--- title: 'Krampus' Trailer: Santa's Shadow Unleashes Christmas Terror description: Santa isn't coming this year canonical: https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-09T17:18:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:47:43.439Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Santa's Shadow Unleash Christmas Terror in the Trailer for 'Krampus' og:description: Santa isn't coming this year og:url: https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e322fdc594bb80f/698862cb35ba6f3abfc0f144/krampus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Krampus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Santa's Shadow Unleash Christmas Terror in the Trailer for 'Krampus' twitter:description: Santa isn't coming this year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e322fdc594bb80f/698862cb35ba6f3abfc0f144/krampus.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Santa's Shadow Unleash Christmas Terror in the Trailer for _Krampus_ by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2015 5:18 PM UTC  Universal Pictures by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Sep 9, 2015 5:18 PM UTC He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good, but it probably won’t matter once Krampus has come to town. Legendary has unveiled the first official trailer for _Krampus,_ the new Christmas horror film releasing later this year. The new look at the film showcases the family at the heart of it all, including Adam Scott, Toni Collettee, Allison Tolman, and David Koechner. But the already less-than-happy family’s holiday festivities take a turn for the even worse when the evil spirit of Krampus is unleashed upon them and they must come together to fight for their survival. _Krampus_ hits theaters on Dec. 4. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/09/09/krampus-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch Santa's Shadow Unleash Christmas Terror in the Trailer for Krampus","datePublished":"2015-09-09T17:18:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:47:43.439Z","description":"Santa isn't coming this year","url":"https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/","keywords":["movies","christmas","Trailer"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e322fdc594bb80f/698862cb35ba6f3abfc0f144/krampus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e322fdc594bb80f/698862cb35ba6f3abfc0f144/krampus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Krampus","caption":"Krampus","creditText":"Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4026871/krampus-movie-trailer/","name":"Watch Santa's Shadow Unleash Christmas Terror in the Trailer for Krampus"}}]}] ```