Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- eerie
- foreboding
- disturbing
- halloween night
- christmas horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally find the film an imperfect but inventive holiday horror entry with enough nasty supernatural treats to satisfy genre fans.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Eva can potentially regain the ability to walk, but each calendar surprise produces increasingly harmful repercussions and deaths.
The antique advent calendar is introduced as a Christmas gift but becomes the engine of supernatural horror.
Eva's wheelchair use and inability to walk directly shape her choices about whether to pursue the calendar's promise.
The calendar's individual windows contain surprises whose real-world effects accumulate throughout Eva's ordeal.
Films like The Advent Calendar, and why
Needful Things
supernatural object, escalating moral choices, and intimate psychological horror
Krampus
holiday-set supernatural horror with a dangerous object and cruel consequences
Thelma
female-centered supernatural horror involving bodily vulnerability, desire, and escalating violence
Wish Upon
darkly playful horror built around a seemingly ordinary object that reshapes its owner's life
Movie Details
- Director
- Patrick Ridremont
- Release Date
- 2021-12-01
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (414)
Cast
- Eugénie Derouand
- Honorine Magnier
- Clément Olivieri
- Janis Abrikh
- Cyril Garnier
- Vladimir Perrin
- Jérôme Paquatte
- Laura Presgurvic
- Isabelle Tanakil
- Jean-François Garreaud
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Advent Calendar about?
- A wheelchair-bound former dancer is tempted by an antique advent calendar that can restore her mobility at the cost of increasingly lethal consequences.
- What is The Advent Calendar like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Advent Calendar as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Advent Calendar violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Advent Calendar as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Advent Calendar?
- Critics generally find the film an imperfect but inventive holiday horror entry with enough nasty supernatural treats to satisfy genre fans.
- Which films are like The Advent Calendar?
- Films with a similar feel include Needful Things, Krampus, Thelma, and Wish Upon.
- How long is The Advent Calendar?
- The Advent Calendar runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Advent Calendar?
- In United States, The Advent Calendar streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
