We have another movie that takes a classic Christmas, such as It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and give them the treatment of making them a Christmas horror/slasher movie; these kinds of movies could work, or they cannot depend on the premise. The movie It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) has a premise that could work in a horror movie with good things about it, but the way things are setup and how the movie executes the main plot with its twist, it will either not make sense, or it will not fit with what the movie is trying to do.
The main character Winnie Carruthers played by Jane Widdop, though the performance is good, the character herself can be standard or unlikable at times, though it has a couple of moments where she is at least a good character; she has some smart moments when going up against the killer, and the reasons for why she makes her wish could have been better. The mayor played by Justin Long, has a good and weird performance, but it is obvious who he really is, and his character is hated by other people because of him owning the town; his character does not do much except to look and seem suspicious because of a killer running around. Also, I will add that there are a lot of side characters that just seem like horror annoying cliches.
I like the look of the killer with it dressing in all white, and it being an angel fits what the premise is based on; the killer does brutal bloody kills either with a stylized knife or Christmas items; despite the fitting killer and the entertaining brutal kills, the way the movie executes the idea in the movie was poor. The reasons why people do not like the main character or ignore her did not make sense, and when certain things are revealed, I was a bit confused and was wondering about the direction it was going to take; also, the movie was not that despite being called a horror comedy, there were only little scenes that could be unintentionally funny.
The movie It's a Wonderful Knife (2023) is not awful, but it has a promising premise that would have worked if the main character were more likable, the execution of scenes was better, the reveal of the killer was less obvious; this is not a movie that will become a Christmas horror movie that people are going to rewatch that much, instead you might watch it and forget it a couple hours after watching. It has good things about it that are entertaining, but the movie in the end is a standard Christmas horror movie that could have been better than what we got.
