Hollywood's Holiday Horror Flops, Leaving Viewers Stuck in a Cynical R‑Rated Mess
Variety calls the new film a disaster, while the New York Post asks where to find it on streaming services.
Variety’s review of 'Christmas at the Kringles' declares the movie a seasonal caper that misses the mark on both comedy and horror, calling it deeply cynical about the Yuletide season and completely unfunny.
The New York Post, noting the film stars Rob Riggle as a 'Drunk Santa' in an R‑rated horror comedy, asks whether it’s streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, highlighting how mainstream outlets keep pushing low‑quality, sensational content.
Original reporting
Variety
‘Christmas at the Kringles’ Review: Seasonal Caper Mixes Comedy and Horror, Missing the Mark on Both
The only thing rarer in the horror canon than a good holiday film is a good comedy. “Christmas at the Kringles” manages to miss the overlap in that Venn diagram by being awful on both counts: deeply cynical about the Yuletide season but also just completely unfunny. This failure all the more baffling given a […]
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Is ‘Christmas at the Kringles’ Streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video?
Rob Riggle stars as "Drunk Santa" in this R-rated horror comedy.
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Variety published a review with the headline "‘Christmas at the Kringles’ Review: Seasonal Caper Mixes Comedy and Horror, Missing the Mark on Both".
- Variety's review states: "The only thing rarer in the horror canon than a good holiday film is a good comedy."
- Variety's review states that the film "manages to miss the overlap in that Venn diagram by being awful on both counts".
- Variety's review states that the film is "deeply cynical about the Yuletide season but also just completely unfunny."
- New York Post published a headline asking whether "Christmas at the Kringles" is streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.
- Rob Riggle stars in the R-rated horror comedy described by the New York Post.
- Rob Riggle stars as "Drunk Santa".
- New York Post describes the film as an R-rated horror comedy.
- Netflix is named in the New York Post headline as a streaming platform for "Christmas at the Kringles".
- Amazon Prime Video is named in the New York Post headline as a streaming platform for "Christmas at the Kringles".
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