The first trailer has been released for the upcoming holiday horror slasher-comedy It’s a Wonderful Knife, which comes from the writer of the horror comedy Freaky, Michael Kennedy, and it is directed by Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls).
The movie is a slasher-horror movie take on It’s a Wonderful Life as the main character wishes that she had never been born. The director explains in an interview with EW: “It’s a Wonderful Knife is a spin on the classic It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s about a young woman named Winnie Carruthers who lives in this town that’s obsessed with Christmas. There’s this tragedy that strikes the town, and she rises to the occasion, but her best friend is killed. We jump forward a year, and she’s wracked with guilt, and she’s unable to move on, and in her spiral she ends up making this wish that maybe things would be better if she didn’t exist. She wakes up into a nightmare version of this town, and there’s many more people dead, and it’s up to her to solve this mystery before it’s too late.”
The movie stars Jane Widdop (Yellowjackets), who takes on the lead role of Winnie Carruthers, with Joel McHale (Community) set to play Winnie’s father David, and Justin Long (Barbarian) playing the town’s patron Mr. Waters.
The story is set in idyllic Angel Falls, “A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality.”
Sarah Lebutsch, MD International Sales, Independent Entertainment, previously said: “Michael Kennedy’s outstanding script delivers a roller coaster ride horror audiences around the world will love, and Tyler’s excellent direction combined with our charismatic cast will make for a truly fun Christmas horror to be revisited again and again in holiday seasons to come.”
The movie will slash its way into theaters on November 10th, 2023.