'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery': All You Need To Know About The Murder And The Suspects

'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery': All You Need To Know About The Murder And The Suspects

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery marks a shift in tone and setting for Rian Johnson's much-loved Knives Out franchise. However, before the film premiered at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, Rian had teased that this film would be extremely different from the previous two instalments, telling the audience, "We're going back to church". And, he has served exactly that. The result is a darker, more gothic mystery, which, w…

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ TIFF Review – Gothic Whodunnit Draws from Edgar Allan Poe

Writer/Director Rian Johnson leaves behind the sunny beaches of Glass Onion for a locked room mystery in Benoit Blanc's third outing, Wake Up Dead Man: A

AwardsWatch - ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Review: Rian Johnson’s Latest Puzzlebox Takes Benoit Blanc to Church on an Unholy Whodunit [A-] TIFF

The latest whodunit from writer-director Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man, starts with a confession; not one of guilt or sin, but of absolute truth. Written and told from his perspective, we are introduced to Rev. Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor), a new priest to the parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude in the tiny…