
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.
Known For

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.
Heart Eyes

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

The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.
Bordertown

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

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.
It's a Wonderful Knife

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.
Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary
The sequel to the 2025 film. Plot TBA.
Heart Eyes 2

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.
Better Off

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