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

2 days 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

3 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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Cole Groth

FandomWire

1 hr ago

3/10

It's next to impossible to decipher what's going on in Christmas at the Kringles, or whom this bizarre hybrid of holiday comedy and slasher horror was even made for.

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Adam Olinger

Adam Does Movies (YouTube)

1 day ago

This movie made me hate both horror and Christmas.

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Alise Chaffins

The Dominion Post

1 day 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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James

5 hrs ago

Thomas Lennon is the funniest man alive

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Natalie

5 hrs ago

Horrible movie. It was weird and loud and had a nonsense storyline and no storyline at the same time. Nothing made sense! I couldn’t wait for it to end so I could leave.

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Howard

7 hrs ago

It was kind of weird. A little scary, a little funny, but it kept my interest the entire time.

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Jerry

8 hrs ago

It was a cute movie

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Bruce

11 hrs ago

Hilarious, fun, weird, etc.

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Lashaun

12 hrs ago

Horrible

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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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