Thanksgiving – Movie Review
Director: Eli Roth
Writer: Jeff Rendell, Eli Roth (Screenplay)
Cast
- Patrick Dempsey (Scream 3)
- Rick Hoffman (Hostel)
- Gina Gershon (Killer Joe)
- Milo Manheim (Zombies 3)
- Nell Verlaque
- Addison Rae (He’s All That)
Plot: After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
Runtime: 1 Hour 47 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Thanksgiving starts with a tragedy hitting a small town for the Thanksgiving sales. One year later the town is preparing for the celebrations against the campaign for justice for the people who were killed.
Jessica (Verlaque) and her friends find themselves in the middle of both sides. However, the town faces a new threat as a killer wearing a John Carver mask starts targeting people involved the year before. With the town in panic, Jessica leads her friends in trying to uncover the truth, however, the bodies keep turning up.
Verdict on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a horror thriller following a small town recovering from a tragic event. They are looking to celebrate the holidays again. However, a killer has come to town to get revenge on the people involved in the incident the year before.
This is a movie based on the trailer from the Grindhouse movies. The latest one to get the full feature treatment for Eli Roth. This is a movie that feels a lot like ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’, using the holiday incident for revenge. It is filled with graphic brutal kills, even if we find ourselves supporting the killer throughout the movie. The added mystery is who is behind the mask, even if a few scenes eliminate potential suspects.
We get a fantastic opening sequence with pure chaos, gnarly effects and showing the worst in humanity. This has an excellent effects team behind everything going on, as well as giving us unique kills. Overall, this is a treat that horror fans can enjoy on a yearly anniversary.
Where to Watch
Final Thoughts –Thanksgiving is a blast, a welcome throwback in the horror slasher world.
4 replies on “Thanksgiving (2023) Movie Review”
Looking forward to this
hope you enjoy it
I am so glad to hear this! I worked with Eli’s brother for a few years and always enjoyed discussing his films – “The Green Inferno” was a great take on the “cannibal” genre, and of course “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” did what they set out to do…he seemed to go off-track a little bit but love this return to form! Great review as always!
thanks for reading, hope you get to enjoy the movie. he tends to just focus on what he likes and an old school slasher horror is his thing. I also think that Rick Hoffman’s character came right out of his Hostel performance