Christmas at the Kringles

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Christmas at the Kringles

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The story follows the Seversons, a family starting fresh in a quiet suburban neighborhood, whose next-door neighbors, the Kringles, celebrate Christmas year-round. What begins as charming quickly turns unsettling, as Mark and Julie grow concerned about their son's growing attachment to the family. After a heated confrontation, Mark heads next door to bring his family home only to uncover the Kringles' true intentions: to hypnotize and indoctrinate them. What follows is a life-or-death rescue mission, as Mark teams up with a rogue, badass Santa in a high-stakes, action-packed fight to save his family.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

1 day ago

1/4

There’s nothing like an early holiday Santa slasher comedy brainlessly splashed with gore if you’re so desperate you can’t find anything else. My reaction? Ho-Ho Hell No!

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Todd Gilchrist

Variety

2 days ago

Visually obnoxious but uninventive, featuring actors giving uninspired performances as characters you don’t care to see live or die, it lacks even an ounce of the joy that its eponymous family claims is their reason for living.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

Oct 19, 2026

1.5/4

The haphazard plotting, world-building, and character construction could have been overcome had the film delivered on its promise of being either amusing or scary.

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Adam Olinger

Adam Does Movies (YouTube)

3 hrs ago

This movie made me hate both horror and Christmas.

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Alise Chaffins

The Dominion Post

5 hrs ago

1.5/5

I hoped that Kevin Lewis' "Christmas at the Kringles" would provide that fun blend of horror and delight, but instead, it's just a mean-spirited, flat movie with no likable characters.

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M.V. Moorhead

Phoenix Magazine

19 hrs ago

A nasty, lowbrow piece of work, and there only certain sickies to whom I could recommend it. It’s too farcical to be really scary, and it gets repetitive as it pads out a thin premise.

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Robecca

31 min ago

Violent.

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Perry M

2 hrs ago

Waste of movies funds and time. Just awful, save your time and money.

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VRod1

7 hrs ago

This movie was so bad, we walked out half way through. We were the only 4 in the theatre as well!

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Katee

18 hrs ago

This was a fever dream in the best way. Honestly did not expect this movie to make me laugh so much. Everyone was great and I actually liked it way more than I was expecting!

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Jomama

18 hrs ago

Started off slow and picked up along the way.

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Karleen

20 hrs ago

Very entertaining. Not an Oscar winner for sure!

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Synopsis

The story follows the Seversons, a family starting fresh in a quiet suburban neighborhood, whose next-door neighbors, the Kringles, celebrate Christmas year-round. What begins as charming quickly turns unsettling, as Mark and Julie grow concerned about their son's growing attachment to the family. After a heated confrontation, Mark heads next door to bring his family home only to uncover the Kringles' true intentions: to hypnotize and indoctrinate them. What follows is a life-or-death rescue mission, as Mark teams up with a rogue, badass Santa in a high-stakes, action-packed fight to save his family.

Director: Kevin Lewis
Producer: Andrew Ortenberg, Tom Ortenberg, Liam Finn, Kevin Lewis, Jordan Dykstra
Screenwriter: Zack Imbrogno
Distributor: Briarcliff Entertainment
Production Co: 19th Hole Productions, Astria Studios
Rating: R (Language|Some Strong Bloody Violence|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Holiday, Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 30, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 38m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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