Krampus (2015) is a Christmas horror comedy film directed and part-written by Michael Dougherty, based on the eponymous character from an Austro-Bavarian legend. The plot revolves around a ...

Poor little Max has his Christmas ruined by the arrival of his annoying and vulgar extended family. Max is one of those bright-eyed, pure of heart type kids who still believes in Santa Claus and is ...

On this day in horror history, the new Christmas classic Krampus opened in 2015. Directed by Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) the film is based on the eponymous ...

I have a vivid memory of my friend hanging off a door horizontally, her nails digging into the wooden frame as a giant, fur-covered beast with demonic red eyes and giant fangs pulled her outside into ...

Krampus “A Look Inside” Vlog. Michael Dougherty‘s Krampus (2015) movie featurette entitled “A Look Inside” has been released as promotional material for the film. In the video, director Michael ...

The film is loosely based on the eponymous figure from German folklore, a sort of dark-mirror version of Santa Claus who, instead of bringing gifts and delights to good children, shows up with cloven ...

As the Halloween season folds back into the dark, there lingers one shadowy folklore figure that travels forward into the holiday season –– the Krampus. At first a pagan figure of the winter solstice ...

Dafni Ma divides her time between Greece, England, and Lithuania, or wherever her book-sniffing nose takes her. She has worked as an author, ghostwriter, editor, copywriter, publisher, screenwriter, ...

“Doorbusters” is possibly the most odious term of the modern holiday season, and this comic horror movie opens with a slo-mo shot of one of these sales: Shoppers trample one another and fight over ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...