Thanksgiving (2023)
Directed by Eli Roth
Wait wait wait, this is the second of two holiday-themed slasher movies coming out in the same month, barely a week apart? Was this planned or just a huge coincidence? At least Thanksgiving, a very creative title by the way, is much closer to the holiday it’s named after than It’s A Wonderful Knife, so it feels a little more appropriate to see it in a movie theater knowing that the holiday is less than a week away. Anyway, you might be familiar with the story of Thanksgiving, which is that about 15 years ago a series of fake trailers were made for a movie called Grindhouse, trailers playing on the exploitation days of yore with titles like Machete and Hobo With A Shotgun. Thanksgiving was one of those trailers, a movie with a premise so absurd that it was a literal joke and following the original film by more than a decade. It’s not a recipe for success, but I did like both Machete and Hobo With a Shotgun, so let’s see if Thanksgiving is quality or just another turkey.
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