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Totally Killer

HorrorComedyScience Fiction

Directed by Nahnatchka Khan

When the infamous "Sweet Sixteen Killer" returns 35 years after his first murder spree to claim another victim, 17-year-old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987, determined to stop the killer before he can start. From TMDB

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Totally Killer is a 2023 horror comedy science fiction film, directed by Nahnatchka Khan, starring Kiernan Shipka, Olivia Holt and Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson.

  • 231 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
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  • C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2023

    TOTALLY KILLER is a hell of a lot of fun. Shipka and a talented young cast carry the film with a lot of clever dialog. A time travel slasher comedy that hits all the right notes. Every time I think I’m done with 80s throwbacks, something like this comes along and changes my mind. On Prime Oct 6!

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  • Michelle Swope @redheadfrommars.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    A teenager accidentally time-travels back to 1987 when a masked, knife-wielding killer returns after 35 years and blood and hilarity ensues. Great cast, especially Kiernan Shipka, who has perfect comedic timing. TOTALLY KILLER is like totally a blast. Available now on Prime. 📽️#filmsky #horrorsky

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  • George W Harris @bullcityfats.northsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2023

    You know what else has advanced tremendously in the last thirty-five years? Weed. Weed in the late eighties was like smoking dirt. The movie Totally Killer (Back to the Future, but a slasher flick) touched on this.

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  • Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2025

    Ok, movie recs request: There’s a subgenre of weirdly wholesome slasher movies (final girl is saved by the power of friendship!) that are basically slasher versions of other movies. - Happy Death Day (Groundhog Day) - Freaky (Freaky Friday) - Totally Killer (Back to the Future) Recs for others?

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  • Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2025

    For my money, Totally Killer is the better movie over all but Final Girls has a better climax. They’re both really good, though!

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  • Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 14, 2024

    Watched Time Cut You want a slasher horror film that uses time travel? Go for Totally Killer on Amazon because you aren't going to get much about this bore. It has some cool ideas but wastes all of it with lame kills and awful writing.

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  • Kyle Lawson 🎃 @klawson13.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    With Barbarian finally getting a release these are some other stuck on streaming flicks Id love to see get a physical release. 13 Lives is a freaking Ron Howard movie. Amazon MGM licenses stuff out why not Totally Killer? My favorite Sebastian Stan flick Fresh stuck on Hulu. Fear St. would print 💰

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  • Carey 🎃 @thecareywo.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 30, 2024

    #nw #sweethearts I’ve only seen good reviews so far! And I love my Totally Killer girl Kiernan 🥰

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  • StormaciousD @stormaciousd.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    NW: Totally Killer Background rewatch while I make a very large document for work. Still annoyed this doesn't have a physical disc.

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  • Kim Newman @annodracula.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 3, 2023

    Film review – Totally Killer johnnyalucard.com/2023/11/03/f...

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  • jennywise 🎈 @hacksawjenny.ripBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    Watching Totally Killer. Love how every movie is filmed in my city so I get my immersion broken every 5 minutes.

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  • Kyle Starks @thekylestarks.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2023

    Spooktober viewing so far: -No One Will Save You -Becky -Wrath of Becky -Barbarian -Head of the Family -VHS 85 -Dog Soldiers -Totally Killer -Zom100 (lived action film, fart noise) -Me3an (unrated rewatch) -Terrifier 2

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  • Scarred for Life @scarredpodcast.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2023

    This week @mbmcandrews.bsky.social and @gaylydreadful.bsky.social chat with writer David Matalon about his latest film Totally Killer before finding out the fantastic story of why When a Stranger Calls terrified him growing up. Link: pod.fo/e/1ff2d7

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  • MJW @megan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2023

    Totally Killer was totally awesome. I didn’t realize how much I needed a movie like this in my life these days. I didn’t want it to end. Time Travel, Horror, Comedy, and just fun all around. 🎥🎬📽️ #filmsky

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  • G’arthritis 🐺 @rstvideo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2025

    If you see this quote with a time travel movie thats not back to the future Totally Killer - a really fun time travel slasher.

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  • Scott Dorward @sdorward.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2023

    Day 22 of the October Horror Movie Challenge slices into Totally Killer. A slasher comedy with a time travel twist that knows how to focus on the fun parts. blasphemoustomes.com/2023/10/22/t...

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  • Matt Monagle @monagle.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2023

    TOTALLY KILLER (2023): Maybe my favorite time travel movie in a minute? Understands that movie quantum physics is a vibe, not a science, and introduces a few fun new wrinkles into the mix. Owes a lot to FREQUENCY, oddly enough?

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  • Beware Boiúnato @donatobomb.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2023

    Here’s my review of TOTALLY KILLER, a fun little 80s slasher that plays like SCREAM by way of HOT TUB TIME MACHINE? Kiernan Shipka delivers as always.

