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There is NO happy ending.

posted 8 years ago by desiredemailgirl
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Clue number one - "Krampus comes to take , not to give. " Common sense should tell you, Krampus would not GIVE them a second chance. Max's chance, was to go on, without his family. He didnt accept the gift, and rather than take the offer he wanted to join his family (he was allowed to join his family, but now the way he wanted to)

Clue number two - The scared look on everyones faces , replaying the voices of the previous night. All of them realize the horror is real.

Clue number three - The final scene is in a dreamy atmosphere. It seems to be one of the "old Christmastimes" that Max dreamed about. Pretty eery for a family who just 24 hours ago, couldnt get along .

Clue number four - Snow globe. Snow globes are beautiful, but also haunting because the world inside them never changes. They are captured inside of one, forever. Meaning, their lives are in a standstill. They will repeat the same Christmas for all eternity.

Clue number 5 - Krampus intended to leave Max alive . Allowing the family to have a happy ending was never in his plans.Nothing about his behavior before the final "happy" scene , including the sinister laughing and throwing Max into the fire pit, says that he intended to spare or have mercy on anyone

And..finally, the camera zooms out to show us many snow globes. Critical thinking would lead you to believe that those are the snow globes, of other families, trapped forever in limbo.Those snow globes dont represent second chances, they represent "worlds" with people trapped inside them. There are a lot of other unfortunate souls and families dead, but alive, inside of those snow globes.

The end.

[–] desiredemailgirl 8 years ago

It's a movie. It's open for interpretation, because of the small amount of ambiguity towards the end. I believe the ending is pretty obvious .A family trapped in limbo forever , in a snow globe. However, what is with some of you becoming upset and being rude because some people choose not to believe the ending was a happy one?

[–] DarklordRB 8 years ago

Who's being rude and upset? We just offer an alternative to what the ending might be as much as people are saying that they're trapped in the snow globe forever. We based the happy ending possibility from the movie's prequel comic that shows Krampus sparing everyone he just terrorized and then letting them be alive and happy on Christmas Day.

[–] desiredemailgirl 8 years ago

There is one user , in particular who has been responding to all of the "unhappy ending", people with rude comments and calling people idiots.

[–] DarklordRB 8 years ago

Well that just sounds like a mere troll who should be put on ignore or reported. Also if he hasn't been posting recently, then you shouldn't worry about him.

[–] deadbodieseverywhere17 8 years ago

Or her 😉

There are maybe five beings I hope I never have to fight and J'onn Jonzz is one of them. - Superman

[–] DarklordRB 8 years ago

It's hard to imagine a girl troll to be honest, but I suppose you're right. I guess I didn't think of using them, and they in the place of him or her at that time I posted.

[–] Dollhouse_89 8 years ago

There are girl trolls out there.

Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer are two I can think of off the top of my head

[–] ActionJunkie007 8 years ago

Great points and I Couldn't agree more! It makes the film even better this way as I was fearing they would cop out with a "happy ending". They didn't.

Who's strangling the cat?

[–] omniscentry 8 years ago

I agree with this. Also, when the grandma recounts her Krampus story, it seems everyone in her house/village is tortured/disappeared the next morning. I imagine in their own existential horror snowglobes.

My guess is it was left a little vague to ensure a PG-13 rating.

[–] pankoeken 8 years ago

You should read this thread http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/board/flat/261021559 it contradicts what you think. The comic adaptation was written by the same guys who wrote and directed the movie and in it the family is safe BUT being watched by Krampus and his evil cohorts.

That is still not really a happy ending but they are not imprisoned in some goofy trite snow globe "world". The uneasy glances the family members give each other give credibility to the being watched theory. Also what is creepier reliving a happy Christmas morning with family or knowing Krampus is watching and waiting for your family to make a mistake so he can rip you all to pieces?

