Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Krampus 2: The Devil Returns (2016)

Ah crap, there’s a sequel to Krampus: The Christmas Devil, and it’s even less appealing than the first one.  Five years later, Jeremy lives in isolation and the police want his help. The missing kid problem has ramped up and he’s the only one who’s seen Krampus or his cave.  

Jeremy and his hulking friend head to the police station and meet up with a task force which includes Lori, a woman whose child was also abducted the same year as Jeremy’s daughter.  The police decide the missing child issue must be dealt with… five years after Jeremy pointed it out… thirty five years after Jeremy was abducted. Yeah, these police suck.

This movie has so many things that don’t make sense:

  1. An abandoned house that is decorated for Christmas
  2. Kids drinking open bottles of beers found in an abandoned house. It may not be beer, kids.
  3. The real Santa appearing as Santa where kids line up to sit on his lap and request gifts
  4. Santa and Krampus have upgraded from a cave to an isolated house
  5. Krampus beats a kid to death while Santa hangs out watching
  6. The revelation that Jeremy killed Santa’s daughter???  When did Santa have a daughter?
  7. Santa says he’s not a vengeful person, yet he’s giving Krampus lists of children to murder because they are naughty.
There is also a completely unnecessary subplot about the brother of the criminal that vowed revenge on Jeremy in the first movie.  The brother is out for revenge and you won’t care.  It’s filler and if you skip it, it won’t matter.  Actually you can skip the entire thing. 

Hey kids, want to watch Santa torture a child?
What is up with this franchise and the outlets?
Now we’ve got wires hanging out of the wall.
Who would hire meth Santa to be around children?
Ah yes, nothing says cool like drinking an open beer
you found in an abandoned house. It’s probably piss.
So I’m guessing they didn’t get a permit to shoot on the street.
Again with the outlets.  There’s a hole where it used to be.  
Also Santa should kill them for their spelling.




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