In the historic town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, an out-of-control Black Friday stampede leads to a bloody massacre. Exactly one year later, with the Thanksgiving holiday fast approaching, a serial killer donning the mask of pilgrim John Carver starts doing away with those involved in the senseless tragedy. As bodies begin to pile up, it soon becomes clear that the murders are a part of a sinister revenge plot.
Director Eli Roth turned his short, fictional trailer packaged in the 2007 Grindhouse double feature from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodríguez into a full-length horror film. While not reinventing the slasher film by any means, Thanksgiving is nonetheless a bloody good time with a tight, funny script and plenty of gory kills. Finally, we have a Thanksgiving horror film, and it cooks — literally.
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