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Thanksgiving

2023 · 106 min

A gleefully nasty slasher that mixes holiday satire with inventive kills, keeping you tense and amused until the twisty finale.

Tagline
This year, there will be no leftovers.
Overview
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.
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • grief
  • obsession
  • corruption
  • survival
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror7
Humour5
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Eli Roth
Written by
Jeff Rendell
Starring
Patrick Dempsey, Nell Verlaque, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Tomaso Sanelli, Jenna Warren, Gabriel Davenport
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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