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Movies that feel likeKrampus (2015)

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

If you loved Krampus, the closest films we have are Anna and the Apocalypse (2018), Extra Ordinary (2019) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). All three share Krampus' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017).

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Michael Doughertydreadunsettlingwittyplayfuldreamlike
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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 · dir. John McPhail
🍅 77%★ 6.1horror · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

One thread runs through both: holiday

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%★ 6.4fantasy · comedy · horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · dir. Joe Dante
🍅 71%★ 6.5comedy · horror · fantasyMax

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

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Piranha 3D
2010 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 76%★ 5.5comedy · horrorParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: creature

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Krampus

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Army of Darkness
1992 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 68%★ 7.4fantasy · horror · comedyPrime Video

Horror with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

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Better Watch Out
2017 · dir. Chris Peckover
🍅 89%★ 6.5horror · thriller · comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Common ground: snow

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than Krampus does

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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Death Becomes Her
1992 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
★ 6.7comedy · fantasy · horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Dread-soaked comedy in both cases

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

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An American Werewolf in London
1981 · dir. John Landis
🍅 80%★ 7.5comedy · horror · fantasyPrime Video

Both lean on unease more than on fantasy

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

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Tale of Tales
2015 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 84%★ 6.4romance · fantasy · horror

Horror built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Krampus does

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

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The Babysitter
2017 · dir. McG
★ 6.4comedy · horrorNetflix

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a Satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 · dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
🍅 67%★ 4.9comedy · horrorNetflix

Playful fantasy in both cases

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 · dir. Issa López
🍅 97%★ 6.9fantasy · horrorRent or buy

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

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