy some things in advance and in the end I always got little presents. (By the way, I think this tradition is rather common in Bavaria (in southern Germany) and Austria.)
I just love how demented yet festive this film is.
Also, it was confirmed that Krampus uses the snow globes to keep an eye on the family so they won't lose the Christmas spirit again
Wait they aren't trapped for all eternity by a sadistic representation of the death of Christmas spirit?
Confirmed where?
@@wjzav1971 I believe it was explained in a comic book tie in, explaining the lore of the movie.
So they’re alive but being watched by one more person
@@patrickgowen324 I don't know what's more terrifying. Being trapped in an ironic hell or having Krampus watch you all year, waiting for you to mess up.
"She's like if Wal-Mart was a person"
Me who works at Wal-Mart: seems legit.
As someone who has very little options in shopping in a rural area: OMG how do you SURVIVE!?
We have pretty much that lady working at our Walmart.
Glad Doug said "...at least in America", because in Austria, every kid grows up shitting their pants because of Krampus actors on the streets lol
For a minute I thought you said "Australia" and I thought "Wow, they really are hardcore down there!"
But Austria makes sense, and sounds friggin cool!
@@TheGuardDuck yeah from what I’ve heard (not a native Austrian but American) that they have a day every year where adults dress up as Krampus, and really just run around the street.
@@colinstacy2085 The Nightmare Before Christmas??
@@TheGuardDuck In Austria, Krampus is a kind of demon that comes in company with the Saint Nicholas (aka Santa Clause) in 5th/6th december. The original idea of Krampus was that he has to punish the nasty kids (while Nicholas rewards the nice kids), but today it is a kind of nice devil who brings sweets and small presents to all kids.
@@mithrandirlannister2230 So, it really _IS_ a nightmare before Christmas? Ever see that movie? The main character is actually trying to be nice, but he's from Halloween Town and thinks nice is to be scary, and he kidnaps Santa and takes his place.
The whole movie in one sentence:
In Soviet Russia you don't celebrate Christmas
Christmas celebrates you
actually true
Хаха. Совьет Раша из фани Эм ай райт мейтс?
that's two sentences.
Учитывая, что в Soviet Russia вообще официально не праздновали Рождество. Официально.
@Sigma Q Magic? Okay. But I am girl.
This is actually one of my favorite holiday movies. I love how scary and silly it gets while still have good heart. The scene of grandma's backstory is my favorite
This movie has some of the best sound-design I have ever seen - or well, heard.
It's criminal that this movie, like so many others, did not receive an award.
Yeah I 100% agree
Award shows are full of shit💩
This is the kind of "Horror" movie you feel NOTHING for the people who get their come-uppance.
(Except for the Grandma and Kid.)
So that makes it really fun.
It was the opposite for me. We saw them at their very worst, but once the family was in danger, they came together and did everything in their power to keep each other safe and sane.
Too little, too late...
Hey do you think African Americans (like myself) could fit this narrative?
@@mychaeljones7526 yes I mean it’s meant for everyone
The "Pazuzu Mary Poppins" joke made me laugh hysterically then socially acceptable. Pazuzu outside of pop culture was the Assyrian god of the Western Wind, and the note flying through the air was absolutely perfect.
Southwestern wind, I believe
@@jaredsamples6969 Yes!!!!! The joke was hilarious to its accuracy. I admit I deeply dislike what pop culture as misunderstood about him.
And the Name of Professor Farnsworth's Gargoyle and the Demon that possessed Maggie on the Simpsons.
The Great Exorcist and Protector of Newborns
@@RLybarger1986 Yes!!
The perfect revenge for those Hallmark movies I was subjected to at the dinner table. I did make sure to clear up the ambiguous ending with everyone before we went to bed. It’s the holiday season, a time for being thoughtful and understanding, always keep that with you no matter what happens in the world, and Merry Christmas to all 🎄!
"Looks like hes singing the last note of a Metallica song"
I was always under the impression Krampus was wearing a mask...lol.
Me too.
hes wearing a mask made from a person
@@BoundlessOwl
Yeah, the mask of a skinned Santa Claus' face. Talk about dark.
