Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride

The first few scenes (after the pre-credits bloodbath) didn't inspire a lot of confidence, but I ended up having quite a lot of fun with this. Four young ladies coming to the end of their community service are invited into the house of a seemingly nice old lady who, to be fair, puts up with a lot of nonsense from some of the girls, and, when he arrives uninvited, Paul, the drug dealer.

This is all played knowingly, as if inviting the audience not to worry about the micro budget and just to enjoy the ride.

Co-writer Roger Conners plays one of the main characters with a lot of gusto and camp humour. Also very appealing is Victoria, played by KateLynn E. Newberry. Perhaps Newberry overdoes the wide-eyed cutesy thing but the character is very appealing. In fact, I grew fond of all the characters.

The effects are surprisingly good and gloriously bloody, and various creepy moments remind us that although there are light-hearted moments, this is not a comedy. My score is 7 out of 10.

This is at best a homemade flick, with bad acting, bad sets and lousy locations, primitive filmography with so badly excecutioned angles and zoom, terrible sound, and light, well its all such a cheap bad mess, the make up and gore effects department does such a mott eaten impression, that i wouldnt have lend my brand name to this kinda loosers horror movie.

and im the grumpy old idiot who has just done this slay-belles ride called mother crampus 2 :slay ride.. forever and ever,never again....

I enjoyed this film. It was nothing special and not one i will watch again but i didnt feel time wasted lol. The only part that really bothered me was the homeless shelter. One the fat girls dirt looked more like smeared make up and not authentic at all and second everyone in the homeless shelter was wearing designer glasses lol. I volunterred in soup kitchens all through my teen years and those people looked nothing like the ones we helped. The fat girls face takes the cake though. Check out the movie just to see it. Totally worth the chuckle.

"Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride" plays on old world legend of Christmas witch, Gryla in Iceland (many cultures have a story). The movie does a great job of putting you in that all-to-familiar Holiday spirit, rife with bloody horror. The set up is classic. All the Christmas horror movie tropes are present, and where a lot of films throw everything in the movie for the sake of it, "Mother Krampus 2" does a great job of keeping continuity and reason in the use of these concepts. The direction, and choices taken to bring this tale to life make sense and only add to the entertainment value.

The cast are all a step above your basic, low budget options. The characters, though super cliche, are relatable and fun to watch. A few performances really stand out. "Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride" only has one real flaw and that is the mild lag in the mid-section of the move. If you don't count the fact that a 30 minute charity trip has a cast of characters all but moving into the scene of the crime- I've done something similar with weed dealers and apartment complex neighbors in the past -so totally plausible premise.

The real winner, aside from ultra cool indie status, is the special effects which are all practical and quality work. Kudos to real attention to visceral, giallo aspirations, executed flawlessly. That and the above par cinematography make this one a cut above your standard low-budget affair. Again kudos to creating such good horror classic moments.

Even with the small hang ups that show up in "Mother Krampus 2", overall is is a pretty cool indie horror. Reminiscent of both "Christmas Evil" and more recent indie horror "The Sleeper" , this one does a nice job of honing in on the Holiday Horror appeal, has that classic arthouse vintage slasher vibe, and places it all squarely in the melinnial cross-hairs of future cult status.

While I did watch the 2017 movie "Mother Krampus" and didn't enjoy it one bit, I still opted to watch the 2018 sequel "Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride", though I harbored zero expectations to the movie. But on account of never having watched the 2018 sequel, I opted to give director Eddie Lengyel's movie a fair chance, maybe it would prove better than the predecessor.

Writers Eddie Lengyel, Roger Conners and Kris Smith didn't exactly put together a particularly thrilling or enjoyable script. So I have to say that it wasn't an outstanding horror experience sitting through "Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride".

Needless to say that I was not, of course, familiar with the actors and actresses on the cast list. I will say, though, that the acting performances were fair enough, despite the fact that the script was a garbage heap.

The movie was a slight improvement on the 2017 movie, but not by much. And certainly not enough that I would recommend you to waste 96 minutes on watching this.

My rating of director Eddie Lengyel's 2018 movie "Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride" lands on a two out of ten stars.