# Krampus (I cannot wait for this comedy/horror movie) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746 "2015-09-19T08:42:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/1 "2015-09-19T08:42:35Z")
So [I saw this movie trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6cVyoMH4QE) today (for a movie called Krampus) while at the showing of The Visit. Immediately after seeing it, I told my cousin that I absolutely MUST see that one as well, when it comes out. It looks very good, I think. I like movies that have an excellent blend of comedy and horror and this looks like it has both in spades. It going on anyone else’s “must check it out” list? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/2 "2015-09-19T09:08:11Z")
Well, mine, now. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/3 "2015-09-19T13:08:04Z")
its been on ours since the first trailer we saw - this is looking to be a good round of horror. What did you think of the trailer for “[The Witch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBN0ByAqDk)” ? ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/4 "2015-09-19T13:24:45Z")
I’m sure I’ll see it because horror pickings are slim in December, but it looks a little goofy. Have you seen [Rare Exports?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/) That’s a yearly X-mas viewing for me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/5 "2015-09-19T13:40:37Z")
Looks scarier then Gremlins but could also be something that visits Kingston Falls. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/6 "2015-09-19T17:54:28Z")
I sort of thought that the trailer was going to be for [A Christmas Horror Story](http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/achristmashorrorstory/). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/7 "2015-09-19T20:41:45Z")
I saw this before. For me, this is a classic “drive away the audience” trailer. Really dumb and poorly put together. If you can’t make a trailer better than this for a movie about Krampus, it’s a bad, bad movie. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/8 "2015-09-19T21:00:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > If you can’t make a trailer better than this for a movie about Krampus, it’s a bad, bad movie. I thought the trailer was already really well put together and great. In your opinion, it isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/9 "2015-12-07T02:49:59Z")
I just saw it today and loved it. Especially how they played with “it was all a dream”; then everyone (including the _dog_) remembered they basically died and now it’s Christmas morning forever ;). Bye the way did anyone else wondering what happened to any Jewish families in the neighborhood? I doubt Krampus would’ve run into any in Oma’s village for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/10 "2015-12-07T03:10:04Z")
Until I heard about this movie, I seriously thought that they made up Krampus for that episode of American Dad, since that was the first and only time I’d heard about him. Of course, after seeing the trailer I learned that indeed it’s a longstanding part of Austro-Bavarian folklore. Those crazy Bavarians! ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/11 "2015-12-07T03:16:01Z")
For those who can’t get to the theater yet, here’s Anthony Bourdain’s A Krampus Carol - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9p1JYvV178E/maxresdefault.jpg "A Krampus Carol by Anthony Bourdain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p1JYvV178E) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/12 "2015-12-07T03:33:10Z")
Apparently… It’s really dark and more of a horror movie than a comedy, even having a dark ending. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ve read the wikipedia synopsis. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/krampus-i-cannot-wait-for-this-comedy-horror-movie/731746/13 "2015-12-07T04:18:18Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I just saw it today and loved it. > > Especially how they played with “it was all a dream”; then everyone (including the _dog_) remembered they basically died and now it’s Christmas morning forever ;). > > Bye the way did anyone else wondering what happened to any Jewish families in the neighborhood? I doubt Krampus would’ve run into any in Oma’s village for obvious reasons. Yup - while there was some comedy in it it ws not a comedy - the simFamily enjoyed it - and especially liked that they did what you have spoilered.