Michael Kennedy

Writing

Biography

Michael Kennedy is an American screenwriter. He is known for his collaborations with Christopher Landon, including the slasher films Freaky (2020), It's a Wonderful Knife (2023), Time Cut (2024), and Heart Eyes (2025). His work is often associated with gay horror. It's a Wonderful Knife was nominated for Outstanding Film - Wide Release at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kennedy (screenwriter), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Better Off

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The making of the 2023 horror comedy It's a Wonderful Knife as told by the filmmakers, queers, enbys and trans people who brought it to life.

Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary

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Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary is a feature-length documentary about the positive impacts and cathartic releases that horror can have on those living with mental illnesses.

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Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary

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Production

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It's a Wonderful Knife

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Winnie's life is less than wonderful one year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve. When she wishes she was never born, she finds herself magically transported to a nightmarish parallel universe. With the murderous maniac now back, she must team up with a misfit to identify the culprit and get back to her own reality.

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It's a Wonderful Knife

Writer

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It's a Wonderful Knife

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It's a Wonderful Knife

Producer

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Heart Eyes

6.3(0.5K)

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

Maladjustment

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A married couple working remotely during a pandemic slowly begin to unravel.

Freaky

6.6(1.8K)

A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.

Heart Eyes

Time Cut

5.6(0.6K)

A teen in 2024 accidentally time-travels to 2003, days before a masked killer murders her sister. Can she change the past without destroying the future?

Time Cut

5.6(0.6K)

A teen in 2024 accidentally time-travels to 2003, days before a masked killer murders her sister. Can she change the past without destroying the future?