With the likes of
Happy Death Day,
Freaky
and
Totally Killer, we're seeing a growing trend of movies that put a horror spin on a
beloved mainstream classic. The latest is
It's a Wonderful Knife, which as the title suggests, is a slasher spin on
It's a Wonderful Life.
Directed by Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls) and written by Michael Kennedy, the film stars Jane Widdop as Winnie, a young woman who saves her town from a
knife-wielding killer. Feeling unappreciated, she wishes she had never
been born. when her wish is granted she realises the horrors she's now
subjected her town to in her absence.
Jess McLeod, Joel McHale, Katharine Isabelle, William B. Davis and
Justin Long also star.
It's a Wonderful Knife is in US cinemas from November 10th.
A UK/ROI release has yet to be announced but we expect it to debut on
Shudder in December.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.