KRAMPUS TRAILER RELEASED (DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS)

[Mr. Morden]

Why is Hollywood trying to commercialize Christmas like this?  Can't we just focus on the true meaning of Christmas: the terrorization of misbehaving children via grotesque mythological creatures?

[Mr. Morden]

... for a German film.

It's an American movie, not a German one - as you can clearly see from the trailer.

It's just the German version of the trailer you posted.

Will you watch this movie...and post a review on its cultural accuracy?

[Mr. Morden]

Isn't this coming out in a few days?  Are any of you going to watch it?

[Mr. Morden]

Isn't this coming out in a few days?  Are any of you going to watch it?

Other than Tender.........no.

I probably won't watch it either, because I have the real stuff right around me these days ...

Do you expect "Krampus" to break all box office records in Austria?  Will Syrian refugees be sent to the movie to inform them of what they've gotten themselves into?

[Mr. Morden]

The movie's at 48% on Metacritic and 65% on Rotten Tomatoes.  Could be worse.  We'll have to wait and see how it does at the box office.  If the movie does well, this could be a major milestone in how Austria is perceived around the world.  Biggest turning point for the country since Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Here are the crowd reports on IMDb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/board/thread/251138872?p=1

[Mr. Morden]

$6 million in North America for Krampus's opening day, which is good enough for first place:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Embrace the Krampus, or go hide in your basement.

[Mr. Morden]

So it sounds like you watched the movie in an Austrian cinema?  Was there any way to gauge how the other viewers responded?  Did people laugh at certain parts because of the historical/cultural inaccuracies?

[Mr. Morden]

Kate McKinnon (in character, playing Angela Merkel) mentioned Krampus on tonight's episode of Saturday Night Live.