This one was supposed to be released in 2016 initially as Naughty List and later as Lady Krampus, but when it finally got distribution, it was released under the title Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride. It is NOT actually a sequel to Mother Krampus, it is a stand alone movie. And like Mother Krampus, has nothing to do with Krampus. It is queer and fabulous though.
**Brief Synopsis: The movie opens with a few people being hacked up by some axe wielding nutter in a mask on Christmas Eve. The next morning we jump to four girls, well, three girls and a drag queen (or maybe a trans woman?...I'm going with drag queen) who are on probation and have to finish up their community service on Christmas. First they have to help out in a kitchen for the homeless and then deliver meals to the elderly who can't get out on their own. When they come to their last stop (at the house where everyone was murdered the night before) the woman there doesn't seem to know anything about their delivery, but reluctantly invites them in anyway. Of course they soon realize that the woman isn't exactly who she appears to be as she begins getting more frustrated with her naughty visitors.**
As I said, this was originally titled The Naughty List (a much more fitting title), but it's since been retitled and distributed as a sequel to Mother Krampus. Otherwise, they're not connected, although like Mother Krampus it does vaguely use some actual holiday folklore. And I do mean vaguely...very very vaguely. Our Christmas psycho is sort of based on Grýla, an Icelandic giant who punishes bad children during the holidays and then makes a stew out of the naughty kids. But again it's a super vague reference, never actually mentioned in the movie. There's a stew and she gets grumpy about naughty behavior, that's about it.
It's a straight up B slasher horror flick, overflowing with all the usual tropes and ultimately plays out like most punish the naughty Christmas slasher movies. That said, B doesn't automatically mean bad. It gets points for gory deaths, however, I do wish they were more festive. But it has surprisingly good practical effects for the obviously low budget, which I was told was under $2k. Honestly I'm very impressed the filmmakers turned out such a good flick for such a low budget. As with most B movies, the acting could be better, but it could also definitely be worse (and usually is with B holiday horror movies). But I also appreciate that it's one of the few holiday horror movies with an LGBTQ+ character. Co-writer/actor Roger Conners was fabulous as Lady Athena. Overall I think it's a really fun flick and if you like B horror movies, you should give it a shot.
Tingnan pa 
