Eli Roth finally delivers on his infamous Grindhouse trailer tease with Thanksgiving - a blood-soaked holiday slasher that's a little less gritty than his earlier work but still heaps of fun. Mainstream in its polish yet gross-out in spirit, it blends outrageous set pieces, modern tech, and satirical swipes at consumerism into a slick seasonal carnage-fest.
Set in Plymouth, Massachusetts after a Black Friday tragedy, a masked Pilgrim carves his way through locals with inventive, holiday-themed kills. Roth directs from a script co-written with Jeff Rendell, with stylish cinematography from Milan Chadima and a tense score by Brandon Roberts.
Patrick Dempsey anchors as Sheriff Newlon, joined by Nell Verlaque as the film's central survivor, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, Gina Gershon, and Rick Hoffman. The ensemble delivers plenty of surprising deaths and twists, keeping the audience guessing right up to the carving knife. It's not as raw as Hostel, but this is still Roth in playful, nasty form, grisly, satirical, and entertainingly over the top.
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