I remember actually writing a paper in college on how this film was an excellent subversion of a holiday film with a horror genre story.
Did you fail for the semester? If not, that is reason enough to sue whatever ivy league school you paid for.
I’m a huge fan of folklore and mythology, and the Krampus is one of my all time favorites. I love how this film portrays him and how it does Christmas horror without turning into a typical slasher film that just happens to take place during Christmas. It’s a nice little break from the mushy sweetness of Christmas while still feeling like a Christmas movie.
I think that in the ending, everyone woke up thinking it was all a dream, but it was so life like they’re left scared even after it’s over so they all act happy and be extra nice. Whilst Krampus watches over them.
Interesting thought. I will add thinking when the kid apologized to Krampus I was grateful of the ad pause because it made think this:
While the creatures were creepy and hilarious enough, I would have laughed so hard if that's all it took for it to go a happier ending. The one given was expected but still effective
Apparently this is entirely true, Krampus is simply watching over them to see if they will do anything truly naughty to punish them.
6:55
That was actually the sound of Krampus' chains, weapons, and instruments of torture.
I was kind of hoping this would happen:
(Krampus descends from the chimney to drag the grandmother to hell, along with her family)
He slowly walks up to her, his haunting face looking down apon her. His body covered in various devices of torture disguised as Christmas gifts, his horns scraping the ceiling, his massive body slithering closer. Grandma stand defiant, determined to save her doomed family.
Krampus stops. He reaches slowly for his sack, tucked away in his cloak...
"Stop" says the grandma. She pulls out a snickers candy bar. "Eat this. Your not you when your hungry"
Krampus appears shocked at the audacity of this foolish mortal. Reluctantly, he takes the candy and pops it into his gaping mouth.
"Better?"
Santa Claus himself now stands there, Jolly a wholesome as ever.
"Better" he says.
Got me in the first half but it got better in the second half 😂😂😂
They totally missed a chance to put in creepy Santa music. Just imagine a slow Santa Claus is Coming to Town as he goes in.
I thought they did
They did when Krampus is going down the chimney to face the grandma
Too cheesy
The song plays in the final scene
How bout... It's the most horrific time of the year. There'll be much decomposing and blood will be flowing throughout all your eaaaaaaaars. It's the most... *horrific time* of the yeeeeeeeaaaaaar!
Me looking at the thumbnail:
Oh..... Boys and Girls around the world, THIS... is going to be fun
The second you transformed, I instantly said “where’s the mini skirt?” It’s become such a theme now!
“That Calvin Kid” was a nice little reference to the comic series Calvin and Hobbes. Specifically Attack of the killer monster snow goons.
This is the most r-rated pg-13 movie I’ve seen
Wait until doctor strange two releases
Wait until doctor strange two releases
@@Raptor-yt1ms that wasn’t rated R at all. It should’ve been way darker but they chickened out
The scenes where she says "See you in hell" with a straight face is hialrious
RIP Conchata Farrell... you were the only funny in Two and a Half Men. :'|
And I'm not faulting NC for it, since Conchata died fairly recently in mid-October.
Her character was well aware that was where she would end up someday, and accepted it
Me to my friends
Not gonna lie, that'd probably be me
Sponsorship I: prepare trouble
Sponsorship II: and make it double
Sponsorship I: to protect the channel from demonetization
Sponsorship II: to unite the evil of a sponsored nation
Meowth, that's right🤣
@@4megapete *I'm Jasper
But... wait, don't Hello Fresh and Doordash effectively compete for the same market niche?
Fun fact: the killer gingerbread men are voiced by Seth Green and Justin Roiland (Rick & Morty)!
I like how you put (Rick and Morty) but didn't specify anything for Seth Green, like Seth is more famous than Justin.
More of a reason to kill them 🤣
I turned myself into a gingerbread man Morty! I’m Gingerbread Rick!
@@gamewarrior7348 you should have just said "I'm Ginger-Rick!"
@@junotaylor oh fuck dude! You’re a genius!
Fun Fact: The guy in the Krampus costume is Gideon Emery who voice acts in well known video games.
I think he was also a Minotaur in the narnia movies
Holy crap really ?
What games has he been in?
