History Film / Krampus

* AdultFear: This film really plays with a parents fear of something terrible happening to their child and not being able to do anything about it, with [[spoiler: Tom and Sarah having to deal with their daughter disappearing, while Linda and Howard are forced to watch as three of their children are taken away by Krampus's minions.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Cause a relative to lose their faith in Christmas? Everyone involved aside from that relative get dragged into the underworld by the Krampus. This can be especially unfair in the case of [[spoiler: Omi's family. Omi lost her faith in Christmas as a child because her family was poor, something that was likely out of her parents' power, but they were still taken by him anyway.]] One can only hope that [[spoiler: the end means that Krampus is just keeping an eye on them to make sure they never lose their Christmas spirit again.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: It initially seems like the events were AllJustADream, only for it to turn out to be a reality when one of Krampus' baubles is discovered and everyone starts to slowly remember. And then it turns out Krampus is watching them through a snowglobe, but it's unclear whether they're trapped in there to continuously be tormented or are merely being spied on.]]

** And finally, [[spoiler: just when it looks like it was AllJustADream, it's revealed that everything really did happen, and the family is trapped inside one of Krampus' snow globes.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Howard appears to be one, as well as Adam Scott's character Tom.

** The concept of a blizzard completely covering the town and trapping the heroes inside is reminiscent of ''[[Film/TheFog The Fog]]'' and ''[[Literature/TheMist The Mist]]''.

** ''He is the shadow of St. Nicholas.''

* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: One of the kids is swallowed whole by the ScaryJackInABox.]]

* CreepyDoll: The movie feature a killer teddy bear, a killer jester puppet,a killer jack-in-the-box and killer toy robots.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: It initially seems like the events were AllJustADream, only for it to turn out to be a reality one of Krampus' baubles is discovered. And then it turns out Krampus is watching them through a snowglobe, but it's unclear whether they're trapped in there to continuously be tormented or are merely being spied on.]]

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Averted. All of the kids die, including Linda's newborn baby.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Howie Jr. getting pulled into the fireplace, who obviously did not think seeing a large hook dangling from a dark fireplace might be a '''bad''' thing.

* CreepyLongFingers: The scene of Krampus caressing the face of Krista Stadler's character seems to be devoted to show off his long fingers.

* BearsAreBadNews: The trailer features a demonic teddy bear.

* CreepyDoll: The trailers feature a killer teddy bear, a killer jester puppet, and killer toy robots.

* DeadpanSnarker: Howard appears to be one, as well as Adam Scott's character David.

* HooksAndCrooks: The trailer features a shot of a hook on a chain being lowered into the fireplace. The most recent trailer shows Krampus using a gingerbread impaled on the hook to lure a child into the fireplace.

* MonsterClown: The end of the trailer features a jester puppet with a [[BodyHorror split-open bottom jaw]].
* RageBreakingPoint: The trailers indicate Max reaches his during the family's dinner, motivated by his older relatives constantly snipping at each other and his younger cousins acting like assholes. It leads to him screaming that he hates Christmas and everyone else.

* ScaryJackInTheBox: The trailer features one.

* TooDumbToLive: The kid getting pulled into the fireplace in the most recent trailer, who obviously did not think seeing a large hook dangling from a dark fireplace might be a '''bad''' thing.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Cause a friend to lose their faith in Christmas? Everyone involved aside from that friend get dragged into the underworld by the Krampus. This can be especially unfair in the case of [[spoiler: Omi's family. Omi lost her faith in Christmas as a child because her family was poor, something that was likely out of her parents' power, but they were still taken by him anyway.]] One can only hope that [[spoiler: the end means that Krampus is just keeping an eye on them to make sure they never lose their Christmas spirit again.]]

''Krampus'' is an upcoming 2015 horror comedy film co-written and directed by Michael Dougherty as a SpiritualSuccessor to his 2007 CultClassic, ''Film/TrickRTreat''. The plot centers around [[AntagonistTitle the titular]] Krampus who searches and punishes people for their various misdeeds. His latest targets are a DysfunctionalFamily whose spats cause the youngest son Max [[HeroicBSOD to lose faith in Christmas]]. Krampus, noticing Max’s disillusionment, unleashes demonic holiday icons on the family who [[AnAssKickingChristmas must fight to survive.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Howard appears to be one, as well as Adam Scott's character.

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* HooksAndCrooks: The trailer features a shot of a hook on a chain being lowered into the fireplace. It is unknown if Krampus actually uses this as a weapon.

** The scene of the demonic toys breaking out of their presents is very similar to the discarded cocoons found in ''[[Film/Gremlins Gremlins]]''.

* TheKrampus: [[CaptainObvious Duh.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TrickRTreat'' which Michael Dougherty also wrote and directed.

* {{Retraux}}: The film is produced with this in mind, such as favoring practical effects over CG. [[http://cdn1-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/gallery/krampus/image001-10.jpg The poster]] help convey this feel.

-->"''You Don't Want To Be On [[Main/{{Krampus}} His]] List.''"

* Main/{{Krampus}}: [[CaptainObvious Duh.]]