It Cuts Deep

It Cuts Deep is a 2020 American psychological horror-thriller and black comedy-drama film edited, produced, written and directed by Nicholas Payne Santos and starring Charles Gould, Quinn Jackson, John Anderson, Jackson Quinn Gray and Chloe Roe. The film premiered at Grimmfest on October 10, 2020.[1]

It Cuts Deep
Film poster
Directed byNicholas Payne Santos
Written byNicholas Payne Santos
Produced byNicholas Payne Santos
Kristy Richman
Starring
  • Charles Gould
  • Quinn Jackson
  • John Anderson
  • Jackson Quinn Gray
  • Chloe Roe
CinematographyKyle I. Kelley
Edited byNicholas Payne Santos
Music byOwen Evans
Production
companies
88/90
Bull Moose Pictures
Distributed byDark Sky Films
MPI Media
Release date
  • October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) (Grimmfest)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

While on Christmas vacation, a young couple, Ashley and Sam, are talking about their future and the things they want to do together. Ashley wants to get married, become a mother and have kids. Upon hearing those news, Sam, however, feels cold-feet, jerks away and freaks out a bit. Things go from bad to worse when Sam's childhood friend, Nolan, comes into spotlight. The trip results into a nightmare as Sam and Nolan get jealous of each other, a feeling that is about to lead to murder...

Cast
  • Charles Gould as Sam
  • Quinn Jackson as Ashley
  • John Anderson as Nolan
  • Chloe Roe as girl
  • Jackson Quinn Gray as boy
  • Alison Fraser as mom
  • Lea Ostner as Lauren
  • Luke Vose as Lyle
  • Jane Vose as baby
  • Ben Elder as Larry
  • John McNamara as Lenny
  • Jason Savio as cook
  • Joseph Santos as dad

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 40% based on five critics, with an average rating of 4/10.[2]

Richard Whittaker of The Austin Chronicle wrote "The end result is like a Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol production with all the ghoulish payoff that suggests, just with more wakka-wakka comedy than metaphysical angst".[3]

Chris Cummings of Nerdly called the film "very enjoyable, curious and contemporary dark comedy that injects elements of horror and psycho-thriller to keep things tantalising".[1]

References
  1. Cummings, Chris (October 11, 2020). "Grimmfest 2020: 'It Cuts Deep' Review". Nerdly. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  2. "It Cuts Deep (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  3. Whittaker, Richard (November 13, 2020). "It Cuts Deep". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 25, 2021.


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