Krampus Unleashed

In 1898, German outlaw Erik Klaus disappeared after burying a treasure in the Arizona desert, leaving ominous warnings for anyone who would seek it. Years later, a group of cowboys uncovers the loot: a mysterious artifact known as the summoning stone, which releases Krampus when exposed to open flames. According to legend, Saint Nicholas left pieces of the stone in the shoes and stockings of his enemies, so that Krampus would kill them when the clothing was dried by fire. When the stone is dropped onto a lantern, Krampus is summoned and proceeds to massacre the cowboys. Cooper, the lone survivor, flees as the stone slides into a stream and is lost.

Decades later, Will, Tim Sauer and Amber, Emily Lynne Aiken, along with their children Tommy Bryson Holl and Fiona Caroline Lassetter, travel to Arizona to spend Christmas with Amber’s parents, Dale and Alice Henderson. Also present are Amber’s environmentalist brother, David, his wife Vivian, and their delinquent son, Troy Taylor Buckley. While gold panning in a creek near the house, Tommy finds the summoning stone, a discovery that will unseal age-old horror.

Troy accidentally burns the stone with a lit cigarette, bringing forth Krampus. The creature runs amok, murdering a pair of Bigfoot hunters, as well as the boyfriend of Bonnie, a neighbor who lives nearby. Bonnie, Amelia Brantley, seeks aid from the Hendersons and uses their telephone to call 911.

As they wait for the police to arrive, Will, Dale, Alice and Amber are slaughtered by Krampus. David, Vivian, Fiona, Troy, Tommy and Bonnie attempt to flee in a car, but it crashes, killing Vivian. David attacks Krampus to buy the others time to run away and is ripped to pieces.

Bonnie, Fiona, Troy and Tommy reach Cooper’s trail, where the seasoned hunter has spent his life studying Krampus after surviving it years earlier. Cooper reveals that the creature is summoned by fire, but can be banished back to Hell by earth. The group lures Krampus into an abandoned mine shaft with the summoning stone, and Cooper sacrifices himself to collapse the cavern on the monster with TNT while the others escape.

In the morning, Bonnie, Tommy and Fiona are found by Bonnie’s ex-boyfriend, a state trooper named Dan. Troy, who had become separated from the others, is mauled by a baby Krampus that hatched from the summoning stone.

Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 06:46