Meet Krampus – Austria’s terrifying alternative to Santa’s little Christmas helpers

If you’re looking to shake-up the crazed Christmas season this year, there’s a horned, fanged, half-goat half demon waiting in the wings for you, reports news.com.au.

Krampus is the other half of a good-cop, bad cop scenario that used to be presented to Medieval kids in Eastern Europe.

Naughty children are his target. And he’s out to give them a good spanking — and drag them kicking and screaming down to the underworld once they cross that line.