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** It's hinted early on that the commentary cannot be a traditional directors' commentary. Most obviously, Dennis and the officer completely rewind the first scene. The officer is also clearly not used to the technicalities of film-making, while anyone participating in a directors' commentary would have some background in the arts. And the commentary is clearly being made decades after the film was made, and the film is so poor there would be no commercial or artistic merit in making such a commentary.
** Ralph puts the chains on Peggy roughly in the final scene, and barely looks at her when doing so. Peggy is clearly surprised and annoyed at his roughness, but since Ralph knows what's about to happen to her, he naturally wouldn't care.
** Dennis criticises Toby's actor's performance, but notes that it is difficult to get good child actors for this sort of film. The viewer would assume that Dennis means horror films, but Toby's actor is not actually in any scary scenes.
** Ralph puts the chains on Peggy roughly in the final scene, and barely looks at her when doing so. Peggy is clearly surprised and annoyed at his roughness, but since Ralph knows what's about to happen to her, he naturally wouldn't care.
** Dennis criticises Toby's actor's performance, but notes that it is difficult to get good child actors for this sort of film. The viewer would assume that Dennis means horror films, but Toby's actor is not actually in any scary scenes.
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* CruelTwistEnding: A double-dose: one for Kathy, (though she arguably deserved it) and then one for her actress, Penny (who certainly didn't).
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** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
** As Peggy discovers too late, the film is a SnuffFilm and she has really been tied up to be hacked to death.
** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
** As Peggy discovers too late, the film is a SnuffFilm and she has really been tied up to be hacked to death.
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** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
** As Peggy discovers too late, the film is a SnuffFilm and she has really been tied up to be hacked to death.
** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
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** Throughout the film, despite the comments by Celia, throughout the film comes across as a friendly, caring, and demure woman who loves Julian and is supportive towards Toby. The ending reveals she’s a callous smug individual, who set up to murder Julian for his money and dismisses Toby as a “brat,” wondering how her lover was able to stand hanging out with him.
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** Throughout the film, despite the comments by Celia, throughout the film Kathy comes across as a friendly, caring, and demure woman who loves Julian and is supportive towards Toby. The ending reveals she’s actually a callous smug individual, who set up all the events to murder Julian for his money and dismisses Toby as a “brat,” wondering how her lover was able to stand hanging out with him.
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* InsuranceMurder: Revealed to be the reasoning behind everything in the film. Kathy knows Julian has a weak heart and is suffering from severe stress, thus her and her lover Simon engineered the seeming Krampus haunting knowing it would be too much and thus as his wife would lead to her receiving his massive insurance pay-out.
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* InsuranceMurder: InsuranceMotivatedMurder: Revealed to be the reasoning behind everything in the film. Kathy knows Julian has a weak heart and is suffering from severe stress, thus her and her lover Simon engineered the seeming Krampus haunting knowing it would be too much and thus as his wife would lead to her receiving his massive insurance pay-out.
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** Throughout the film, despite the comments by Celia, throughout the film comes across as a friendly, caring, and demure woman who loves Julian and is supportive towards Toby. The ending reveals she’s a callous smug individual, who set up to murder Julian for his money and dismisses Toby as a “brat,” wondering how her lover was able to stand hanging out with him.
** Klaus, the owner of the chalet the family are staying at, comes across as a caring and friendly host, with Toby happily relating the whole day of exciting activities he treated him to. He is secretly Kathy’s lover Simon who is on her plan to murder Julian, and as he reveals in [[TwistEnding the end]], he is Krampus in disguise who takes the opportunity to punish the wicked Kathy.
** Throughout the film, despite the comments by Celia, throughout the film comes across as a friendly, caring, and demure woman who loves Julian and is supportive towards Toby. The ending reveals she’s a callous smug individual, who set up to murder Julian for his money and dismisses Toby as a “brat,” wondering how her lover was able to stand hanging out with him.
** Klaus, the owner of the chalet the family are staying at, comes across as a caring and friendly host, with Toby happily relating the whole day of exciting activities he treated him to. He is secretly Kathy’s lover Simon who is on her plan to murder Julian, and as he reveals in [[TwistEnding the end]], he is Krampus in disguise who takes the opportunity to punish the wicked Kathy.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The clapper board at the beginning has a date for when it was filmed, but no air date. This implies that it was never meant to air at all.
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** The clapper board at the beginning has a date for when it was filmed, but no air date. This implies that it was never meant to air atall.all.
** In the film, Celia briefly reminds Julian that this holiday was recommended for his benefit as well as Kathy’s. The ending reveals Julian is suffering from severe stress and recommended this holiday by his doctor for his health, as is an essential part of Kathy’s plan.
