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Why this movie is getting hate.

posted 9 years ago by ButcherOfLuverne
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Simply put, I feel as if a modern audience, like ourselves, that mindlessly digests stale Christmas cookies of film franchises like "Paranormal Activity", "Saw", and a plethora of crappy remakes like 2014's Poltergeist, cannot grasp the idea of a horror-comedy. I had a few buddies of mine go to see Krampus. They then came back, and complained that it was dumb that it tried to be funny. The classic lines that they used were 'it should've been more gory', 'why was it funny?' and 'horror films shouldn't be funny'.

I feel like most mainstream people don't get the blend of horror-comedy - they want cheap jump scares and James Wan's screechy violins (to be fair, I enjoyed The Conjuring and Insidious) to a practical, well-made horror comedy. Plus, most people have called the ending cheap and a cop-out, and they didn't even know that it actually ended differently; why don't they know? Because they left the theater early like jackasses.

Anyways, this movie will probably become a cult classic; I already have begun quoting around my friends and family, and it's message is timeless. I just hope it doesn't get too mixed an audience response because it's very rare a practical, funny movie like this will be made in a while. (Trick R Treat 2, where are you?)

"I'll have a chocolate glaze." - Dodd Gerhardt

[–] fistoffury 9 years ago

Krampus might be technically a Christmas character but he is also more along the lines of somebody you would run into on Halloween, being a horror character and all. I just don't think Christmas and Halloween go good together, they're exact opposites. They even tried this with the Addams Family where for Halloween the Addams Family were singing "Halloween Carols" and getting "Halloween Presents" under some Great Pumpkin prop they had put up. I don't think it worked out.

[–] DuffyBuffet 9 years ago

Christmas has always had a long list of scary legends that are somewhat horrific. It has nothing to do with Halloween at all. Look up the Yule cat. It was known to eat people who were lazy. There is also Frau Perchta, a Christmas witch who would punish the sinful. She was known to rip out a persons internal organs and replace them with straw or pebbles.

None of these legends, including Krampus, have anything to do with the holiday of Halloween. These are ancient Christmas legends that date back to a time before Hallmark greeting cards and the modernization of the American version of Christmas. Some of these traditions are still celebrated today. Krampusnacht continues to be very popular in parts of Europe.

You would not run into Krampus on Halloween because he is part of the legend of St. Nicholas. While St. Nicholas gives gifts Krampus punishes the bad children. Ever hear of getting coal in your stocking for being bad? That is a direct refernce to these stories.

[–] KingCobra686 9 years ago

I just don't think Christmas and Halloween go good together, they're exact opposites.

This is a very simplistic view of those holidays. Halloween is more than just horror movies and Christmas is more than just cheesy Santa movies. Like others have said, there are tons of dark elements to Christmas.

Winter can be a spooky time of the year, especially in snowy regions like those that celebrate Krampusnacht. Daytime is very limited, its cold and dreary out, its a dangerous time of the year for those limited on food or shelter, etc...

[–] C-Younkin 9 years ago

From the trailer alone, that made it out to look like it was trying to go for laughs and scares. You can do that by the way, i'm not sure why a film counts as stupid just because it tries to do both. This flick does an ok job of doing it, not as good as Evil Dead 2 or anything which is like the height of combining both but not as bad as I was expecting either.

Trying to go for an informative, and hopefully something people think is funny, youtube channel so hope you guys like. Thanks.

https://youtu.be/2XkiEUUEJnM

[–] reddukewaldo 9 years ago

i enjoyed it. will watch again, a bit of laughter horror. i don't understand why it was pulled out of theaters, in my city, i had to travel within my metro area to see it. it had disappeared from theater houses near my home.

[–] wartengu 9 years ago

I haven't even see it and I hate it. Predictable, Lame and cheesy add to that poor acting, effects, etc. You got yourself a blockbuster "B" flick. Come on, did you really expect anything else? There will never be another Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Exorcist, etc. The only thing you can expect now is cheap thrills and that's why horror is practically off my radar. While the mainstream "everything is awesome" crowd is entrenched in cheap remakes and crappy wannabes, I'm watching the original classics.

[–] svalinanikola 9 years ago

How can you write such things if you didn't see it and there were some pretty good horror movies.

[–] fleshrequiem 9 years ago

Idiotic post.

[–] BeOneOfUs 9 years ago

Because it's a film and it exists lol.
That's why it's getting hate.

[–] T-eschberger 9 years ago

It's coming from people who simply hate on horror (imdb doesn't seem to like horror at all) and idiots crying about no R rating....like they couldn't look up the damn rating before going to the theater.

[–] An_Animator 9 years ago

It's called the vocal *minority*. The movie has been well received by most critics and audiences.

[–] CriticismHurts 9 years ago

I loved it. All of it. Instant cult classic here.

[–] CameronWalker01 9 years ago

To the OP. People are not obliged to like a movie simply because you do. From reading your post you seem to be of the opinion that anyone who doesn't share your opinion/taste in films is an idiot or has something wrong with them, which is pretty arrogant and the height of narcissism.