Thanksgiving (2023)
November 18, 2023 9:46 PM - Subscribe
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts -- the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
Eli Roth originally made a fake trailer for "Thanksgiving" for the 2007 Grindhouse double feature. However, along with Hobo with A Shotgun and Machete, it's now an actual feature length film featuring Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Ty Olson (The Chronicles of Riddick), Milo Manheim (School Spirits), Joe Delfin (The Expanse), Rick Hoffman (Hostel) and Lynne Griffith (Black Christmas).
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts -- the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.
Eli Roth originally made a fake trailer for "Thanksgiving" for the 2007 Grindhouse double feature. However, along with Hobo with A Shotgun and Machete, it's now an actual feature length film featuring Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Ty Olson (The Chronicles of Riddick), Milo Manheim (School Spirits), Joe Delfin (The Expanse), Rick Hoffman (Hostel) and Lynne Griffith (Black Christmas).
Popping in to say that small town outside scenes were filmed in Port Perry, Ontario, where my in-laws live. (That town also stands in for Hallmark Christmas movies a lot. In fact, so many small towns in Ontario stand in for small town America in those things.)
posted by Kitteh at 4:41 AM on November 19 [2 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 4:41 AM on November 19 [2 favorites]
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Nell Verlaque (Jessica) left me complete cold, which is a very unfortunate quality in a lead actor while minor characters like Joe Delfin's MacCarty and Jordan Poole as his henchman steal scenes. I'm hoping the blu will have some deleted scenes with them.
The kills are brutal and creative. If you enjoy gore, this will probably make you happy. The plot is more than a little meandering and many of the characters are little more than caricature. But more than once the film got me to jump, which is a pretty rare feat.
So basically, it's good enough that I wish it lived up to its full potential-particularly with a more charismatic lead. But still, it was a lot of fun and has made my annual Thanksgiving watchathon along with Blood Rage and The Last Thanksgiving.
posted by miss-lapin at 10:05 PM on November 18 [1 favorite]