A new sci-fi slasher horror outing fromNetflixcould make for the perfect viewing this spooky season. The streaming gianthas now announcedthat the horror flick, titledTime Cut, will land on the platform just in time for Halloween on July 18, 2025, with the story mashing together the time travel shenanigans ofBack to the Futurewith the slasher frights ofScreamfor a terrifying, timey-wimey delight.
Directed by Hannah MacPherson, who is best known for the mystery thriller T@gged and the fantasty drama series School Spirits, MacPherson co-wroteTime Cutalongside the mind behind 2020’s body-swap horror flickFreakyand last year’sChristmas horror comedy outingIt’s a Wonderful Knife, Michael Kennedy.
You can check out the enticing (if brief) logline forTime Cutbelow.
“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?”
Pushing past the fact that going back to 2003 is now considered to be so far in the past that it’s worthy of a time travel trip, the logline teases the perfect combination of science fiction and slasher and conjures memories ofmodern horror hitsHappy Death DayandTotally Killer(horror aficionados will no doubt note the stark similarities betweenTime CutandTotally Killerbut may not know that the latter was actually filmed first).
Time Cut Continues the Sci-Fi Horror Legacy
Time Cutbrings together a cast that features several actors from other Netflix projects, includingOuter Banksstar Madison Bailey(Black Lightning), Antonia Gentry (Ginny & Georgia, Raising Dion), Michael Shanks (Virgin River, Altered Carbon), Griffin Gluck (Tall Girl, Locke & Key), Rachael Crawford (When Night Is Falling, Possessor), Jordan Pettle (Murdoch Mysteries, American Woman), Megan Best (Nobody, Seance), Samuel Braun (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The Way Home), Sydney Sabiston (All Fun and Games, Acting Good), and Kataem O’Connor (The Way Home, Heartland).
Science fiction and horrorhave long been comfortable bedfellows, withTime Cutnow standing alongside the likes ofThe Terminator, Triangle, Donnie Darko, Coherence, Timecrimes,Event Horizon, The Endless, Army of Darkness, and more in tethering time travel mischief and serial killer terror together for some nightmare-inducing entertainment.
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Time Cutis sure to be a joy for not only horror and science fiction fans, but also those of us who grew up in the post-millennial noughties. No doubt the movie will be brimming with all manner of pop culture references,includingThe Matrixsequels, theLord of the RingsfinaleReturn of the King, the revelation thatFriendswould come to an end with season 10, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck postponing their wedding (whoa. Déjà vu), Ugg boots,Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde,The O.C., Pokémon cards, *NSYNC…truly, it was a golden age.
Time Cutis scheduled to be released by Netflix on August 19, 2025.