** The clapper board at the beginning has a date for when it was filmed, but no air date. This implies that it was never meant to air at
** In the film, Celia briefly reminds Julian that this holiday was recommended for his benefit as well as Kathy’s. The ending reveals Julian is suffering from severe stress and recommended this holiday by his doctor for his health, as is an essential part of Kathy’s plan.
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* TheKrampus: The episode is based around a family being targeted by the Krampus during a Christmas holiday in the Alps.
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* InsuranceMurder: Revealed to be the reasoning behind everything in the film. Kathy knows Julian has a weak heart and is suffering from severe stress, thus her and her lover Simon engineered the seeming Krampus haunting knowing it would be too much and thus as his wife would lead to her receiving his massive insurance pay-out.
* TheKrampus: The episode is based around a family being targeted by the Krampus during a Christmas holiday in the Alps. In this version of the legend Krampus is said to come over three days, upon the first (one Saint Nicholas’s night) he would leave a switch in the shoes of the wicked children as a warning. On the second night, if they didn’t repent, he would leave his mark (a nasty scratch from his claws) and on the third, if they still would not repent, he would come to take them away. These events of which play out targeting Julian's son Toby, and then Kathy (who is pregnant). [[ScoobyDooHoax The ending reveals it was all staged by Kathy and her lover Simon to murder Julian]], so they could use his insurance pay-out to have a life together. Only for Simon to [[RealAfterAll reveal he really is Krampus in disguise and take revenge on the wicked Kathy]].
* TheKrampus: The episode is based around a family being targeted by the Krampus during a Christmas holiday in the Alps. In this version of the legend Krampus is said to come over three days, upon the first (one Saint Nicholas’s night) he would leave a switch in the shoes of the wicked children as a warning. On the second night, if they didn’t repent, he would leave his mark (a nasty scratch from his claws) and on the third, if they still would not repent, he would come to take them away. These events of which play out targeting Julian's son Toby, and then Kathy (who is pregnant). [[ScoobyDooHoax The ending reveals it was all staged by Kathy and her lover Simon to murder Julian]], so they could use his insurance pay-out to have a life together. Only for Simon to [[RealAfterAll reveal he really is Krampus in disguise and take revenge on the wicked Kathy]].
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** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
** As Peggy discovers too late, the film is a SnuffFilm and she has really been tied up to be hacked to death.
** In a tribute to the 70’s horror films it’s a pastiche of The Devil of Christmas ends up revealing that the entire of Krampus’s haunting was an elaborate plot by Kathy and her lover to murder Julian in a way that would allow them to claim his life insurance policy. Only at the end when Kathy is tied up in preparation for some kinky sex whilst bragging about their success, Simon reveals he really is Krampus and thus here to punish the wicked Kathy.
** As Peggy discovers too late, the film is a SnuffFilm and she has really been tied up to be hacked to death.
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* TheReveal: ''The Devil of Christmas'' is a SnuffFilm and Dennis's audio commentary is his confession at the police station.
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At this stage, the footage captures the point where Julian's actor left for another job; whilst Penny, who played Kathy, stayed for a final scene with Simon's actor, Ralph. On the film, the younger Dennis comes onto the set. The movie ends as Kathy agrees for Simon to tie her up in bed, only for him to reveal he really is the Krampus, and turn into a monster. After the scene ends, Ralph leaves, but the cameras keep rolling, and Penny is confused since her script didn't go any further than this. She screams in terror as stagehands slide a plastic sheet under her and gag her. Young Dennis puts on the Krampus costume, then advances on her with a machete. At the interviewer's request, Dennis switches off the footage. He claims in his defence that it was one of the "better" [[SnuffFilm snuff films]] made at the time. It is revealed that he has been speaking to a police officer; who terminates the interview here.
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At this stage, the footage captures the point where Julian's actor left for another job; whilst Penny, who played Kathy, stayed for a final scene with Simon's actor, Ralph. On the film, the younger Dennis comes onto the set. The movie ends as Kathy agrees for Simon to tie her up in bed, only for him to reveal he really is the Krampus, and turn into a monster. After the scene ends, Ralph leaves, but the cameras keep rolling, and Penny is confused since her script didn't go any further than this. She screams in terror as stagehands slide a plastic sheet under her and gag her. Young Dennis puts on the Krampus costume, then advances on her with a machete. At the interviewer's request, Dennis switches off the footage. He claims in his defence defense that it was one of the "better" [[SnuffFilm snuff films]] made at the time. It is revealed that he has been speaking to a police officer; who terminates the interview here.
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* TomatoSurprise: What seems to be Derek being interviewed for a DVDCommentary is in fact him being interviewed by the police as a suspect for making a SnuffFilm. Of course, he and the policeman knew this all along.
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* LightningReveal: Krampus is revealed behind Kathy when lightning strikes.
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* LightningReveal: Krampus is revealed behind Kathy when a lightning strikes.
