Sunday, December 16, 2018

Krampus Unleashed (2016)

The film opens in the late 1800s where a group of treasure hunters looking for gold unearths a box with a strange rock. Messing with the rock awakens Krampus and carnage ensues.

After Krampus sends them to their maker, we quickly cut to present day where a family is going to visit grandma and grandpa for Christmas.  Unfortunately they live in Arizona so  there's no Christmas to be had except for a few lights.

Grandma and grandpa seems nice, but their kids have grown up differently. One is kind and has a nice family. The other is condescending and has a jerk family.    The males in the family go out to pan for gold down at the creek, and end up finding an interesting rock.  And once again, some poor idiots have awakened the Krampus.

Watch for the worst 911 operator in the world. Someone calls for help after their boyfriend is murdered.  She relays this info to the cops as if the woman said she's seen a bigfoot in her back yard.

Also check out the heads mounted on the wall in the living room. While listening to Grandpa tell his grandson about hunting them, you'll notice something odd about the heads on the wall.  They're all  obviously plastic.  Hilarity ensues.

This is low budget and not very entertaining. Half the characters are totally unlikeable and you'll keep wishing some would get punched in the throat.  Also people seem to be getting sunburned in this movie. Either that or their color is off because their heads are way too red for it to be natural.

The most annoying thing about this film is that it opens with an off key version of Let It Snow.  The  vocals are in a completely different key than the music. How did this happen? Were the people who made it tone deaf? It's mind bogglingly uncomfortable to hear.

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