I Know How You Die (2026) Dances With Films New York 2026

A writer who was just dumped and under a deadline for a new horror story goes to motel to write. He quickly finds that his story of a woman being stalked by a killer at a motel is happening around him.

This comedy horror romance is tonally all over the place. Graphic violence, serious discussions, comedy and a hint of romance are all thrown into a pot and never really mixed. The tone of each scene frequently different from the last or the the one that follows. The tones don't flow into each other but are rather placed next to each other with the result the film feels like its grinding its gears.  As a result I never really connected.

It might have worked better had the film had a better handle on the narrative. The various real unreal notions whir about in awkward ways. I know that things are not always supposed to be clear and events are supposed to echo each other, but at the same time the progression of the plot feels like it was made up on the fly so that the audience couldn't guess what was happening. Then again maybe if the script had another pass to actually weave the really good bits together this might have worked as a whole.

Don't get me wrong, all of the pieces of the film work wonderfully in their own way- but they never get tied together. 

If you are for giving and want to see some solid pieces in a film that kind of works, give it a shot.