It’s spooky season, and Netflix is pulling out all the stops to satisfy subscribers’ thirst for thrills. Enter Hannah Macpherson’s latest movie, Time Cut, a unique blend of horror, time travel, and classic slasher elements. But does this Halloween season really need this particular addition to the roster? We’re not so sure.
Madison Bailey and Antonia Gentry had set the bar relatively high for this cheesy slasher flick, and who doesn’t love a good time travel moment? Despite some great elements in the mix, Time Cut wasn’t our favorite spooky recipe.
In this review, we will dive into more details, and you can decide for yourself if this deserves a spot on your list this Halloween!
Can Lucy Save her Sister?
Time Cut begins during spring fling in 2003, where we’re introduced to a not-so-okay Summer, played by Antonia Gentry, who rose to fame following her role in Netflix’s series Ginny & Georgia.
In the opening scene, we’re also introduced to the serial killer who has already hurt Summer’s close ones and doesn’t plan on stopping. As his axe meets Summer, there’s a time jump to 2024 and enter Madison Bailey.

Bailey’s character, Lucy, has the cheesiest opening we couldn’t have possibly prepared ourselves for because turns out she had applied for the NASA internship program because…her life feels like a black hole. This has to do with her sister’s killing by the Sweetly Slasher back in 2003. At this point, we found ourselves more detached and less intrigued, but we stuck around!
Lucy just so happens to stumble upon a time machine of sorts, and just like that, she’s back in 2003, very close to the day her sister died. At this point, if you haven’t already watched the trailer, you can guess what the rest of the movie will be about.
It is predictable with some elements that swoop in as saving grace, but it isn’t nearly enough to qualify as one of the best slasher movies or even save a spot in the Top 100 slasher movies of all time (there are just far too many).

Lucy and Summer’s chemistry is one of the better parts of Time Cut, because while they are sisters…sort of, in the movie, they spend most of their time as friends, and the difference between 2003 and 2024 also brings a sprinkle of humor and relatability to the millennials and Gen-Z viewers, which was a smart move…but again, not nearly enough.
Time Cut wasn’t scary, which was a bummer because we had braced ourselves for some horror, even mild would have worked wonders for this title, but it didn’t deliver. The slasher subgenre is a prestigious one, the kind that horror fans have loved for decades, but Time Cut was just a cheesy attempt at it.

Conclusion
While this review might seem a little harsh from the slasher perspective, we’d still recommend watching Time Cut if you want a fun flick to stream. If you have already watched this movie on Netflix, we would love to know your thoughts on the same!