In this very festive-looking holiday-set slasher, young Winnie saves her town of Angel Falls from a serial killer on a Christmas Eve rampage, but as life takes a downward spiral, one year later - after making an unfortunate wish that comes true - she finds herself in an alternate universe where she never existed, the town has become murder central and its inhabitants in even worse places than before. The central concept - a slasher take on It's A Wonderful Life with a smattering of A Christmas Carol thrown in - is inspired if obvious (with credit to the wonderful title pun), and the film clearly aims for a Christopher Landon-style vibe that it doesn't quite hit and becomes a bit wayward half-way through, but the film offers enough energy, silliness and thrills to make it entertaining enough as a disposable diversion.
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