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  • 🌘Luna | Streamer @lunamothwings.comBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    cheers to Time Cut (2024), a trash 91 minutes made terrible by a lazy af ending and doomed to be called a rip-off of Totally Killer(2023) despite TC's filming starting first 1.5/5 🤷‍♀️

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  • Carl 🎃 @brainofblood.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2023

    TOTALLY KILLER is so much freaking fun. I loved it. Perfect movie for the season

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  • 🎃Spooky Doktor V💀➡️⭐️⬇️↘️🕹️2️⃣ @doktormfv.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2025

    Yet another triple feature❗️ • Totally Killer - Charming film that could have been better. • Don’t Hang Up - eh. Magical hackerman with a predicable revenge plot. No bueno. • TMNT: Mutant Mayhem - Banger. Heartfelt and funny❗️

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  • Daniel Fienberg @thefienprint.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    I didn't think Amazon's "Totally Killer" was very good as a horror movie or a sci-fi time travel movie, but as a comedy it made me laugh a bunch. Sally Draper is VERY funny.

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  • Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2023

    Totally Killer is fun as hell. It’s Scream meets Disney Channel Original movie, which is an exact Venn diagram of My Shit™ www.ign.com/articles/tot...

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  • A Nightmare On Fierce Street @nightmarefierce.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 14, 2024

    Next week is going to be “Totally Killer” so you should def check the movie out and tune in Monday.

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  • Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    Some things that hurt Time Cut are (1) the release delay that put it after Totally Killer, but (2) nostalgia for the early 2000s doesn't match the 80s and 90s -- especially if the film is only going to have occasional reminders of the time period. #MutantFam #Letterboxd No. 416 #Horror365Challenge

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  • Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    #NowWatching Time Cut (2024), co-written & directed by Hannah Macpherson. Also written by Michael Kennedy (Freaky, It's A Wonderful Knife). My initial reaction was this film was Netflix's response to Prime's Totally Killer, but Time Cut was actually written and made first. #MutantFam #Filmsky

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  • Chris M. - AKA YMC @tableflipsyou.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2024

    Off the top of my head, a list of horror movies this inexperienced but horror-curious movie watcher wants to see: Beyond the Gates The Stuff Totally Killer Prevenge Maximum Overdrive Smile Muh-There gan

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  • Fraser @fraserwrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 30, 2023

    Having a toddler absolutely (and rightly!) reduces your movie time… but I’ve made my top 10 of 2023. 1. Across the Spider-Verse 2. The Marvels 3. Barbie 4. Totally Killer 5. Evil Dead Rise 6. Bat Mitzvah 7. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 8. Indiana Jones 9. Super Mario Bros 10. Tetris

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  • Patrick Monahan @pattymo.comBluesky · Oct 15, 2023

    I am aware he was on that, I watched the first season+, but we are watching a new slasher film called TOTALLY KILLER

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  • Brett Petersel-ebration 🎃 @bmp.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2023

    Who wants a mask from the upcoming film TOTALLY KILLER, premiering on Prime Video on October 6th? Giveaway coming up soon on Letterboxd!

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  • Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2023

    "Totally Killer" is such a fun horror movie. If you enjoyed "Happy Death Day" and "The Final Girls" go check it out!

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  • Becky LeJeune @beckylejeune.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2023

    #31horrorfilms31days movie #10: Totally Killer! This was so much fun! My fave so far out of the “new” movies this month. (New meaning new and new to me.)

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  • 🔪Final Gay🩸 @shadowdra126.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    First horror movie of spooky season: Totally Killer Fun. campy. Decent slasher. Time travel stuff always is hard for me to get super invested in 3.5 ⭐️

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  • Laura McKnight @lauramcknight.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    I'm watching an incredibly cheesy Halloween movie where a teenager travels back in time to the 80s and so far it's hilarious (It's called Totally Killer and it's on Amazon Prime)

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  • Emily be the Witch of the Wood @horrorella.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2023

    I had a lot of fun with TOTALLY KILLER. A lot of fun, great humor, and still really bloody. Great closing film, and I think people are going to have fun with it when it drops on Amazon. Review soon!

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  • The Exorsnicks @therealsnicks.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    I know her from directing Totally Killer, a really fun 80's themed slasher movie from a few year ago

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  • Russ Black @russblack.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2026

    Watched: TOTALLY KILLER Director: Nahnatchka Khan Year: 2023 Genre: Slasher I love this movie. So much fun. #KiernanShipka #RussBlackMovieWatch

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  • Scott is Bayin' at the Moon @scottmaybstoned.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 23, 2026

    Today's first movie for my Quasi-Semi-Annual Spooky Season Horror Movie Watch-a-Thon and #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days is TOTALLY KILLER 39/100 #HorrorSky

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  • NH Woods Girl @xl-diva-ranting.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    Watching "Totally Killer" included with Prime. When it becomes available on a free service, I recommend this for #FrightClub. Looking forward to tonight's movie!