@@jamesvanitas his most notable works I could find were the Original Modern Warfare, the Mass Effect Trilogy, God of War 3, Assassin’s Creed 3 and Halo 5 to name a few
@@Sub-Zero8
Thanks for the info man!
17:05 one of the things i love about this movie is how demented they made the toys. Its like every single one of krampus’s toys are possessed by a Deadite from Evil Dead
Krampus where your Purgatory is an eternity of living in a snow globe reliving Christmas morning over and over again. The Horror.
Actually Michael Dougherty said that the ending was meant to imply that Krampus was keeping an eye on them from now on incase they slipped up again
@@mrcritical6751 he's keeping an eye on a lot of people.
It makes sense, Santa keeps an eye on everybody in the world to make sure they’re being nice and get to have presents so why shouldn’t Krampus do the same for all the people in the world. My only question is what the hell is wrong with Santa in this world if he’s allowing children to be murdered and sent to hell if they act bad whatever happened to giving them coal?
@@mrcritical6751 Technically the concept of Krampus came before the coal myth, so I guess Santa and/or God were always sadistic. That or the Germans really like to scare their children.
@@HB-fq9nn in the german folklore he was just a goat demon that kidnapped naughty children and beat them. Obviously this movie added a lot of new stuff to make it more horrific, I’d say that the original mythology made more sense as Santa allowing naughty children to be beaten makes more sense than letting them be murdered by gingerbread men and a demonic clown so they can be sent to hell
1:15 don’t make critic use his godly power. He is a mere human but when Christmas comes, his Christmas spirit shows no mercy
I'm surprised with how the covid been, that they haven't done a zoom meeting review of the unfriended movies, could legit stay home and do the review while referencing the movie (shot in skype) and current events, plus have a few cameos
Ehhhh it wasn’t AS bad but not TOO memorable or leaves many jokes open outside of the typical Zoom jabs or internet memes.
I'm wondering if he will considering his review years ago. I know that was not a Nostalgia Critic review but with the one he gave years ago. If he comes. I'd be equally interested in the other one he gave in a similar way of If Fallows
Seeing Krampus sprint from rooftop to rooftop gives me shivers. I would love more Krampus horror movies.
The snowglobe concept could honestly be its own horror movie. Like a ground hogs day kind of thing where Christmas day keeps happening, and you’re the only sentient one there, heck after a few days you start to wonder if they’re you’re actual family. You go outside and try to open other people’s door but can’t. But eventually you do and it’s just a black void. And so you try to escape.
Basically this could easily get a sequel. 😂
Okay, Bad Movie Idea...
It's like Goosebumps Haunted Halloween: The Christmas Special
Okay, someone, out there, has to make that possible and it has to be an anthology.
Haunted Christmas
You know they're actually working on that movie now?
Tra la la.
I don't care what anyone says, Jingle All the Way has it's place, and I can't help that I like it.
i don't what anyone says
i just like it
Jingle All the Way is my favorite super hero movie
JINGLE ALL THE WAY?!... is also my favorite film to watch, you need to be a fool not to watch it every Christmas season or worst a uncultured swine.
Honestly it does a great job satirizing consumerism from that particular time. With Amazon, I can't say that it has aged particularly well and people who weren't around during that time likely won't understand the experience of holiday shopping in the 90s. If it had stayed the course as a satire movie it would have been much better, but I'm guessing that it was the studio who wanted the slapstick family elements. The slapstick works to a point in satirizing consumerism and capitalism but the movie takes it a tad too far. Still great though and it deserves a second look.
Jingle All the Way (or Mission Julegave lit.: Mission Christmas Present as it's known here) is a heartwarming movie. I know Critic shits all over those kinds of heartwarming feel good movies, but I like em, as they are what I associate with christmas. In JAtW I like the highjinx that ensues when two grown ups fight to get their kid a rare toy, and how the kid who ends up getting it gives it away to the other kid. THAT is the true christmas spirit right there if you ask me, giving up something you really want, because the joy of seeing someone else happy is greater than your own desire for material goods.
Holy shit, I requested this but I didn’t think you’d actually do it
Don’t care if he did it for you or not, but THANK YOU!!!
whenever Critic says "Theres one thing we're forgetting..."
