10 Hugely Disappointing Recent Horror Movies
4. It's A Wonderful Knife
If there were an annual award for the worst movie with the best title, it'd probably go to It's A Wonderful Knife - a holiday-themed slasher flick released late last year which was almost certainly greenlit on the basis of its name alone.
Yet while this gory riff on It's a Wonderful Life had potential out the wazoo - focused on a young woman (Jane Widdop) who discovers the horrors which would transpire if she wasn't ever born - it's bogged down at all turns by illogical writing, convoluted reveals, and a distinct lack of seasonal charm.
Widdop and Jess McLeod make for an appealing duo, but director Tyler MacIntyre brutally wastes an overqualified supporting cast - including Joel McHale, Justin Long, and Katharine Isabelle - on a story that's just not clever, funny, scary, or violent enough to satisfy as a yuletide slasher.
Much like Trap, someone should probably take another crack at this in a decade or two, even if only to recycle that glorious title.