The new film “It’s a Wonderful Knife,” written by Michael Kennedy (“Freaky”) and directed by Tyler MacIntyre (“Tragedy Girls;” “V/H/S/99”) falls into numerous genres: slasher, comedy, holiday and even LGBTQ+.
It’s no surprise that Kennedy and MacIntyre drew upon some obvious — and not-so-obvious — inspirations for the festive and frightening feature. TheWrap caught up with Kennedy and MacIntyre to talk all things “It’s a Wonderful Knife.”
The obvious inspiration for the film — which finds a young woman (Jane Widdop) transported to a world where she never existed on the eve of Christmas — is “It’s a Wonderful Life.” What is your connection to the classic?
Kennedy: It was a holiday staple in my family household growing up every year, and a Christmas family favorite. It was also my dad’s favorite movie; he passed away in 2018. So this movie was kind of a weird way to honor him.
MacIntyre: It was...
It’s no surprise that Kennedy and MacIntyre drew upon some obvious — and not-so-obvious — inspirations for the festive and frightening feature. TheWrap caught up with Kennedy and MacIntyre to talk all things “It’s a Wonderful Knife.”
The obvious inspiration for the film — which finds a young woman (Jane Widdop) transported to a world where she never existed on the eve of Christmas — is “It’s a Wonderful Life.” What is your connection to the classic?
Kennedy: It was a holiday staple in my family household growing up every year, and a Christmas family favorite. It was also my dad’s favorite movie; he passed away in 2018. So this movie was kind of a weird way to honor him.
MacIntyre: It was...
- 11/14/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
An inverted Christmas tree with as many missed opportunities as you’d find toppled ornaments, “It’s a Wonderful Knife” begins where most slashers end. Our final girl dispatches and unmasks the killer in just a cool 15 minutes before a title card announces the cutlery pun-turned-feature film in earnest. It’s then that director Tyler MacIntyre really gets to work, reimagining the black-and-white holiday classic from 1946 as a middling 2023 slasher satire doomed to fade from memory with the calendar year.
The quaint suburban town of Angel Falls was being terrorized by a demon angel, but not anymore thanks to Winnie Carruthers. Some clever repurposing of jumper cables saved Winnie’s brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) from a near-stabbing by the Angel in an efficient opening act, but the jolt couldn’t bring back her friend Cara (Hana Huggins) who was slaughtered via winged dagger after her boyfriend (Oscar Chark) got a giant...
The quaint suburban town of Angel Falls was being terrorized by a demon angel, but not anymore thanks to Winnie Carruthers. Some clever repurposing of jumper cables saved Winnie’s brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) from a near-stabbing by the Angel in an efficient opening act, but the jolt couldn’t bring back her friend Cara (Hana Huggins) who was slaughtered via winged dagger after her boyfriend (Oscar Chark) got a giant...
- 11/10/2023
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Thank goodness Justin Long has stuck around. After breaking out in the frightfully gross road movie “Jeepers Creepers” and popping in aughts comedies like “Dodgeball” and “Accepted,” the 45-year-old has been on screen long enough to be getting genre-movie roles tailor-made for him — or at least uniquely suited to his strength — playing (not so) “nice guys” in all their dishonesty.
Having tested the waters as an East Coast professor on probation in “After Class” and an idiot Hollywood hotshot facing a #MeToo storm in last year’s “Barbarian,” Long follows up as the big bad in the horror comedy “It’s a Wonderful Knife,” released in theaters Nov. 10, before streaming on Shudder down the road. As the murderous mogul Henry Waters, who slices down anyone that stands in the way of his town’s redevelopment, Long steals the show once again. His have-at-it fun and eerie eyes provide a manic glee...
Having tested the waters as an East Coast professor on probation in “After Class” and an idiot Hollywood hotshot facing a #MeToo storm in last year’s “Barbarian,” Long follows up as the big bad in the horror comedy “It’s a Wonderful Knife,” released in theaters Nov. 10, before streaming on Shudder down the road. As the murderous mogul Henry Waters, who slices down anyone that stands in the way of his town’s redevelopment, Long steals the show once again. His have-at-it fun and eerie eyes provide a manic glee...
- 11/10/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
High concept holiday slasher It’s a Wonderful Knife continues the time honored tradition of injecting horror into cozy holiday fare. Director Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls, V/H/S/99) and writer Michael Kennedy (Freaky) blend Scream 2 with It’s a Wonderful Life to plunge its central characters into a bizarro snow globe of horrors, wearing their cinematic influences on their sleeves throughout. It’s not the horror that dominates this high concept mashup, though; It’s a Wonderful Knife is more interested in spreading holiday cheer and warm fuzzy feels.
Winnie Carruthers finds her life completely upended on Christmas Eve when a masked killer embarks on a murder spree and kills Winnie’s best friend Cara (Hana Huggins) right in front of her. Winnie winds up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) and the quaint town of Angel Falls when she thwarts and unmasks the killer. One year later,...
