Thoughts on Krampus (Movie)

So I saw the Krampus movie this weekend, It was pretty good... at least I thought it was a good movie. It had some scary parts but I also liked how cheesy it was. I also found it not to be super scary, and there wasn't a lot of gore. I think the part that made my tummy curl up in a ball was the leg scene. But, that still wasn't to graphic. Its just more I guess the fear of the unknown I really liked. The only thing I didn't really like was the looks of the Krampus little buddies. They didn't really look scary, and I guess the laughing that they didn't also didn't come off as scary. It was more of like a goofy giggle compared to like an evil, I'm going to steal you and drag you to hell giggle. I think it was just darker for this season more then anything. But I did like it, Its also nice to see a different type of scary movie. I also liked the end. I'm a person who loves basically everything that was introduce to come back around. So that made me really happy. I don't want to spoil the movie.

I did like the music. And I found Krampus really interesting. My only real issues with him was that they covered him up with this big cape. Which I didn't like.  I didn't like it because they hid a lot of there work, and I guess it also bugs me because I would have liked to see all of the character. Even if it was once. It would have been nice just to see a glimpse.

One of my issues is the character deployment in the movie, I feel like none of the characters really changed other then one, That one would be the mother who changed. Which I liked but I felt like it was odd to see that the children didn't change at all. Which really did bug me, even more so the main character he didn't change. I mean, he was a kid so change isn't really expected but I would have loved to see some kind of change go on... And I mean, lets also just think of it this way. If some creatures where coming into my house and stealing those I loved I think I would feel pretty helpless and I don't think I'd turn into a super hero, and that kid had more guts then me.

I did like the movie and I feel like its something I could buy when it gets super cheap. (Like 5 dollars) to have and like watch maybe once a year.

Krampus

It should be said somewhere's that I tend to not be a fan of horror and I tend to be a person who will hide her face when horror is on, or I'll run for the hills. There has only been a few cases that I've found I've liked horror. I think what I tend to like more is suspense and thrillers. I do like jump scares only because they really scare me.  Like I've seen "Horror" anime's and some I just find to hard to watch, but I do have one horror anime I like, which is Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Rei. I liked that one because it had an interesting story and you were peicing things together as it went along. Which is something I do like. I also have seen stuff like Sweeney Todd which is slightly horror-ish but I mostly just liked it for the sound track.

 I think my biggest issues with horror now a days is always around just senseless gore and really graphic rape scenes. I also tend to find the langue in horror sometimes to be really hard to focus on. And what I mean by that is, when movies use "Fuck" to often my brain turns to jello and I don't even know what I'm watching anymore. Like nothing makes sense.

So with that all being said, I have found a horror movie I'm interesting in seeing.

I know a little bit of krampus folklore. Very little and I've been looking into it more, and I do find it really interesting. Just because Its really not something people focus on. I mostly found out about krampus from a friend who was Gothic and really wasn't a fan of christmas. So more of someone who was into anti christmas. with that being said, I found krampus really interesting. And I think in a way it made a bit of sense in my head. We almost always have good paired up with evil, we have to. Its like a dynamic that is just seen in our world. When we see love and happiness we also can see horrible things. Its like, those two things need to exist side by side. 

That being said, I know its an american film so I'm not sure how much of the folklore is going to be kept. I know I looked into a bit. I basically just want to make sure it doesn't have 'rape', and surprise! It doesn't.  I'm going to see this movie for the weekend. I am bring my bunny with me. Just in case I get scared. I know my hands are going to be sweaty during the movie.