SummaryAfter a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
SummaryAfter a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
The film is Roth’s, and so expect a silly premise, comic-book violence, and gory set pieces. What you might not expect is the humour. Thanksgiving is funny.
Roth thinks in hooks and punchlines, which keeps the copious slayings inventive and gratifying while also enlivening the connective tissue between them.
Fantastic job on the gore in the movie and the killer is hard to catch. There is a 96 percent chance of you likening this movie if you like horror films.
Roth and Rendell find the perfect balance of humor and horror, understanding the absurdity of their premise while still making their characters buy into the world. What that creates is a film embracing its own silliness, free of irony, while avoiding the pitfalls of oversentimentality.
The Cult of Roth will almost certainly eat this holiday horror feast up. But this turkey is never more than a mixed bag, and as the laughs peter out and the “clues” are contrived to fit the finale, “Thanksgiving” takes that tryptophan turn towards nodding off, the curse of Turkey Day since that first Thanksgiving — in Virginia.
I liked it alot as a Eli Roth and slasher fan. If you like late 90s/early 2000s horror flicks than this is for you. Witty humor with some better than expected kills. LA elitism and post modern jargon that destroys most new films was only midly annoying and did not take away from the film.
So far this movie is brutal and saddening because it showcases so much truth to consumerism and lack of giving a crap about anything but greedy and instant gratification no matter who is **** killer goes on a revenge spree for reasons that are clearly understood though tragic and disheartening as it really gives a glimpse into the heartlessness and cruelty of people and their lack of concern for humanity over merchandise.
Fun throwback to 90's slasher knows that it's cheesy in its gorefest (it was based on a fake trailer, after all). Too bad that Roth's 'mean streak' sensibility was still prevalent, and sort of dulled the impact of this movie. Worth a watch though.
Overrated? Yes, even for a slasher. The talented cast is given little to work with, the kills happen to few and far between, and the film runs a good 10-15 minutes too long.
Pretty horrendous. I mean, so much wrong with it, I could write an essay on it. But to keep it short, and save any poor **** from getting drawn in by the decent score it has right now-- this movie is garbage.
Characters ****, the characters don't have a brain, there's no logic, there's so much pointless **** in the movie, the whole theater was laughing at how stupid the movie was at some points, the villain made no sense, they had no coherent clues, honestly, i wouldnt be surprised if the directors had no **** clue who the murderer was when they were done filming, so they rolled a dice and went with whoever came up. i mean seriously garbage. And some more points, the effects were horrible, the only reason this is even considered horror is because they have a jumpscare every 10 minutes, and they had absurd kills.
It's not a zero because there was some entertainment factor, from how stupid some of it was, and how the film was somewhat visually appealing.
Long story short, it's garbage, don't waste your time, nor your cash, the 20 bucks I forked over for this is 20 dollars more than this movie should have made.
Production Company
TriStar Pictures,
Spyglass Media Group,
Ethereal Visage Productions,
Cream Productions,
Dragonfly Entertainment,
Electromagnetic Productions,
TSG Entertainment