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Thanksgiving
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEli Roth
Screenplay byJeff Rendell
Story by
  • Eli Roth
  • Jeff Rendell
Based on
Thanksgiving
by
  • Eli Roth
  • Jeff Rendell
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMilan Chadima
Edited by
  • Michele Conroy
  • Michel Aller
Music byBrandon Roberts[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byTriStar Pictures
(through Sony Pictures Releasing)
Release date
  • November 17, 2023 (2023-11-17)
Running time
106 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[3]

Thanksgiving is a 2023 American slasher film directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay written by Jeff Rendell and a story by Roth and Rendell, who produced with Roger Birnbaum. It is based on Roth's mock trailer of the same name from Grindhouse (2007). It is the third feature length film to be adapted from one of the mock trailers in Grindhouse after Robert Rodriguez's Machete (2010) and Jason Eisener's Hobo with a Shotgun (2011). The film stars Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, Rick Hoffman, and Gina Gershon.

Thanksgiving was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on November 17, 2023.

Premise

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy last year, a mysterious serial killer, known only as "John Carver", comes to Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the intention of creating a Thanksgiving carving board out of the town's inhabitants.

Cast

Production

Development

After director Eli Roth created the fake movie trailer, Thanksgiving, for the film Grindhouse (2007), plans for a feature-length adaptation began.[4] In 2010, Roth told CinemaBlend that he was writing the script with Jeff Rendell and that he hoped to complete it once he was done with press for The Last Exorcism (2010).[5] By August 2012, Jon Watts and Christopher D. Ford were set to write the screenplay with Roth and Rendell after they finished writing the Roth-produced Clown (2014).[6] In June 2016, Roth revealed on Reddit that the script still needed work in order for the film to live up to the trailer.[7] In February 2019, reports indicated that Roth was slated to direct an undisclosed horror film for Miramax the next month in Boston, Massachusetts. Bloody Disgusting speculated that the film could potentially be Thanksgiving but was unable to verify.[8]

In January 2023, Deadline Hollywood reported that Spyglass Media Group was producing the film. Roth would depart from Borderlands (2024), passing additional photography off to Tim Miller, in order to direct the film.[9]

Casting

In February 2023, Patrick Dempsey was cast in the film while Addison Rae was cast in the lead role later that same month.[10][11] Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque and Milo Manheim were cast in undisclosed roles.[12][13] In March 2023, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Tim Dillon, Gabriel Davenport, Tomaso Sanelli and Jenna Warren joined the cast.[14]

Filming

Principal photography took place in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, from March 13 to May 5, 2023.[15][16]

Release

Thanksgiving was released in the United States by TriStar Pictures on November 17, 2023.[17][18]

Reception

Box office projection

In the United States and Canada, Thanksgiving was released alongside Next Goal Wins, Trolls Band Together, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, and is projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,200 theaters in its opening weekend.[19][3]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 86% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Combining belly-busting humor with delightfully over-the-top gore, Thanksgiving is a feast for grindhouse fans."[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[21]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote "Thanksgiving follows the rules of the slasher genre, but it's got a more charged and entertainingly hyperbolic atmosphere than these movies used to have".[22] Frank Scheck ended his positive review saying, "There are times you can feel Thanksgiving straining too mightily for a cult status it's not likely to achieve. But it seems a safe bet the film will be trotted out like a turkey on cable channels and streaming services for many Thanksgivings to come".[23] San Francisco Chronicle's G. Allen Johnson gave the film a score of one out of four and wrote, "Thanksgiving could have been a great horror movie. Instead, it's one of those where if you've seen the trailer, you've seen the film".[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brandon Roberts Scoring Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' | Film Music Reporter". Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "Thanksgiving (18)". British Board of Film Classification. October 27, 2023. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rubin, Rebecca (November 15, 2023). "Box Office: 'Hunger Games' Prequel 'Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' Targets $50 Million Debut". Variety. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ^ Wortham, Jenna (November 19, 2007). "Director Eli Roth Serves up a Side of Faux Film Schwag for Thanksgiving". Wired. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (August 24, 2010). "Eli Roth Confirms He's Working On A Thanksgiving Movie". CinemaBlend. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Bettinger, Brendan (August 23, 2012). "Eli Roth Promises Thanksgiving Is "Gonna Happen" with Writers Jon Watts and Christopher D. Ford". Collider. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  7. ^ Cavanaugh, Patrick (February 13, 2019). "Could Eli Roth Finally Be Making His Thanksgiving Feature Film?". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  8. ^ Squires, John (February 12, 2019). "So Eli Roth is Getting Set to Film a New Horror Movie for Miramax…". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  9. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 7, 2023). "Tim Miller Steps In For Eli Roth To Handle 'Borderlands' Reshoot As Roth Cooks Up Feature Version Of 'Grindhouse' Trailer 'Thanksgiving'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  10. ^ Kit, Borys (February 17, 2023). "Patrick Dempsey in Talks to Star in Eli Roth's Thanksgiving Horror Thriller". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  11. ^ Kroll, Justin (February 23, 2023). "Addison Rae Lands Lead Role In Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' For Spyglass Media". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  12. ^ Kit, Borys (February 24, 2023). "Eli Roth's Horror Thriller 'Thanksgiving' Finds Its Stars in Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  13. ^ Kit, Borys (March 3, 2023). "'Zombies' Star Milo Manheim Joins Eli Roth Horror Thriller Thanksgiving (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  14. ^ Kroll, Justin (March 16, 2023). "Gina Gershon, Rick Hoffman And Tim Dillon Round Out Cast Of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving At TriStar And Spyglass". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  15. ^ Lovett-squires, Julia (March 16, 2023). "What's Going On Here? Movie featuring Patrick Dempsey filming in Waterdown". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  16. ^ "Current Production and News". Toronto Film Commission. May 5, 2023. Archived from the original on May 6, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  17. ^ Kroll, Justin (March 9, 2023). "TriStar Pictures Lands Spyglass Media Group's Thanksgiving, Inspired By Eli Roth's Legendary Grindhouse Fake Trailer". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  18. ^ McCall, Kevin (April 3, 2023). "Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' Horror Movie Sets Holiday Release Date". Collider. Archived from the original on April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  19. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 15, 2023). "'Hunger Games: Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes' Looks To Sing $100M+ Worldwide Opening – Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  20. ^ "Thanksgiving". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 17, 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  21. ^ "Thanksgiving". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  22. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (November 15, 2023). "Thanksgiving Review: Eli Roth Turns His Slasher-Movie Trailer From Grindhouse Into a Real Slasher Movie, and It's Mostly Slashing Good Fun". Variety.
  23. ^ Scheck, Frank (November 15, 2023). "Thanksgiving Review: Patrick Dempsey in an Eli Roth Flick That Offers Just Enough Cheap Kills". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  24. ^ Allen Johnson, G. (November 15, 2023). "Review: Horror film Thanksgiving is a real turkey". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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