I can only immediately hear him shout "WHAT ABOUT BOOMER!?"
*Boomer* *will* *live*
This one died in the vents.
well we got Buster in the Hello Fresh ad- that's a start! :)
I feel like Doug should be in charge of ALL advertising, because he always makes me want to buy whatever he peddles in these mid-video sponsor shoutouts 😂
I think that he tries his best by being creative even if its something he has advertised again and again.
Would love to see Doug and his brother's live reaction to see Krampus...
This movie is the demented love child of Christmas Vacation and Gremlins.
2 of my fave Christmas movies right there, no wonder why i love it.
Raised by every comic strip where Calvin made a snowman
The gingerbread men certainly reminded me of the gremlins.
PERFECT DESCRIPTION!!!
Oh man this movie was awesome. Didn’t really scare me per say, but the suspense was good. And that ending.
it scared me a little bit, but overall i loved it cause it made me laugh.
Maybe the movie isn't very frightening but the design of the Krampus is one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen in horror.
I watched a behind the scenes blooper reel and during the attic scene there was Toni, Adam and Conchata were screaming in pure terror and crying then the SECOND they called cut the actors switched like THAT back to being normal and chill. AMAZING how everyone went all in with their acting
That design and reveal. Krampus looks so damn amazingly haunting and one of the many of the creative designs in the movie is what makes the movie so memorable for a great horror Christmas movie.
It reminds me of the designs of the Angels from Bayonetta. A hokey artificial appearance that is actually just ornate masking hiding a more alien biology underneath.
I think the Critic is completely wrong. Every "See you hell" line should be followed by a "Weeeeeeeee!"
I agree. :)
"In 6 years, everyone will become more united."
Bold claims for 2021
he means we'll all be equally doomed
@Romanian In Germany maybe dumb question but, nwo?
we'll all be united in H E double hockey stick
I like how the elves hug the jack-in-the-box monster. It's almost like they're comforting it as if it had witnessed a traumatic event, even though the monster itself was doing the traumatizing.
I loved this movie still to this day. As a child i was told the stories of Saint Nicholas and Krampus, and we held up even the traditions of Krampus night. Plus i still think the director did a good job at even with the whole pg13 rating, the monsters/minions are clever and how they get around r rating was fun. Not to mention the director is a favorite of mine.
Me: Sees the second sponsorship
Also me: This is getting out of hand, now there are two of them
He does pop up ads and ads during the vid, it's too much.
@@alebree6983 You missed my point, I'm saying pop up ads or video ads I'm okay with. In video sponsor mentions I'm OK with, but mixing the two it's like it's too much.
@@alebree6983 Exactly, I'm by no means opposed to youtubers relying on sponsors or ad revenue. But when I watch 30 minutes of your content, and 5 minutes of it are ads of some sort, that means almost 20% of your content is comprised of ads. Add to this the video and pop up ads and it just becomes almost tiring and unpleasant to view.
I love how Nostalgia Critic worked in popular Christmas song lyrics into his script.
Wow, that completely flew over my head.
Good job for noticing that.
@@HB-fq9nn
Thanks.
@@thescreenslaver8520 example?
@@abesilverbabe6818 Visions of “severed thumbs” dancing in their heads, for one example.
The most unbelievable part is a dad letting his teenage daughter go to her boyfriend’s alone 😂😂😂
when there is a blizzard outside and they have to keep warm
"Baby it's cold outside"
I am into symbolism. This is what young girls do all the time . and then evil kills her.
@@charlemagnetheFranks How's it symbolic?
Right, I would’ve had sneak out. 😂
Pretty sure the Snow globes are just like so he can keep watch on them. The Grandma experienced Krampus before so I feel like that’s a safe assumption.
Funny how a christmas movie scares me more than all Halloween movies combined
"Why, is it not December? I should change my attire as of late not."
This has become one of my favourite Christmas movies alongside Nightmare Before Christmas, Klaus and Christmas Carol. I can definitely see where Doug is coming from with how I’m able to look at the film in a positive light despite its flaws and being spread too thin in regards to tone. Mainly due to the acting, effects, and even the message on how the Christmas Spirit should be valued the most for when times are hard and things don’t always go the way you want them to (I think that can’t be said enough for Christmas this year)
"She's like if Walmart was a person" 10/10
Tassadar C I laughed so hard at that 🤣.
