![]() ![]() Silent Night Movie CLIP - Santa Attacks. Killer Santa Claus Movie HD The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking. Linton > Friday Folklore > The Anti-Santa Claus is Coming! Anti-Santa Claus. One thought on “The Anti-Santa Claus is Coming! ![]() Bad Santa, meet Krampus: a half-goat, half-demon, horrific beast who literally beats people into being nice and not naughty. Krampus isn't exactly the stuff of dreams. Kevin Smith is mounting a “Tusk” reunion for his Christmas-themed horror movie “Anti-Claus,” which will star Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The film stars Fred Astaire as the. XYZ Films has picked up all international sales rights to Kevin Smith’s just-announced Anti-Claus, a Yuletide horror film populated by the stars of Smith’s Tusk. Legendary Monsters of Christmas. The customs of the holiday season, which include St. Nicholas Day, New Years Day, and Epiphany, as well as Christmas, often incorporate earlier pagan traditions that have been appropriated and adapted for contemporary use. ![]() ![]() Customs that encourage little children to be good so as to deserve their Christmas gifts often come with a dark side: the punishment you'll receive from a monster or evil being of some sort if you aren't good! These nefarious characters vary from place to place, and they go by many different names and images. KRAMPUSAs a tool to encourage good behavior in children, Santa serves as the carrot, and Krampus is the stick. Krampus is the evil demon anti- Santa, or maybe his evil twin. Krampus Night is celebrated on December 5, the eve of St. Nicholas Day in Austria and other parts of Europe. Public celebrations that night have many Krampuses walking the streets, looking for people to beat. Alcohol is also involved. Injuries in recent years have led to some reforms, such as requiring all Krampuses to wear numbers so they may identified in case of overly violent behavior. Krampus may look like a devil, or like a wild alpine beast, depending on what materials are available to make a Krampus costume. In modern times, people can spend as much as they like to become the best Krampus around—and the tradition is spreading beyond Europe. Many cities in America have their own Krampus Nights now, including the new Krampusfest in Los Angeles this year. He is not a nice cat. In fact, he might eat you. This character is tied to an Icelandic tradition in which those who finished all their work on time received new clothes for Christmas, while those who were lazy did not (although this is mainly a threat). To encourage children to work hard, parents told the tale of the Yule Cat, saying that J. This reminder tends to spur children into doing their chores! A poem written about the cat ends with a suggestion that children help out the needy, so they, too, can have the protection of new clothing. It's no wonder that Icelanders put in more overtime at work than most Europeans. FRAU PERCHTATales told in Germany and Austria sometimes feature a witch named Frau Perchta who hands out both rewards and punishments during the 1. Christmas (December 2. Epiphany on January 6). She is best known for her gruesome punishment of the sinful: She will rip out your internal organs and replace them with garbage. The ugly image of Perchta may show up Christmas processions in Austria, somewhat like Krampus. Perchta's story is thought to have descended from a legendary Alpine goddess of nature, who tends the forest most of the year and deals with humans only during Christmas. In modern celebrations, Perchta or a close relation may show up in processions during Fastnacht, the Alpine festival just before Lent. There may be some connection between Frau Perchta and the Italian witch La Befana, but La Befana isn't really a monster: she's an ugly but good witch who leaves presents. BELSNICKELBelsnickel is a male character from southwestern German lore who traveled to the the United States and survives in Pennsylvania Dutch customs. He comes to children sometime before Christmas, wearing tattered old clothing and raggedy fur. Belsnickel carries a switch to frighten children and candy to reward them for good behavior. In modern visits, the switch is only used for noise, and to warn children they still have time to be good before Christmas. Then all the children get candy, if they are polite about it. The name Belsnickel is a portmanteau of the German belzen (meaning to wallop) and nickel for St. See a video of a Belsnickel visit here. Knecht Ruprecht and Ru Klaas are similar characters from German folklore who dole out beatings to bad children, leaving St. Nicholas to reward good children with gifts. HANS TRAPPHans Trapp is another . The legend says that Trapp was a real man, a rich, greedy, and evil man, who worshiped Satan and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church. He was exiled into the forest where he preyed upon children, disguised as a scarecrow with straw jutting out from his clothing. He was about to eat one boy he captured when he was struck by lightning and killed—a punishment of his own from God. Still, he visits young children before Christmas, dressed as a scarecrow, to scare them into good behavior. He (or his wife) lured three boys into his butcher shop, where he killed, chopped, and salted them. Nicholas came to the rescue, resurrected the boys, and took custody of the butcher. The captive butcher became P. Nicholas' servant whose job it is to dispense punishment to bad children on St. Nicholas Day. 7. THE YULE LADS. The J. In ancient times, they stole things and caused trouble around Christmastime, so they were used to scare children into behaving, like the Yule Cat. However, the 2. 0th century brought tales of the benevolent Norwegian figure Julenisse (Santa Claus), who brought gifts to good children. The traditions became mingled, until the formerly devilish J. She predates the Yule Lads in Icelandic legend as the ogress who kidnaps, cooks, and eats children who don't obey their parents. She only became associated with Christmas in the 1. Yule Lads. According to legend, Gr. As if the household wasn't crowded enough, the Yule Cat also lives with Gr. This ogress is so much of a troublemaker that the Onion blamed her for the 2. Eyjafjallaj. See also: more Legendary Monsters. Cannes: Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment Reteaming With Kevin Smith for 'Anti- Claus' (Exclusive)It's official: Kevin Smith's festive fright film Anti- Claus is a go. Moreover, the yuletide horror movie will reunite him with Tusk stars Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Genesis Rodriguez and Michael Parks. Smith dropped hints about the film - - initially titled Comes the Krampus - - earlier this year, saying he would shoot it before Clerks III. PHOTOS: Ho Ho Hollywood! Tinseltown's 2. 2 Best Christmas- Themed Movies. XYZ Films will launch the project to foreign buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market (XYZ also sold Tusk to international distributors). WME Global is representing domestic rights. Jordan Monsanto, Andy Mc. Elfresh and Jennifer Schwalbach are producing Anti- Claus for Smith’s SModcast Pictures, with Jason Mewes executive producing. Anti- Claus tells the tale of the centuries- old, devil- like creature known the world over as the Krampus – the “Anti- Claus” of Alpine country folklore, infamous for eating naughty children during the season of giving. Here, The Hollywood Reporter debuts a rendering of the character that is being used for the film.“When I was a kid, if they wanted to make a Christmas horror movie, they’d stick an axe in Santa’s hands,” says Smith, who is set to start shooting in September. Just in time for the holiday season.”STORY: Sony Snaps Up Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' for Much of the World Continuing, Smith says, “In America, we’re taught that nice kids gets presents from Santa and naughty kids get coal. But in countries like Germany, Austria, Bavaria, Romania and Hungary, Christmas is more metal than merry: Saint Nicholas brings a sack full of toys for good kids and the Krampus carries an empty bag for taking away the bad kids. I wanna see THAT Christmas movie. So rather than wait for it, we’ll make it instead.”Robert Kurtzman, the SFX legend behind the makeup for Tusk, also returns to create the Krampus. Tusk, set for release late this year in theaters around the globe, will be distributed in the U. S. His upcoming film projects include The World Made Straight and the Entourage film. He's repped by Resolution, The Schiff Company and Edelstein Laird. Along with Tusk, Rodriguez's upcoming films include Run All Night with Liam Neeson. She's repped by CAA, De. Paz Management and Jackoway Tyerman.
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