TIFF 2025 Reviews: Wake Up Dead Man, The Wizard of the Kremlin
Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man uses a gothic locked-room framework, blending classic detective references and scholastic puzzle-play to extend the Benoit Blanc franchise.
Wake Up Dead Man Trailer: Murder Victim of Next Benoit Blanc Mystery Is Revealed
Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man reunites Benoit Blanc with an all-star cast in a locked-room murder mystery premiering at TIFF and debuting on Netflix.
Netflix's Most Exciting Mystery Thriller Is Completely Changing Gears
Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man places Benoit Blanc in a Gothic locked-room mystery centered on a supposed miracle and an apparently immaculate murder in a parsonage.
'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' is a religious experience
Benoit Blanc returns in Wake Up Dead Man, shifting the Knives Out franchise into a church-set, Poe-influenced locked-room mystery focused on spiritual themes.
