It’s a Wonderful Knife is Kitchy, Quick Holiday Fun

Everyone has had a moment in their life where they wondered what life would be like if there they never existed. That moment that we have seen depicted in the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life,” where George Bailey’s wish is granted to view exactly what those he has loved lives look like without him in it. This time Shudder brings us this story through the eyes of Winnie Carruthers.

A year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie’s (Jane Widdop) life is less than wonderful, but wishing she’d never been born places Winnie in a nightmare parallel universe.  Discovering life without her could be much, much worse –  the killer has returned.  By teaming up with the town misfit to identify him, Winnie’s desperately hopes to get back to her own reality with life the way it was before.

From the producers of Black Christmas and Freaky, this Tyler MacIntyre directed mashup of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Scream” written and produced by Michael Kennedy ir corny and mostly predictable. Having said that, I do love that like “Scream” there was a constant twist on who the killer was and how the Aurora light aspect was incorporated as the vehicle for time travel.

In the event you are not familiar, an aurora, also known as the northern or southern lights, is a natural light display in the Earth’s sky displaying dynamic patterns of brilliant lights which appear as curtains, rays, spirals or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky.

With a subtle LGBTQ + theme intertwined, Jane Widdop and Jess McLeod as the awkward misfit Bess carry the film with just the right amount of humor an zest. Justin Long and Joel McHale are delishly evil and tons of fun to watch reeking havoc on friends and foes.

Although it doesn’t take itself too seriously, “It’s a Wonderful Knife”  is a quick entertaining watch to pass the time.