This review got one legitimate 'burst out' laugh out of me:
"She's like if Walmart was a person."
No idea why that was the line that did it, but it so perfectly summed up so many people I've known over the years and this character.
😂😂
The director of this movie also made "Trick 'r Treat". There was a deleted in which they show Sam's lollipop from that movie. Doug should review that film in the future.
I honestly would like a sequel to this movie seeing Krampus targeting other people.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas reviews!
Fun Fact: Two of those gingerbread men are voiced by Seth Green and Justin Roiland.
"Hey Lois, remembah when Chris was a killer cookie?"
Or:
"I tra*UUU*ansformed myself into a cookie, Morty! I'M COOKIE RIIIICK!"
@@erics.czernecki7333 or
I'm mr cookie! Look at me!
Great.
A movie based on the famous creepy Christmas legend? How can this not be good?
Well, there are plenty of horrible Krampus-films, and just 2 good ones. This one and A Christmas Horror Story.
This channel has done every single ad or sponsorship right. Its in character, its funny and its well written. I never even feel like I'm watching an ad, I feel like I'm watching the same content.
I love these, they are so easy to skip!
@@Casper-ph6nn That too man, its very obvious when its an ad.
17:18
"Escape now. Hug later."
~Han Solo, The Force Awakens
*"AGREED!"*
3:40 Many kids are able to understand native languages of their parents/grandparents even though they don't speak it
Thank you! I was looking for this comment! That’s MY family! Bilingual household 💕
From the director of Trick R. Treat! Definitely part of my collection of Dark Christmas film's.
And Godzilla too
"...Like eight incubi looking for guts to splatter." Gold right there.
I mean, incubi are sex demons, so, I don't get it...
@@TheGuardDuck Kinda makes sense. If you don't take it literally.
@@sircharlesninefingers4170 .... Gonna "tear apart" and "dominate" the teenage daughter?
@@TheGuardDuck Yeah, pretty icky.
Make the hentai! I dare you!
You should do “Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale”
3:41 I believe this is called a “bilingual conversation”. It’s when both parties are capable of speaking the same two languages, but prefer one over the other respectively and so they speak the preferred one. However, since they can both understand the same languages, there is zero issue with verbal or auditory communication.
The Easter Bunny sequel will be that Bunny from Bill and Teds Bogus Journey.
“You stole Deacon’s Easter basket”
"Theodore! You make your little brother cry!"
Epicvoiceguy can do the Bunny’s voice.
Or the Monty Python
“BOGUS!”
I love this movie, we never get that much movies that resolves around the Krampus Mythology
I have 3 movies I like to watch at Christmas time. A Muppet Christmas Carol, The Hogfather, and this.
All scary movies for holiday season.
18:56 actually, the director, Michael Dougherty, confirmed Krampus let them another chance but keep an eye on them by the bias of the snowglobbes in case they didn't learn the lesson.
I think the biggest question for the end is "When's the sequel?"
Never thought I’d see Toni Collette and Adam Scott as a married couple
Never thought I'd see Adam Scott in a Star Trek movie either, but First Contact speaks for itself.
two ads and a self ad. Guess NC needs to get christmas gifts for his coworkers
My favorite thing is that the director has confirmed it is in the same universe and Trick r' treat ahaha
Sam vs. Krampus...who wouldn't pay to see that?
“This film put krampus on the map”
American Dad: am I a joke to you
*Venture Bros joins the chat
Regular Show: Am I a joke to you
Mordecai: Yes.
honestly I thought Christoph Waltz talking about Krampus on Jimmy Fallon was what brought him on the map
And if that's true I'm upset that he wasn't part of this movie
Yes, and a poor, unfunny one at that.
@@thedarkweeb1253 Exactly! I saw that inverview, which was taken two years or so before this movie came out and always thought, this was what initiated the idea!
Imagine a Belsnickle movie staring Rainn Wilson as Belsnickle and produced and directed by the same people who made Krampus.
Who's Belsnickle