My buddy and I saw Violent Night in a mostly empty theater last year and we had a blast watching it. Really makes me happy that we're getting more holiday films with that kind of vibe
Violent Night was one of my top films of last year. I plan on adding to my must watch Christmas time movies list. Currently my list is Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Santa's Slay, Elf, and on Christmas day I must watch Ernest Saves Christmas.
In an interview, Eli Roth said the vibe he was going for with "Thanksgiving" is a modern remake of a lost cult slasher flick that was banned and all copies are gone with the only surviving footage being the trailer
@@mattneffI completely agree. It should’ve been set in the 70s with gritty cinematography, but it would’ve cost more because of it. The budget was only $15 mill. I’ve also heard it’s full of dark humor and satire, so I’m glad it keeps the spirit of Grindhouse cinema at least.
Ready or Not and Happy Death Day are 2 of my favourites. Freaky was also a lot of fun. I like it when they take a comedy trope and incorporate it into a horror film.
@@AnnaF33 dude I havent watched that many horror satire movies. Like I skipped out on Scary movie franchise and I dont really enjoy creepy films like Midsommar or I’m thinking of Ending things (which was marketed as a horror film but its a 3 hour character study)
I love how Jeremy's ideal Black Friday movie is just Black Friday (2021) with Bruce Campbell and Micheal Jai White EDIT: thank you for the likes! I also do movie reviews on my channel too. JJ is an influence for me.
I'm actually a fan of the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th. I rememeber seeing it in theaters and really enjoying the little changes they did with Jason. The fact that he actually chases you at full speed was pretty damn cool.
It was included in my blu ray box set, but I STILL haven't seen the remake. After being so disappointed with the Elm Street remake, I avoided it just in case. Think I'll give it a watch. Can't be any worse than Exorcist Believer
The zombie apocalypse on Black Friday from the perspective of the people working in a mall has been done. It's in the Game of Thrones South Park parody and it was absolutely awesome.
Also reminded me of the opening scene from 2015's Krampus. Hordes of shoppers barging past each other and fighting, all set brilliantly to It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.
And why not a video game? Think of it! Black Friday shoppers each with different fighting and wrestling styles fighting for great deals! you could have cool names for them like "Papaya Patty vs. Right Said Ed"! They could do special moves slamming each other into the hard floor! Throwing vegetables! It would be a blast!
Except, they didn't. One teen girl just said, "Why don't you trap the killer" and the cop, who was the killer, was like, "Sure!" as a trap. But okaaaay.
Annnnnd thats when you put a spoiler warning on ya shit. Ive seen and and know. But be a bit more considerate for other movie lovers. @@shebreathesingold8043
I love the homages in this movie. Dempsey breathing like Billy from Black Christmas at the begining, a killer klown knocking a turkey mascots head clean off, baking and basting a human carcass like when Billy eats his christmas cookies. The Scream vibes crashing through walls like micheal myers, throwing a hay rake as a spear like Jason. The Dinner scene towards the end also gave TCM vibes. And i mean John Carver great F'n name. All and all had a great time watching. With an 80s font at the begining i knew i was in for a good watch
I took my 60+ parents and 13 yr old niece...it was friggin great! I got major Final Destination & Halloween vibes! Im thankful for Eli Roth this Thanksgiving!
Honestly, my favorite post scream slasher is probably “The Faculty”, far from the scariest, but still, my favorite for reasons…..I know, plot wise, it reads as a sci-fi film, but we all know it was a slasher.
Scream is well liked in large part due to Wes Craven. There are not many directors like that if you ask me. James Wan is good at horror, though I would say he is not good at slasher films.
We've had so many horror movies based around Halloween which makes sense, and fun twists on Christmas which is interesting like Krampus, but I don't think there are many Thanksgiving horror films. Which...Is surprising cause you would think that would be the perfect time of year to set a horror/slasher film around. Everyone in the same house together, tensions already high cause SOMEONE had to mention godforsaken politics....It would be great to see more films based around Thanksgiving tbh. The poor holiday is like the middle child; often overlooked.
Why not? Because Rob admitted that his “Munsters” movie was quite a hassle. So the idea of making a full-length feature of “Werewolf Women of the SS” would be very appealing to him at some point.
I do wish they had kept the 70's/80's distorted retro aesthetic and tongue-firmly-in-cheek humor of the Grindhouse trailer. But some studio exec was probably like, "Eli, modern audiences aren't gonna wanna see a movie that looks like that!" Still, it's a good time, and it's about time we got a solid Thanksgiving horror movie because it has always felt like the one holiday that has been neglected the most. When Thankskilling is the best it has to offer, you know you're severely lacking in the horror department.
Should’ve definitely been shot in 16mm and not that clean plastic looking digital format that’s become so overused now. A film like It Follows comes to mind where it could have still taken place in modern day but just give it a retro vibe and minimise any usage of social media and phones so the technology is ambiguous.