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  • Mark @thehistoryboy.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    We watched Totally Killer yesterday 😁 Kieran Shipke and the mum from Modern Family; and it's what if "Scream" and "Back to the Future" had a movie baby It's leaving Amazon Prime soon 👍

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    Totally Killer: Shipka is a frustrated delight in this reflexive and enjoyable time travelling slasher film. It doesn't do a huge amount that is new but Khan's snazzy direction keeps the knowing plot moving. Good fun.

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  • Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2024

    Scary Movie #38: Totally Killer This was fun. I did not know Nanotchka Khan was Nick Khan's sister, like from WWE. It's wild.

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  • Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2023

    This afternoon's treadmill entertainment — the silly time-traveling slasher movie Totally Killer. It doesn't break any new ground, but that's not always necessary. It was perfect stepping fodder!

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  • Lem McMillan (author) @lemmcmillan.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2023

    Amazon Prime’s Totally Killer was a fun watch, mixing slasher movie tropes and the fun of movies like Back to the Future. 4/5 for watchability and creativity.

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  • The Year of Horror @yearofhorror.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2023

    Totally Killer (2023) 
This could be the movie that finally kills off the slasher. Basically it does the same thing Happy Death Day 2 does. 
Loads of 80s references. Clunky script and cumbersome storytelling.

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2023

    New Blood Splattered Vlog! This week The Horror Guru & Count Jackula review TOTALLY KILLER! The latest classic movie-themed slasher comedy that's basically BACK TO THE FUTURE meets SCREAM! youtu.be/S7whjJfwQU0

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  • “Dawn of the Ted” 🧟‍♂️ DiNola📍MIGW @esdin.netBluesky · Oct 12, 2023

    Just watched Totally Killer with @jennatar.bsky.social and what a FUN movie! Tone perfect and a bloody pastiche with strong influences from across "slasher flick" history. 10/10 my only regret is I can't experience it fresh again! (Happy spooky season!)

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  • Phil Edwards - Live for Films @liveforfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    Now watching Totally Killer - 2023 #totallykiller #kiernanshipka #oliviaholt #film #NowWatching #backtothefuture

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  • Brendan Foley @thetruebrendanf.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2023

    Now Watching: TOTALLY KILLER. Apparently from the same woman who made ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE, a movie I love.

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  • Grim Melody Pratt @timpratt.orgBluesky · Oct 8, 2023

    Thursday night for horror we watched the delightful time travel comedy slasher Totally Killer, and really enjoyed it. I also watched 10 X 10, an okay abduction/revenge movie

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  • Brad McHargue | Your Best Friend @bradmchargue.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2023

    I rarely watch movies again so closely after seeing them, but Becky hasn't seen TOTALLY KILLER and I love this movie so, so much.

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  • Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    I'm watching Totally Killer and remembering again that any time I see someone in a movie or TV show and can't place them, it's almost certainly because they were in an episode of Supernatural

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  • 🦇💀 Rigg-or Mortis 💀🦇 @rigg.lgbtBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Film 45 of #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days: Totally Killer (2023) - Nahnatchka Khan Source: Amazon prime When the infamous Sweet Sixteen Killer returns 35 years after his first murder spree, 17 year old Jamie accidentally travels back in time to 1987 determined to stop the killer before he can start.

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  • nerdbearoh.bsky.social @nerdbearoh.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    “Totally Killer” is the best time travel movie. Fight me.

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2025

    Oh shit, Totally Killer is free to watch on Amazon! Okay, I know what's going on my Horror movie marathon now because I may never get a chance like this again.

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 25, 2024

    #NowWatching Totally Killer. #52filmsbywomen

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  • Dr. Phil Acula, Vampire. Not Changing It @msico.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2024

    I watched a lot of scary movies again, here's what I liked the most this time: The Black Phone - a supernatural, horror movie. comma placement important Totally Killer - a surprisingly not-nostalgic time travel slasher The Substance - you don't need my opinion here, any interest you have is correct

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  • Jaunty Art @jaunty.artBluesky · Jan 2, 2024

    Watched Totally Killer 2023 Enjoyed this WAY more than I thought I would. Figured out the baddies early but didn’t stop me immersing in the silliness of a modern teen going back to 1987. It’s Hot Tub Time Machine meets Scream. Shipka does amazing deadpan. Very fun watch. Great film.

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  • Joshua K. @spiderkav.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2023

    Last night I watched a movie called Bitch Ass on Paramount +and it was pretty fun. I liked it. I just finished Totally Killer and it was really great

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  • Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2023

    "Totally Killer" was a lot of fun. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tota...

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Kiernan Shipka actor profile photo
Kiernan Shipka
Jamie Hughes
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Olivia Holt
Pam Miller (1987)
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Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson
Lauren Creston (1987)
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Lochlyn Munro
Blake Hughes
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Charlie Gillespie
Blake Hughes (1987)
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Kelcey Mawema
Amelia Creston
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Jonathan Potts
Chris Dubasage
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Stephi Chin-Salvo
Marisa Song (1987)

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