Thanksgiving

"This year, there will be no leftovers."

2023 1h 46m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 1,669

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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.

“This year, there will be no leftovers.”

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Cast

Patrick Dempsey
Sheriff Eric Newlon
Nell Verlaque
Jessica Wright
Addison Rae
Gaby
Milo Manheim
Ryan Baker
Jalen Thomas Brooks
Bobby Di Stasi
Tomaso Sanelli
Evan Fletcher
Jenna Warren
Yulia
Gabriel Davenport
Claude Dybing

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Eli Roth, Jeff Rendell, Jeff Rendell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Thanksgiving Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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310+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eli Roth, shot by Milan Chadima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Brandon Roberts. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michel Aller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Patrick Dempsey and Nell Verlaque and Addison Rae carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eli Roth directs. Milan Chadima behind the camera. Brandon Roberts scores. Michel Aller cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 3.1× over at the box office.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Part of the "Thanksgiving Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4310+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Eli Roth, shot by Milan Chadima. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Brandon Roberts. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Michel Aller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Patrick Dempsey and Nell Verlaque and Addison Rae carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "This year, there will be no leftovers.".
10IMDB entry: tt1448754 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 25 themes, including "small town", "sadism", "holiday", "massachusetts".
12Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Milan Chadima
Original score: Brandon Roberts
Editing: Michel Aller
Production design: Peter Mihaichuk
Costume design: Leslie Kavanagh
Makeup / hair: Aurielle St. Cyr
VFX supervisor: Berj Bannayan
Sound: Bob Kellough
Stunt coordinator: Dan Iaboni
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $46,553,280
Return: 310% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Thanksgiving (2023)

Part of

Thanksgiving Collection

A franchise consisting of slashers directed by Eli Roth. The films revolve around the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Chris Sawin2023-11-18
★ 4/10
There is a void to fill regarding a yearly Thanksgiving franchise. The Carver is outrageous enough to be more enjoyable if Eli Roth allows other directors to play in his grotesque cornbread-stuffing-filled sandbox in future installments. As a standalone film, Thanksgiving leans more into the dumb than it does fun and will likely leave viewers feeling nauseous, especially if they see the film on a belly full of cranberry sauce and chunky gravy. Full review: https://bit.ly/deathbypilgrim
CinemaSerf2023-11-24
★ 7/10
Though it's very formulaic, this film, it's still at the better end of recent gore-fests. We start off with the most unlikely of scenarios - a Thanksgiving sale at a supermarket that goes spectacularly and violently wrong. The population of the founding father's very own Plymouth in Massachusetts become frenetic and determined to do whatever it takes to get into this store and get their free waffle iron! Anyway, a group of kids manage to sneak in first and provoke the waiting crowd - that leads to a stampede with tragic results. Scoot on twelve months and the same store is proposing to have anther such sale, despite the fatalities last time round that led to no prosecutions thanks to some security camera "errors". Sheriff "Eric" (Patrick Dempsey) is concerned for public safety but that's just the start of his woes. When the rather odious and foul mouthed waitress "Lizzie" (Amanda Barker) is found - well half of her is found - stuck to the store's illuminated signage, he must find the culprit before there are even more revenge attacks by the masked pilgrim... Yes, we've seen this all before but here Eli Roth takes a cast that might have been graduates from Ben Platt's "Theater Camp" (2023) and turns them into prey for a menacing killer who certainly has some imagination when reeking his havoc on those who did him wrong. It takes a swipe at the commercial culture around this American holiday - rather well presented via Rick Hoffman's store-owning "Thomas", father or our lead "Jessica" (Nell Verlaque) and husband to the really rather shallow "Kathleen" (Karen Cliche). There's a bit of boyfriend rivalry that accidentally displays the versatility (?!) of Milo Manheim who quite successfully ditches his butter wouldn't melt image (anyone seen "Journey to Bethlehem"?) before a suitably far-fetched denouement that does take it's time, repeats itself a bit and concludes screaming sequel. There are some some funny moments, the cast largely gel well and though not exactly scary, there are a few effective jumps. I doubt that you'll recall it for long after, but I think this is actually quite good.
MovieGuys2023-12-24
★ 5/10
Thanksgiving follows the "by-the-numbers" horror formula. There is little that's new on offer here and its at times. downright gratuitous, where a little originality, would have paid, better dividends. That's not to say its not watchable. On a very superficial level, it is. Acting is solid and the well paced scares, are effective. Yet, the sad fact remains, this is yet another unremarkable entry in a sea of unoriginal titles and that, in and of itself, leaves little "wiggle room", to recommend this one, over countless others.