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At this stage, the footage captures the point where Julian's actor left for another job; whilst Penny, who played Kathy, stayed for a final scene with Simon's actor, Ralph. On the film, the younger Dennis comes onto the set. The movie ends as Kathy agrees for Simon to tie her up in bed, only for him to reveal he really is the Krampus, and turn into a monster. After the scene ends, Ralph leaves, but the cameras keep rolling, and Penny is confused since her script didn't go any further than this. She screams in terror as stage hands slide a plastic sheet under her and gag her. Young Dennis puts on the Krampus costume, then advances on her with a machete. At the interviewer's request, Dennis switches off the footage. He claims in his defence that it was one of the "better" [[SnuffFilm snuff films]] made at the time. It is revealed that he has been speaking to a police officer; who terminates the interview here.
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At this stage, the footage captures the point where Julian's actor left for another job; whilst Penny, who played Kathy, stayed for a final scene with Simon's actor, Ralph. On the film, the younger Dennis comes onto the set. The movie ends as Kathy agrees for Simon to tie her up in bed, only for him to reveal he really is the Krampus, and turn into a monster. After the scene ends, Ralph leaves, but the cameras keep rolling, and Penny is confused since her script didn't go any further than this. She screams in terror as stage hands stagehands slide a plastic sheet under her and gag her. Young Dennis puts on the Krampus costume, then advances on her with a machete. At the interviewer's request, Dennis switches off the footage. He claims in his defence that it was one of the "better" [[SnuffFilm snuff films]] made at the time. It is revealed that he has been speaking to a police officer; who terminates the interview here.
* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Said by Kathy to Krampus while being ChainedToABed.
* ChainedToABed: Kathy during the climax. It renders her an easy target.
* CompartmentShot: The shot on Kathy when picking up Julian's pills from the medicine cabinet.
* CompartmentShot: The shot on Kathy when picking up Julian's pills from the medicine cabinet.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: Julian plays it straight like an arrow.
* LightningReveal: Krampus is revealed behind Kathy when lightning strikes.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Which just make the twist ending of the episode all the more tragic.
* MoodWhiplash: The film itself could be looked as a parody of classic christmas horror films but the real horror comes right when the twist ending is revealed.
* MoodWhiplash: The film itself could be looked as a parody of classic christmas horror films but the real horror comes right when the twist ending is revealed.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Which just make makes the twist ending of the episode all the more tragic.
* MoodWhiplash: The film itself could be looked at as a parody of classicchristmas Christmas horror films but the real horror comes right when the twist ending is revealed.
* MoodWhiplash: The film itself could be looked at as a parody of classic
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* ScreamingWoman: Kathy twice in the final scene. The first time it's acted, the second time it's for real.
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* SnuffFilm: The entire
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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Averted by having them show footage from the movie only and present it as a straight story about the Krampus.
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Since the casting was for a horror film and not a snuff film, this can hardly be seen as a foreshadowing
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dennis mentions at one point that casting Toby was difficult due to the subject matter of the film.
** The clapper board at the beginning has a date for when it was filmed, but no air date. This implies that it was never meant to air at all.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dennis mentions at one point that casting Toby was difficult due to the subject matter of the film.
**The clapper board at the beginning has a date for when it was filmed, but no air date. This implies that it was never meant to air at all.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Kathy lied about her
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* AffablyEvil: Dennis, who may have brutally tortured and murdered a woman, but is still unfailingly polite and wishes he'd "got Gummidge" rather than having to do this one.
* BondageIsBad: Kathy and Simon appear to be about to have kinky sex when Simon turns into the Krampus...which is only a set up for Dennis to murder Kathy.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Dennis.DramaticThunder: Invoked. It rolls over the final confrontation between Julian, Kathy, and "Klaus".
* GoryDiscretionShot: Dennis killing Penny isn't shown.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Kathy lied about her
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* MultilayerFacade: Klaus is revealed to be Simon in disguise, who is in turn revealed to be Krampus in disguise. Except all three are actually an actor called Ralph.
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** Klaus is revealed to be Simon in disguise, who is in turn revealed to be Krampus in disguise. Except all three are actually an actor calledRalph.Ralph.
** The episode itself, which plays like a straight ChristmasSpecial before it's revealed that it's being narrated, and then it's revealed to be a snuff film.
** Klaus is revealed to be Simon in disguise, who is in turn revealed to be Krampus in disguise. Except all three are actually an actor called
** The episode itself, which plays like a straight ChristmasSpecial before it's revealed that it's being narrated, and then it's revealed to be a snuff film.
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* AffectionateParody: Of 1970s British genre TV.
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* TheSeventies: The episode revolves around a 1970s horror show; this was shot using authentic period cameras, and delights in replicating the exact look of videotaped British shows of the period.
