“Krampus” may have been a hit to some of its viewers, but personally I found watching it to be a waste of time.

Although the movie had a few interesting parts, due to the overall film I almost fell asleep halfway through it.

Based off of an Alpine folklore, Krampus is believed to be Santa’s horned helper, kidnapping and beating naughty children shortly before Christmas.

The movie opens with a young boy named Max (Emjay Anthony) and his family arguing because they never spend time together.

Max asks them to do one of their holiday traditions that night, but everyone, except his grandma Omi (Krista Stadler), seems uninterested.

Some crazy, out-of-town family members soon show up to celebrate Christmas, but it is obvious that there is a lot of tension among them all.

The family butts heads and their different personalities soon become apparent.

Max’s cousins make fun of him for writing a wish list to Santa, so he ends up storming out of the room, tears the list to pieces, and throws it out of the window.

He loses hope for an enjoyable family Christmas and wishes for it just be over with.

This leads to the holiday’s undoing.

Krampus soon comes, along with his helpers, to start picking off the family one by one to take them with him to the underworld.

Ranging from deadly gingerbread cookies to killer elves, Max and his family must fight off the evil Christmas spirits and figure out how to keep everyone safe.

“Krampus” opened on Friday, Dec. 4, and grossed $16 million in its opening weekend.

I went to the movies opening night to watch it, hoping to be scared, but left the theater a little disappointed.

The movie was not scary at all.

It had a few scenes that made viewers jump, but that was it.

The character of Krampus was slightly creepy at first, but once his face was revealed near the end of the movie, I was disappointed to see that it did not look frightening.

Director Michael Dougherty set up the plot well at first, introducing the characters and setting the initial scene, but Krampus was not discussed until late in the movie.

Viewers did not know who Krampus was or why he came until the movie was almost over.

Although this is not a movie I would watch again, for a Christmas-themed horror flick, it was not that bad.

There was a lot of enjoyable humor in it that was entertaining for the audience.

It also showed the importance of family and keeping the holiday spirit.

All of the characters were easy to relate to, which helped make the movie better.

To me, “Krampus” was worth three out of five stars.