Krampus: Origins

Directed by Joseph Mbah

November 6, 2018 86mHorror, Drama,

2.514%5.5

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The first World War rages on when a group of American soldiers find a mysterious artifact that can summon the ancient evil of the Krampus. After the men are killed in action, the artifact is sent to the commanding officer's widow who is a teacher at a small-town orphanage. The orphans accidentally summon the Krampus and the teacher, and her pupils are forced to battle this ancient evil.

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Cast of Krampus: Origins

Maria OlsenSister Rafus
Anna HarrAdelia
Katie PeabodyJosephine
Amelia HabermanHenrietta
Shannyn HallLena
Luke WaxmanBram
Linda CushmaSister Martha
Noah ClarkJack
Michael HarrelsonFather Timothy
Ethan DrewVirgil
Chandler MantioneNicholas
Grace LopezIda
Cleon GionetKrampus
Owen ConwayPatrick
Helynn CastroViolet
Robert ConwaySchneider / Writer / Executive Producer / Editor
Greg LutzCaptain Foley
Dustin LeightonCorporal Schmidt
Dakota MorganGerman Soldier / Assistant Costume Designer
Casey LikesBilly
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Krampus: Origins Ratings & Reviews

jackmeatAugust 22, 2025
My quick rating - 2.5/10. Time to get this last one out of the way, in what I am sure is another #turkey. Who the hell wrote this one? Origins, have they never heard the Krampus story at all? Instead, we have some weird demon that has existed longer than humans, YET its job is to punish the children...Ok, we again have a new tale of the Krampus myth, and at least this time it does deal with Germany however, here it is some Nazi chanting nonsense to start off while reading a book and stroking his necklace. Then all the soldiers end up dead, and the belongings of one soldier are sent back to the states, including a book and a necklace. So that is how the demonic possessions make it to Arizona. I guess that is where it was filmed, no other real reason. What follows is about an hour of life in the 20th century at some orphanage. The usual story of the kid being bullied and the kids defending him. And then at one point, I believe the low-budget biopic makers decided to jump into horror and throw Krampus in. So after this decided switch, one of the nurses ends up summoning Krampus, and then the true B-budget shows. I am a big fan of low-budget making waves with creative use of cameras, or quality gore even, but this flick does absolutely none of that. Krampus is some dude standing there in a school project-made mask. The kills are more or less making people vanish (naughty or nice doesn't seem to make a difference) with some Buck Rogers-style laser gun effects. I'll spare you the acting since you know damn well it is non-existent. In a nutshell, out of all these flix, the 2015 Krampus is the only one worth your time in the slightest, and as far as I know, I have now seen all of these. Hopefully, you have NOT.

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