KRAMPUS ( 2015 )

Three days before Christmas, the dysfunctional Engel family come together for the holidays. Max remains a firm believer in Santa Claus and intends on sending a letter to him. Amongst his family are his parents Tom and Sarah; his teenage sister Beth; his aunt and uncle Linda and Howard; their children Howie Jr., Stevie, Jordan and baby Chrissie; Sarah and Linda’s cantankerous aunt Dorothy; and Tom’s mother Omi, who speaks mostly in German.
Max wants to continue family traditions but tension between his relatives leads to them losing their Christmas spirit. When his cousins read out his letter to Santa and mock him for it, he tears up the letter and throws it out the window. That night, a severe blizzard engulfs the town and causes a power outage. Beth ventures out to check on her boyfriend, but is chased by a large horned creature. She hides beneath a delivery truck, but the creature leaves a jack-in-the-box which kills her.
Tom and Howard leave to search for Beth, finding her boyfriend's house in ruins with the chimney split open and large goat-like hoof prints in the house. Outside, the two are attacked by an unseen monster under the snow. They return home and board up the windows. Later, a large hook with a living gingerbread man attached lures Howie, Jr. to the chimney, and he is dragged up the chimney despite the family's efforts to save him.
Omi explains the creature hunting them is Krampus, an ancient demonic spirit who punishes those who have lost the Christmas spirit. In an animated flashback, Omi relates that when she was a child, her parents and community lost their spirit, as did she, summoning Krampus. He dragged everyone except her to the Underworld, leaving behind a bell bauble with his name on it. The family remain skeptical until monstrous toys, hidden in presents delivered earlier, invade the house. Stevie and Jordan are lured to the attic by Beth’s voice, where Jordan is devoured by Der Klown, the jack-in-the-box from before. The family fend off the toys, only for Krampus’ elves to leap in through a window, taking Dorothy, Howard, and Chrissie.
Tom decides the family should flee for Howard's snow plough. Omi sacrifices herself to distract Krampus, who emerges from the fireplace, attacking her with his bag of toys. Outside, Tom, Sarah, and Linda are dragged under the snow while Stevie is captured by the elves. Krampus confronts Max, giving him a bauble wrapped in a piece of his discarded letter before holding him over a hellish pit. A willing Max honestly apologises for losing his spirit, admitting that he only wanted a decent Christmas with his family. While Krampus seems to accept his apology, he tosses Max into the Underworld nonetheless.
Max awakens in his house on Christmas morning, discovering his family alive and well downstairs, believing that what happened was just a nightmare. But then he unwraps a present containing Krampus’ bauble, and the family collectively remember the previous night. Their house is shown being observed through a snow globe in Krampus' workshop, alongside countless others.