On location in Europe, a pair of sisters touring the area for the holidays arrive at a small village where they learn the legend of Sister Krampus and her connection to a fabled beast feared in local folklore, and after realizing there's a deadly connection to one of them must try to stop its influence from spreading.
Overall, this one was much better than expected. One of the better elements here is the solid and straightforward storyline that generates some intriguing setup. As the flashback to the WW II setup shows the connection to the creature with the disgraced nun, which allows for a fun tie-in with the modern-day interactions with the sisters visiting the area as the local folklore bringing in a series of intriguing connections to their trip as seeing the local reactions to the sister falling under the influence has a fun starting point. Following this setup, there's a lot to like here with the setup involving the search for answers to this unnatural behavior. The behavior of the affected sister brings about the discovery of the connection brought up earlier and the fateful encounter with the cursed being for a rather fun sequence. The psychological torments and trauma here keep this going until the final confrontation which has some enjoyable back-and-forth verbal sparring that plays into the finale which touches on a whimsical conclusion alongside the bits of gore to give this a lot to like. There are some big flaws to this one. One of the bigger issues here is the rather stilted pacing that comes about due to the first half being more of a psychological possession than a creature feature, as seeing her succumb to the effects without getting to the creature action. That leaves this light on creature action until the final few minutes so it's missing not only the typical confrontation but also the usual gore which might be a big issue as much as the typically obvious low-budget issues all too common here which are the factors keeping this down.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Violence.