[–] deadbodieseverywhere17 8 years ago

Also what is creepier reliving a happy Christmas morning with family or knowing Krampus is watching and waiting for your family to make a mistake so he can rip you all to pieces?

Being in hell, in a snow globe, in Krampus' lair, forever.

Basically what the OP said.

There are maybe five beings I hope I never have to fight and J'onn Jonzz is one of them. - Superman

[–] hannahrose313 8 years ago

Considering there was an alternate ending which only showed the Grandma and Max acknowledging what happened the night before, and without a snow globe pan-out, I'd say that there were multiple endings thought up by the director.

[–] tyson6633 8 years ago

To the OP:

This is how I took the ending to be, also.

To be honest, I think it was pretty self-explanitory.

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"OK, he's dead. Let's go get him. There's another one for the fire."

[–] Benjen_Snark 8 years ago

Do people really debate this? It's pretty clear, the ending is pretty bleak for the family: trapped within perpetual Christmas limbo within a snowglobe in Krampus' lair for all eternity. Max gets his wish: his family is back and happy together, but their trapped within that day for all eternity.

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[–] Benjen_Snark 8 years ago

The only one living in delusion here is you dude. It's abundantly clear at the end of the MOVIE that the family is trapped in limbo within the snowglobe. The only people denying it are the people who refuse to admit that the movie doesn't have a happy ending. We're not talking about the comics here, we're talking about what was shown on film. Sorry that that doesn't fit your narrative!

[–] pankoeken 8 years ago

Nope you're wrong. How is being watched by Krampus and his minions hoping you give them an excuse to tear you into pieces again a happy ending? Everything the writers and directors have said about the ending proves you're wrong but by all means a bunch of friendless kids like yourself and the countless other doom and gloom clichés desperate to have yet another trite cookie cutter oh the monster won ending know best, right? 

The vast majority of horror movies trot out that same pathetic "twist" of oh you think they are okay but NO the monster kills them derp derp derp. Sorry that not everyone wants the same old garbage every time like you and all the other goofballs that never had an original thought in their lives. Obviously anything straying even slightly from typical formulaic crap terrifies some people so make sure you stay firmly in the box.

No offense intended.

[–] Benjen_Snark 8 years ago

Lol Krampus and his minions aren't waiting to tear into Max and his family again, because he already has them. The snowglobes are his collection. The final scene in the movie is definitely filmed with a "dreamlike" quality, which is subverted when the camera pans back and we realize that they're actually trapped within a snowglobe in Krampus' lair. He leaves behind the second ornament as proof that what happened wasn't a dream. I'm sorry that you think that the darkness of the ending is cookie cutter and cliched - (in my opinion the darkness of the ending is what solidifies it as an awesome movie) but it's quite clear to anyone with half a brain that the ending isn't a happy one.

[–] f_rooster_manic 8 years ago

Opinion is not fact, and you people seem to put waaaay too much effort into arguing what is supposed to be a silly Christmas film for teenagers lol

[–] carjones51 8 years ago

in my opinion the darkness of the ending is what solidifies it as an awesome movie

THIS!! I completely agree w/you. I was shocked, but happy, the ending was so bleak and tragic. Loved this movie!

[–] Bullish_Captain 8 years ago

How is being watched by Krampus and his minions hoping you give them an excuse to tear you into pieces again a happy ending?

I thought the grandma said it wasn't about doing, it was about believing.

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[–] GSworldbuilder 8 years ago

And..finally, the camera zooms out to show us many snow globes. Critical thinking would lead you to believe that those are the snow globes, of other families, trapped forever in limbo.

I think you mean "logical reasoning", a critical thinker would question everything he saw and not necessarily believe the logical deduction that every house is trapped in its own snowglobe. Anyway, I agree with there not being a happy ending. There are inconsistencies throughout the movie though, sadly enough, making it a very debatable ending.

[–] Woodyanders 8 years ago

That downbeat snow globe ending was great.

I've been chasing grace/ But grace ain't easy to find