I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Anthologies usually suffer from the same problem: specific stories being much better / worse than the others it's paired with. In that sense, this is one of the strongest anthology films I've seen, with the qualitative consistency pretty level. Not that it's perfectly unswerving (virgin Mary one is mediocre, Santa one is a blast), but it's still the kind of goofy, creepy fun that many of us need during the holidays.

I can't imagine why, but I don't believe I ever heard of a Krampus before. It's not exactly a brand new holiday season concept, and I'm not a youngster, so I don't know how this anti-Christmas legend snuck by me. In looking up some information on the Krampus, and by association, Krampusnacht, I learned that the demon-like, half-goat of Austrian folklore makes his presence known on December Fifth to punish children who have misbehaved. Since I've never encountered the Christmas Devil myself, I guess I've been doing okay.Well this Christmas movie isn't for the faint of heart. It's a series of four stories told somewhat simultaneously, with a couple of them intertwining before reaching a fatal conclusion. Sort of book-ending the film is good old William Shatner portraying radio jock Dangerous Dan, attempting to lift the spirits of the town of Bailey Downs with good tidings and songs for the holiday season. We didn't get to see much of Bailey Downs, but in my imagination I kind of compared it To Bedford Falls, in keeping with the Christmas tradition.Being a Christmas 'Horror' story, be prepared for a fair share of blood and gore, along with Santa's (George Buza) gallant home-stand against his infected, zombie transforming elves. There's a twist to this story that you may or may not see coming when things spiral out of control to the finale. Let's just say Stormin' Norman the weatherman had a Santa fixation with an axe to grind.If you go for this kind of stuff, the film is kind of entertaining in it's own way. But just like a lot of stories that came out of The Twilight Zone or the Crypt Keeper's vault, there are no repercussions for some of the brutal murders that take place when things eventually have to settle down. What I'm thinking about is how are the survivors of the various stories going to explain things to the authorities when it comes time to clean up all the individual messes. Not supposed to think about that I guess. I think maybe that Krampus has some more work to do.

I love horror anthologies. I love holiday horror anthologies, with the exception of the actual one named "Holidays." And I love the Christmas ones the most as they make the most prized memories of our childhood...all the more creepy.True, this did the trick. During partial breaks in my viewing of this, I actually did listen to innocent Christmas tunes only to be completely freaked out.It has to be hard to come up with new and inventive ways to use the stereotypical Christmas traditions and make genuine horror out of it. It's been done so many times, with so many horror anthologies over the decades. And yet…the Canadians have done it. Very well, I might add. Blame them…they did it.In this multistory scary film revolving around Christmas Eve, we get five unique fables happening simultaneously and all in the same universe. Every single one was well shot, original and genuinely scary. While one reminded me of my own childhood with another horror anthology I was scarred as a kid with: Trilogy of Terror, all were interesting and I wanted to know more and where they were headed.Each story just gave us enough to want to go back and learn more as it shifted between the stories. Sadly, however, the conclusions weren't always satisfying with the exception of one…HUGE…SURPRISE I did NOT see coming.That said, the lead up, the believable acting and the very well-shot cinematography and graphics negated any so-so conclusion. HIGHLY recommend this to all horror anthology buffs like myself, especially those who love the twisted Christmas legends.***Final thoughts: Already loved this movie, almost from frame one, but it helped I fell for one of the actors. "Dylan," one of the high school kids. Relax. He's nearing 30 – in just about two months from now. But, like most late-20s, early-30s actors playing high schoolers, he really doesn't look like he belongs in school. Less creepy for me…even when the movie really did creep my out. I guess I deserved that.

You either like those short stories that are somehow and somewhat connected to each other or you don't. If it's the latter don't bother watching or reading on, because you obviously are not the target audience. If you are of course, give this a shot. While not the best horror anthology, just the fact that Shatner is a radio host who's telling jokes (you know he's a funny Dude) and is always there after a shock to make you feel good.Having said that, the casting overall is good, as are the stories all not really in the original sense of the Christmas spirit. But with a horror movie that should be the most obvious thing and nothing one should have to figure out. The characters are oblivious to their fates or what lies ahead of them in general. Funny and scary stories that really are entertaining. Job done