It's a Wonderful Knife

Name: It's a Wonderful Knife
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Comedy
Released: November 10, 2023
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Aiden Howard, Erin Boyes, Jane Widdop, Jessica McLeod, Joel McHale

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RLJE Films | Release Date: November 10, 2023 | R

Starring: Aiden Howard, Erin Boyes, Jane Widdop, Jessica McLeod, Joel McHale, Justin Long, Katharine Isabelle, Sean Depner, William B. Davis, Zenia Marshall

Summary: After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.

Director: Tyler MacIntyre

Genre(s): Mystery, Horror, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 87 min

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Dec 14, 2023

It’s A Wonderful Knife is one of those pictures that is so surprisingly good you wish you had seen it in a theater. Plus, this is one spiffy-looking picture. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Nov 10, 2023

It’s A Wonderful Knife has plenty of attributes—charm, blood, and angst—that should fit right in at any family holiday gathering. Read full review

Slashfilm Matt Donato

Oct 16, 2023

It's A Wonderful Knife might make its points with steel blades, but that doesn't negate the saccharine earnestness that assures this one as a new Christmas horror favorite with a heart three sizes bigger than you'd expect. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Nov 8, 2023

Clunky horror in-jokes, like a heavy-handed Scream nod in the name of Winnie's aunt (Isabelle), feel labored, and it's all plagued by the same unevenness that afflicted director Tyler MacIntyre's Tragedy Girls: The gore and the comedy are well-executed, but the timing is off. Read full review

J. Kim Murphy

Nov 10, 2023

The genre slant promised by the title seems to be less of a tonal responsibility than an excuse to abruptly break out into the occasional suspense set piece. Read full review

IndieWire Alison Foreman

Nov 10, 2023

It’s queer and contemporary — a decent addition to an already lengthy Christmas horror movie marathon that can edge out 1997’s “Jack Frost” but doesn’t come close to touching “Gremlins” or even “Krampus.” Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 16, 2023

It’s a Wonderful Knife doesn’t just slash through our expectations about what we’re going to see. It stumbles in managing the basics, starting with “Must make some kind of sense, surreal or otherwise. Read full review

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