Why this movie is getting hate.
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DeusExKatrina — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 09:07 PM)
Nightmare Before Christmas is more than generally well-liked, it's a downright classic! This guy just has a grudge against christmas & halloween for some reason.
But you're perfectly right, Krampus has absolutely nothing to do with Halloween, other than a couple of mild visual allusions to Trick 'r Treat. Not sure why the poster considers Krampus to be Halloween-related unless they consider ALL horror movies to be inherently related to Halloween.
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AntoNEO — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 09:25 PM)
Nightmare Before Christmas is more than generally well-liked, it's a downright classic!
You're right, and I completely agree. I was just using understatement for the sake of argument.
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Wolfbrother1983 — 9 years ago(May 13, 2016 03:10 PM)
"Silent Night Deadly Night" came out in the 80s. "Black Christmas" was 1974. Tales From The Crypt's "And All Through The House" was in the 70s flickso the horror at Christmas ship sailed a long time ago.
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AntoNEO — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 09:51 PM)
So far all of my friends have liked it, so that's been encouraging. But then, we're all 80s kids who grew up on Amblin and Evil Dead movies, so I guess that's not too surprising. Nostalgia aside though, those types of horror movies are still my favorite because they were allowed to be creative, humorous, and above all, FUN. There was a level of showmanship that seems to be missing from most of today's by-the-numbers horror movies that are mostly about cheap jump scares.
Krampus is a perfectly legitimate way to make a horror movie; I think it mostly seems strange to some viewers because it has a unique voice - something that's sorely lacking in Hollywood genre movies today. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy those movies too, but it's hard to break out of an established mold these days, so we get kinda used to always seeing the same thing. But that's what I love about Krampus, it's actually different from every other horror movie out there right now (plus it taps into everything I love about the genre). I'm glad to see it's making money so that being different can be seen as a good thing rather than box office death. -
Patrilot — 10 years ago(December 16, 2015 01:51 AM)
I'm a huge horror fan and I thoroughly enjoyed it myself.. I totally get what you mean. People don't understand this isn't meant to be a horrifying, scary horror movie.. A lot of horror movies are not to be honest. Hell, if the criteria for a horror movie is "how scary it is" then the genre would fall out of existence long ago. It's annoying that the general populous just doesn't understand that. I personally think horror is the most diverse genre and can mix well with just about any other.. In this case, comedy.
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ImInTheater — 10 years ago(December 16, 2015 11:30 PM)
I actually didn't think the movie was overtly comedic and balanced it pretty well. Even if the gingerbread men were campy and actually pretty cuteThey were still scary! If we were really in that situation, it wouldn't be funny at all. The characters acted pretty realistically I thought, though I did think they handled the missing children a little more with campy revenge than real familial grief, I figured that was to keep it light. I actually didn't think the movie was much a comedy towards the middle to the end and was more of a heartless mockery by Krampus that you laugh along with or feel the hopelessness of no sympathy.
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fistoffury — 10 years ago(December 17, 2015 09:53 AM)
Krampus might be technically a Christmas character but he is also more along the lines of somebody you would run into on Halloween, being a horror character and all. I just don't think Christmas and Halloween go good together, they're exact opposites. They even tried this with the Addams Family where for Halloween the Addams Family were singing "Halloween Carols" and getting "Halloween Presents" under some Great Pumpkin prop they had put up. I don't think it worked out.
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DuffyBuffet — 10 years ago(December 17, 2015 11:38 AM)
Christmas has always had a long list of scary legends that are somewhat horrific. It has nothing to do with Halloween at all. Look up the Yule cat. It was known to eat people who were lazy. There is also Frau Perchta, a Christmas witch who would punish the sinful. She was known to rip out a persons internal organs and replace them with straw or pebbles.
None of these legends, including Krampus, have anything to do with the holiday of Halloween. These are ancient Christmas legends that date back to a time before Hallmark greeting cards and the modernization of the American version of Christmas. Some of these traditions are still celebrated today. Krampusnacht continues to be very popular in parts of Europe.
You would not run into Krampus on Halloween because he is part of the legend of St. Nicholas. While St. Nicholas gives gifts Krampus punishes the bad children. Ever hear of getting coal in your stocking for being bad? That is a direct refernce to these stories. -
KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(May 11, 2016 04:15 PM)
I just don't think Christmas and Halloween go good together, they're exact opposites.
This is a very simplistic view of those holidays. Halloween is more than just horror movies and Christmas is more than just cheesy Santa movies. Like others have said, there are tons of dark elements to Christmas.
Winter can be a spooky time of the year, especially in snowy regions like those that celebrate Krampusnacht. Daytime is very limited, its cold and dreary out, its a dangerous time of the year for those limited on food or shelter, etc -
C-Younkin — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 10:45 PM)
From the trailer alone, that made it out to look like it was trying to go for laughs and scares. You can do that by the way, i'm not sure why a film counts as stupid just because it tries to do both. This flick does an ok job of doing it, not as good as Evil Dead 2 or anything which is like the height of combining both but not as bad as I was expecting either.
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reddukewaldo — 10 years ago(January 03, 2016 06:06 PM)
i enjoyed it. will watch again, a bit of laughter horror. i don't understand why it was pulled out of theaters, in my city, i had to travel within my metro area to see it. it had disappeared from theater houses near my home.
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wartengu — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 11:55 PM)
I haven't even see it and I hate it. Predictable, Lame and cheesy add to that poor acting, effects, etc. You got yourself a blockbuster "B" flick. Come on, did you really expect anything else? There will never be another Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Exorcist, etc. The only thing you can expect now is cheap thrills and that's why horror is practically off my radar. While the mainstream "everything is awesome" crowd is entrenched in cheap remakes and crappy wannabes, I'm watching the original classics.
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