A young woman who wishes she was never born gets transferred to a reality that she hasn’t, only to see her town suffering at the hands of a psychotic killer.
Unoriginal, uninspired, and uncalled for. It can’t be woke and watchable. History has shown that, and It’s A Wonderful Knife is no exception. Combining the clichés of previous decades’ slasher horrors with modern woke touches that ruin cinema in its entirety, this film does a massive disservice to one of the most classic films of all time, It’s A Wonderful Life (1946).
Turning this classic into a horror is not a bad idea, though. It could have been a decent adaptation that combines Christmas, horror, drama, comedy, and suspense. Instead… well… Michael Kennedy’s poor script and Tyler MacIntyre’s indifferent directing offer nothing to the genre. In a small American town where everyone could as well be an underwear model, even people in their forties and fifties, and everyone accepts everyone for who they are, is the actual fantasy genre. Surely, they can’t expect their audience to be that dumb.
Shame! I’ve praised Shudder for most of the films they have produced lately, but this is a colossal misfire. Both Katharine Isabelle and Justin Long deserve a lot better than that. P.S. Having said all that, the chemistry between Winnie (Jane Widdop) and Bernie (Jess McLeod) is the only positive element the film has to offer.
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