Krampus
Universal Pictures | Release Date: December 4, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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6
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11
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeDec 3, 2015
It's nowhere near as good as many of the films it so wants to be positioned next to, but it's nasty enough to leave an impression. Read full review
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VarietyJustin ChangDec 3, 2015
Krampus isn’t especially scary, but it generates goodwill nonetheless for treating its home-invasion-for-the-holidays setup with an appreciably straight face. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Dec 4, 2015
Neither particularly frightening nor especially funny, the Yuletide horror-comedy Krampus scrapes by on the novelty of its setup. Read full review
58
HitfixDrew McWeenyDec 3, 2015
There are a number of moments where Doughtery introduces something truly interesting and then never returns to it. Yes, the movie is perhaps overstuffed with interesting ideas, but that can be just as frustrating as a film with no good ideas at all. Read full review
58
The PlaylistNick SchagerDec 3, 2015
The film's lack of terror might be more forgivable had it embraced its more humorous inclinations, but the script’s pedestrian liberals-vs.-conservatives, boors-vs.-yuppies conflicts rarely result in anything laugh-out-loud funny. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreDec 8, 2015
It’s better in conception than in execution, with all the energy hurled at the effects and murderous Krampus attacks. The actors fail to feel the fear. Read full review
50
Village VoiceChuck WilsonDec 4, 2015
Krampus, sad to say, is a disappointment. It's alternately funny and intense (don't take the wee ones), but never enough of either to form a cohesive whole. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDec 3, 2015
While the violent sequences are very effectively staged, the results are a strange hybrid that doesn't quite work. Lacking the antic, witty humor of something like the similarly conceived Gremlins or the full-out gore of a traditional horror flick, Krampus never really finds it niche. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonDec 4, 2015
Too many obnoxious relatives, evil critters and weak gags at the expense of fat kids and foul-mouthed old ladies. Read full review
40
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 3, 2015
Occasionally funny, intermittently scary, but mostly hectic and sloppy, Krampus tries very hard to be a different kind of Christmas movie. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleDec 3, 2015
Though not exactly a punishment, director Michael Dougherty’s tongue-in-cheek monster movie is hardly a celebration, either, despite initial promise that we’d be getting a niftier-than-usual package of subversive comedy and chills to shake up the usual holiday-movie sameness. Read full review
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