Hereditary

Collette reprises her role as a stressed-out mother dealing with a distant husband, crazy deceased parent, emotional teen son and center-of-attention daughter in this dark Little Miss Sunshine sequel. Witchy good visuals and eerily subtle camerawork lend beauty to demonically ill-paced and structurally disjointed moody horror extravaganza. Spoiler – Gabriel Burns.

Krampus

Ridiculous religious romp opts to follow the most un-empathetic family in a city of collateral Pan-ta Clause victims. Persistent pointless plans and unrealistically nonchalant attitudes towards danger and death further make belief in characters difficult. Ultimately devolves into live action Nightmare Before Christmas but with less soul and lower stakes.