Krampus Origins

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Krampus Origins

Released Nov 6, 2018

1h 26m

Horror

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A mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus is delivered to a small-town orphanage.

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Dani Whitehead

Cultured Vultures

This movie doesn't have nearly enough violence or gore to be a proper Krampus movie, even though they have upped their effects game just a smidge.

Rated: 1/10

Oct 30, 2019

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Brian Costello

Common Sense Media

Cheesy, low-budget horror prequel has blood, violence.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 27, 2018

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John Townsend

Starburst

Apart from Dougherty's film, Krampus has been used woefully as producers and directors seek to cash in on anything remotely seasonal. Perhaps it's time to leave this particular character alone.

Rated: 2/10

Nov 27, 2018

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

Krampus Origins suffers from poor characterizations for almost every person in the story. However, the acting is reliable from all involved, and the director ably juggles the drama and horror scenes to good effect.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 5, 2018

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Mario A

Didn't flow well between scenes. There was no suspense... There acting was meh, probably due to the script. The Krampus character was hokey as all heck, low budget is painfully obvious. If you closed your eyes and listen to Krampus talk it was exactly like listening to the Ultimate Warrior from WWE. Why didn't anyone in production notice that? I should've watched it on shrooms or acid. Bummer.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Alex B

Life is too precious and short to see this film, I honestly feel like I have been robbed of £0.99 and 1 hour 25 minutes of my life.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/10/23

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adam b

Didn't realize this was a prequel film to both Krampus: The Reckoning and Krampus: Unleashed but I don't think it really mattered I watched this first. The acting is mostly god-awful and 80% of this film is a slow build-up to the reveal of Krampus and even then, it's a guy standing in a suit of armor that gives off dialogue long and drawn-out similar to an NPC.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

B movie at best. Horrible acting. Super slow to start with. Bad effects. The story doesn’t make any sense either. Don’t waste your time. The first one was good....this one was far from it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/19

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Audience Member

Knew we were in trouble from the opening crawl. Krampus Origins not only does not in anyway show us the origins of Krampus, it also tried to ruin Christmas.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

One would think this movie would get better by the time the Krampus actually shows up, but this low budget so-so flick dive bombs into full on disappointment with their painful to watch creature.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Synopsis

A mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus is delivered to a small-town orphanage.

Director: Joseph Mbah
Producer: Robert Conway, Amber Thompson
Screenwriter: Robert Conway
Distributor: Uncork'd Entertainment
Production Co: FunHouse Features
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2018
Runtime: 1h 26m

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