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The Advent Calendar is a trippy French film that makes you wonder if someone slipped you some mushrooms before you sat down to watch it. At first it seems a bit silly. An evil advent calendar that grants some wishes and demands sacrifice? I’ve always been of the opinion you can make a horror movie out of anything: The Old Chair. Half a Slice of Pizza. The Teddy Bear. The Chimichanga. All of these could be evil and sinister if you try hard enough.
Eva is a paraplegic former ballerina whose father is suffering from Alzheimer’s. Her friend Sophie gifts her an old advent calendar from a Christmas market in Munich. Turns out there’s an evil spirit or demon or what have you living inside it. I’m not 100% sure but this thing looks like an antique. So if there’s candy in there, it might be super old and nobody would ever eat it. Anyway, there are some rules with this Advent Calendar, don’t toss it in the river, it’ll kill you. Don’t eat the candy unless you’re gonna eat all the candy, or it'll kill you. Don’t get it wet after midnight. Wait, that’s Gremlins. Long story short, if you open this thing, you’re probably gonna get effed in the b hole.
Eva is gung-ho for this thing and eventually she’s all about the magic and getting to walk again, but this creepy demon is gonna make her pay. Despite the ridiculous premise the film was engaging although the ‘careful what you wish for’ theme is pretty played out. The “non-ending” ending felt like lazy writing, and for that I have to give this flick 7 ridiculous premises out of 10.
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