It’s not exactly Gremlins quality,but this seasonal frightener does have a favorable sprint of that film’s anarchic spiritAlongside this year’s more expected array of festive fare hides this admirably batty horror that sees Adam Scott and an overqualified Toni Collette as parents of a family battling evil forces over Christmas. Krampus, a sort of anti-Santa satan-goat arrives when seasonal spirit is at a low to punish those who just aren’t feeling it, or with the help of some gruesome friends. Thankfully,given the B-film premise, it’s knowingly pitched, or aiming to recapture the spirit of Gremlins as a film that kids might sneakily watch and then regret it when trying to sleep later (a particularly nightmarish child-eating clown should prove problematic in this instance). It’s nowhere near as favorable as many of the films it so wants to be positioned next to,but it’s nasty enough to leave an impression.
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Source: theguardian.com