Thanksgiving
Came out; 2023
Time; 1 hour 46 Minutes
Watched: Netflix
Rated: R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, pervasive language and some sexual material
IMDB Rating; 6.3/10
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Staring;
Patrick Dempsey as Sheriff Eric Newlon
Ty Olsson as Mitch Collins
Gina Gershon as Amanda Collins
Lynne Griffin as Grandma
Karen Cliche as Kathleen
Nell Verlaque as Jessica Wright
Rick Hoffman as Thomas Wright
Jalen Thomas Brooks as Bobby
Mika Amonsen as Lonnie
Amanda Barker as Lizzie
Shailyn Griffin as Amy
Tim Dillon as Manny
Chris Sandiford as Doug
Addison Rae as Gaby
Tomaso Sanelli as Evan Fletcher
Jenna Warren as Yulia
Story Line.
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday
Thoughts:
This is the exact type of slasher movie that I've been looking for!
It was cheesy, well put together and was just like the B movies that used to made , simply put it was perfect!
This goes back to the original horror rules and brings back 80/90's memories of the movies we used to rent.
CAUTION; Spoiler Alert
During
Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts, people are gathering outside
the local RightMart superstore in preparation for a Black Friday
sale. Jessica Wright, whose father Thomas owns the store, lets her
boyfriend Bobby and her friends Evan, Gaby, Scuba, and Yulia inside
the store early through a side door. While in the superstore, the
others especially Evan taunt the crowd with the items they are
buying, such as an iPhone or doing reps with a microwave oven. The
crowd especially Lonnie seeing this instigates a riot and, in a
frenzy, stampedes into the store, resulting in multiple people dying,
including Amanda Collins, the wife of store manager Mitch. Bobby gets
his arm broken when he tries to rescue one of the security guards
trapped under the doors while being trampled on and subsequently
disappears from the group.
One
year later, RightMart is preparing for another Black Friday sale,
despite the protests of Mitch and several other residents. Meanwhile,
Jessica and her friends are tagged in a social media post of a
Thanksgiving table with their names around it. Bobby, who has broken
up with Jessica, returns to Plymouth to work for his uncle after
being injured in the riot, much to the chagrin of Jessica's current
boyfriend Ryan. A waitress named Lizzie is attacked and killed by a
figure dressed in black clothing wearing a John Carver mask. The
police discover that Lizzie was present at the Black Friday incident,
which leads them to believe those involved in the massacre are being
targeted by Carver.
Jessica aids the investigation by
providing footage of the riot to the town's sheriff, Eric Newlon.
Carver rampages through Plymouth and kills several residents,
including RightMart security guard Manny and high school students Amy
and Lonnie. Evan and Gaby are soon abducted by Carver, while Jessica
narrowly avoids being killed. Yulia's father decides to move their
family to Florida, but he and the deputy sheriff guarding them are
knocked out by Carver before he attacks Yulia. Jessica and Scuba
drive to Yulia's house, but are unable to stop Carver from
disemboweling Yulia with a buzz saw before he escapes.
The
police attempt to lure Carver out by having the Wright family and
Scuba participate in a Thanksgiving parade, disguised as Pilgrims.
However, Carver deduces their plan and decapitates a turkey mascot
before sending smoke bombs into the crowd, causing everyone to
scatter in panic and giving Carver the opportunity to abduct the
Wrights and Scuba in the chaos. Carver then cooks Jessica's
stepmother Kathleen alive in an oven before serving her as the
"turkey" at a dinner table surrounded by his hostages and
his victims' corpses. Carver then bludgeons Evan to death in a
live-stream before Jessica cuts through her bindings and escapes,
luring him away from the others. She eludes Carver by climbing over a
fence and running through the woods. Jessica makes it to a parade
warehouse, and finds Newlon unconscious. When she follows a figure
wearing Carver's mask inside, she sees it is Bobby. She calls Newlon
to help capture Bobby, but he escapes.
The police soon arrive
and inform them that the survivors are safe. Once they leave Jessica
and Newlon alone, Jessica notices the same bramble debris from the
fence and the deep woods that stuck to her are also on Newlon's
clothing and sneakers, realizing he is the killer. Newlon reveals
that he was having an affair with Amanda, who was pregnant with his
child before she died. This was his motive to become Carver and seek
revenge on those responsible. Newlon had abducted Bobby and put him
in the Carver costume, intending to shoot Bobby and frame him for the
murders. To Newlon's horror, it is revealed that Jessica has live
streamed his confession, leading him to attack her until she is saved
by Bobby.
As they attempt to escape in a tow truck belonging
to Bobby's uncle, Newlon hooks it to a support beam and approaches
them with an axe. Jessica uses a musket to shoot a turkey parade
balloon that was attached to a tank of flammable gas, causing an
explosion that engulfs Newlon in flames. The following morning, Bobby
is taken away in an ambulance and Jessica reunites with Ryan, Gaby,
and Scuba. The authorities are unable to find Newlon's remains,
leading them to believe he was incinerated in the explosion. However,
Jessica continues to have nightmares of a flaming Newlon attacking
her.
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