Krampus (2015)

Tis the season, bitches!  I am in no way ready for Christmas this year, thanks to school and work, but by God am I going to celebrate.  I broke this out last night to show Tyler, because he needs this in his life.  Of course he loved it.  Who wouldn't?  It's the best holiday schadenfreude.  You should see it too.  Embrace the darkness.  Originally published 11 Sep 2016.    This might be my new favorite Christmas movie.  I saw it when I was down visiting Christy for Labor Day weekend and instantly fell in love.  It's such a throwback to old-school horror comedies like Gremlins or Trick 'r Treat but with a whole host of new, disgusting creatures to love through the terror.

Max (Emjay Anthony) is a young boy who really wants to believe in the spirit of Christmas but his family is not making it easy.  If it's not his gun-nut Uncle Howard (David Koechner) or his loud Great-Aunt Dorothy (Conchata Ferrell) making everyone miserable, it's the constant stress between his dad (Adam Scott) and mom (Toni Collette) of trying to make Christmas appear perfect.  In a fit of anger, Max wishes that his family would just disappear, unknowingly sending out a summons for Santa's silent partner, Krampus.

See, in a lot of places, if you end up on the Naughty list you get a lump of coal in your stocking.  In other places, you get Krampus who sends horrible minions to your house to eat you or drag you screaming into the bowels of the Earth.  Ho ho ho.

Holiday season is right around the corner so if you want to get in some reasons to be jolly or just want to pretend it's your relatives being attacked by elves, this is the movie for you.