BC-filmed Christmas slasher comedy It’s a Wonderful Knife — a spin on the holiday classic It’s a Wonderful Life — debuts on Shudder.
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.
Jane Widdop as Winnie Carruthers.
Joel McHale.
Justin Long as Killer Mayer:
I’ve been a huge fan of Justin [Long}’s work for many years . . .I was looking for a big Christmas villain. We talked about a lot of references of showman-politicians, and that sort of baby boomer-smarminess, and he was channeling some of that.
Christmas in Angel Falls filmed in Cloverdale.
Nod to the punned title with classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life playing at the Angel Falls theatre.
Justin Long as Mayor Henry Waters.
[II’s a Wonderful Knife] is about a young woman named Winnie Carruthers [Jane Widdop] who lives in this town that’s obsessed with Christmas. There’s this tragedy that strikes [Angel Falls], and she rises to the occasion, but her best friend is killed. — director Tyler MacIntyre to EW.
We jump forward a year, and she’s wracked with guilt, and she’s unable to move on, and in her spiral she ends up making this wish that maybe things would be better if she didn’t exist. She wakes up into a nightmare version of [Angel Falls] and there’s many more people dead, and it’s up to her to solve this mystery before it’s too late. — director Tyler MacIntyre to EW.
It’s a Wonderful Knife:
BC filming dates: March 20 2023 – April 14 2023
Director: Tyler MacIntyre.
Cast: Jane Widdop, Justin Long, Joel McHale, Jess McLeod.
Jane Widdop as Laura Lee on Yellowjackets filmed in Vancouver.
Justin Long filmed Disney+’s Goosebumps series in Vancouver last Fall and Winter.
Joel McHale filmed Fox comedy Animal Control in Vancouver this past winter.
Poster:
