Parents' Guide to Krampus Origins

KRAMPUS ORIGINS begins in the French countryside during World War I, as an American soldier, in the aftermath of a battle, finds a mysterious ancient book of spells. He puts it in his knapsack, and is shot and killed by the Germans shortly after. Meanwhile, in the Arizona Territory, the soldier's wife, Josephine, has arrived at an orphanage to begin work as a teacher for the children. Shortly after her arrival, a representative of the US Army arrives to deliver the devastating news that her husband was killed in the war. She's given the belongings he had at the time of his death, including the knapsack and the book of spells. One of the orphans finds the book and steals it. She reads aloud one of the spells, thus conjuring the Krampus, a demon of pure evil. The orphan and her boyfriend disappear, and no one knows for sure what happened to them. Suddenly, a mysterious and sullen boy named Nicholas shows up on their doorstep. Only a maid with some knowledge of witchcraft, potions, and incantations senses that something is wrong. Josephine cannot leave the orphanage because it's almost Christmas and all the trains are shut down for the holiday. She soon finds the nuns and the priests dead, as more students go missing. Now Josephine, the maid, and the students who haven't been attacked by the Krampus yet must find the powers that will rid the world of the Krampus before it's too late.