Winnie Carruthers finds her life completely upended on Christmas Eve when a masked killer embarks on a murder spree and kills Winnie’s best friend Cara (Hana Huggins) right in front of her. Winnie winds up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) and the quaint town of Angel Falls when she thwarts and unmasks the killer. One year later,...
- 11/6/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Vancouver production company Hadron Features produced in association with Convoke Media.
Archstone Entertainment has acquired international rights to horror thriller The Deep Web: Murdershow and has launched AFM sales.
Dan Zachary wrote and directed the story of a journalist whose search for clues in his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency website on the dark web called The Murdershow.
As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop those behind a reign of terror.
Aiden Howard stars as the tenacious reporter, Josh Blacker is the lead detective on the case, and Kimi Alexander (A Million Little Things...
Archstone Entertainment has acquired international rights to horror thriller The Deep Web: Murdershow and has launched AFM sales.
Dan Zachary wrote and directed the story of a journalist whose search for clues in his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency website on the dark web called The Murdershow.
As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop those behind a reign of terror.
Aiden Howard stars as the tenacious reporter, Josh Blacker is the lead detective on the case, and Kimi Alexander (A Million Little Things...
- 11/1/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Almost exactly one year after Kevin Smith sold his horror anthology Killroy Was Here as an Nft (with the Ashley Benson slasher Alone at Night following in his footsteps soon after), Variety reports that XYZ Films has picked up the domestic distribution rights to another film that blends horror with crypto. Thankfully, this one isn’t being sold as an Nft, it will be heading out into the world in a more traditional way. The new movie is called The Deep Web: Murdershow and it will take viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.
The idea of torture website kind of reminds me of the Hostel movies. If that franchise were still alive,...
The idea of torture website kind of reminds me of the Hostel movies. If that franchise were still alive,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
XYZ Films has just picked up domestic rights to the horror movie The Deep Web: Murdershow in the wake of the Cannes Film Market, Variety has announced this morning.
Dan Zachary wrote and directed The Deep Web: Murdershow.
The film “takes viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.”
The horror movie’s cast includes Josh Blacker, Aiden Howard, and Kimi Alexander.
The Deep Web: Murdershow was produced by Hadron Features with Miles Forster and Darci MacDonald. It was produced in association with Convoke Media, and executive produced by Chris Wilkinson, Ryan Marchant, Miles Forster, Kevin Zhao, Michelle Wu, and Todd Slater.
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Dan Zachary wrote and directed The Deep Web: Murdershow.
The film “takes viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.”
The horror movie’s cast includes Josh Blacker, Aiden Howard, and Kimi Alexander.
The Deep Web: Murdershow was produced by Hadron Features with Miles Forster and Darci MacDonald. It was produced in association with Convoke Media, and executive produced by Chris Wilkinson, Ryan Marchant, Miles Forster, Kevin Zhao, Michelle Wu, and Todd Slater.
The post ‘The Deep Web: Murdershow’ – First Look...
- 6/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
XYZ Films has acquired domestic rights to “The Deep Web: Murdershow,” a new horror-thriller with a bloody bitcoin twist. The deal arrives on the heels of the Cannes Film Market.
The film is written and directed by Dan Zachary, and according to the official description, it “takes viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.”
Josh Blacker leads the cast, playing a detective trying to unravel the mystery. He’s joined by Aiden Howard as a hard-charging reporter, as well as Kimi Alexander, playing a woman ensnared by the murderous group behind the shadowy site.
“The Deep Web: Murdershow” was produced by Vancouver-based production company, Hadron Features with Darci MacDonald and Miles Forster.
The film is written and directed by Dan Zachary, and according to the official description, it “takes viewers on a dark ride when a journalist’s search for clues to his sister’s murder leads him to a disturbing crypto currency torture website inside the deep web called The Murdershow. As those close to him disappear, he must find and stop this reign of terror.”
Josh Blacker leads the cast, playing a detective trying to unravel the mystery. He’s joined by Aiden Howard as a hard-charging reporter, as well as Kimi Alexander, playing a woman ensnared by the murderous group behind the shadowy site.
“The Deep Web: Murdershow” was produced by Vancouver-based production company, Hadron Features with Darci MacDonald and Miles Forster.
- 6/27/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Though you think he might want to switch subjects after writing Freaky, Michael Kennedy is sticking with quirky slasher stories for It's A Wonderful Knife. With director Tyler MacIntyre wrapping the shoot recently, we have our first look at the movie, which stars Yellowjackets' Jane Widdop alongside Joel McHale, Jess McLeod, Aiden Howard, Hana Huggins, Katharine Isabelle, Cassandra Naud and Justin Long.
Here's the story: "A year after saving her town, the idyllic Angel Falls, 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."
The movie's distribution rights will be up for...
Here's the story: "A year after saving her town, the idyllic Angel Falls, 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."
The movie's distribution rights will be up for...
- 4/27/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
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