In December 2014, he began work on the Christmas horror film "Krampus", which was released to moderate critical and commercial success in December 2015. He also co-wrote the story for the film ' (2016), with Singer, Dan Harris and Simon Kinberg, with Singer once again as director. Dougherty directed the science fiction sequel ', for which he wrote the script with Zach Shields, from a story by himself, Shields, and Max Borenstein. The film was released in 2019, to mixed reviews and grossed $386 million worldwide.