While Death Proof/Planet Terror were absolutely going for ‘70s pulp cinema vibes. Thanksgiving absolutely felt like a contemporary horror movie so not only would people have not understood the dirty reel aesthetic, it wouldn’t have fit the movie.
I happy to hear Jeremy had a good time with the film. I've been looking forward to seeing this one. It's nice to see other holidays, besides Halloween and Christmas, get some slasher love.
It's good to see Eli Roth make a comedy for retail workers who have to deal with the nightmare that will be upon us later this month. It might trigger PTSD for those who worked in retail that night. Black Friday is really the antithesis of what Thanksgiving is about....and they share the same 24 hours. LMAO. I love Eli Roth. We need his no bullshit satiric horror now more than ever.
I remember seeing Grindhouses in theater in 2007 and the fake trailer for Thanksgiving got the loudest groan/"Oooo" I've ever heard from an audience during the trampoline part when the cheerleader goes up, we see a knife cut up through the trampoline, then see her do a split and come down. I was glad to see part of that in the new trailer
The grimy film grain was because they used the cheapest film stock . When i was a feature release printer the cheap stock used to make dust all over the machine and room also had to clean the negative after the shift.
There is a reason for this not being so grindhouse-y. This is supposed to be a "reboot" of a film that was never made. The original Thanksgiving trailer took place in the 60s I believe. This Thanksgiving takes place present day. So it's also a joke on the modernization of reboots as well. Which I found to be pretty fun.
This movie was incredible! I was in absolute awe at just how brutal it got I was even left questioning how this was allowed to be shown in parts. The killer reveal was great too! I wish Bobby and Ryan were used more, they were really lacking from the movie considering just how important they were meant to be. 8/10
I never worked Black Friday but I have worked grey Wednesday. Still gives me chills from a grocery story store employee. Oddly enough, Christmas Eve was the slowest day of the entire year.
this movie was amazing, had over the top gore and a mystery suspense like scream. Hopefully there will be many more sequels to come. I never laughed so hard in the first 15 minutes of the movie.
Of the fake trailers that was in the Grindhouse films, the one i most want to see get made into a film is Rob Zombie's Werewolf Women of The SS, starring Nicolas Cage.
my favourite section of the movie was from the parade onwards. I went from meh to wow! The kills are great, I enjoyed it a lot, but it took me a bit to really start to dig it. I have seen all of Eli Roths films, and he's getting better as a director, I hope this gets a sequel!! Thanksgiving and Totally Killer are the more entertaining slasher films I've seen this year.
Gotta say the part when you actually realize that Grindhouse is damn near two decades old and that old age moment happens, pure gold. Happens to me all the time
Applause to Jeremy Jahns.👏 Probably the most professional of the UA-cam movie reviewers. Others do it, but I swear they forget either their platform or their audience with these 20+ minute movie reviews. Ain't got time for that nonsense! Jeremy, 5 minutes or less, almost always, the way it's supposed to be! That is all, you have earned your thumbs up. * "Black Friday" is a movie, not a particularly good one about hordes of zombies killing greedy holiday shoppers... The kind of movie you described wanting to see.
I liked it a lot too. My complaints are minor. The ending felt kind of rushed and there's one kill from the fake trailer I'd say got toned down for this movie. I'm with you though I loved the setup for the movie being John Carver was seeking revenge over the Black Friday tragedy that happened the year before. That was brilliant and I also hope as an extra maybe we will get a "Grindhouse" version when the movie comes to bluray/4k.
Someone needs to tell Jeremy that there literally is a Black Friday based zombie movie set in a store. It was called Black Friday and came out a few years ago. It wasnt great though.
I love this movie, I was more excited about this than Hunger Games. Thanksgiving gave me I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Scream TV series brutality and it was awesome.
Yep! I always think of that Final Destination 2 opening when I spot vehicles that are carrying shit that could fall out and always avoid driving anywhere near them.
You feel old? I remember seeing ads for Halloween. The original. Not really a slasher, but The Faculty is a good one. Okay, twist my arm, Urban Legends.
Same. I remember thinking the tagline (the night HE came home) was really creepy, even though I wasn’t completely sure who ‘HE’ was. Of course, I was only 10 at the time & had never seen a slasher film, so I really didn’t have much to go on.
I wish this had come out a week earlier because my schedule is way too hectic now, but I'm glad this was as fun as it looked. We definitely needed a movie like this in my opinion. We have horror movies for pretty much everything else and now this. It looks entertaining as hell and I'll be picking this up when it's on 4K/blu-ray.
This was actually not that bad, going in I was thinking that this would be one of those movies that sounds like a fun premise but is ultimately just a crappy waste of potential, but it was actually pretty enjoyable, I think the most entertaining thing about it are those times where you get to see the Thanksgiving style ways in which these people are killed, it’s pretty ridiculous but at the same time fun, I also thought the opening was pretty funny with this super chaotic Black Friday scene, and this is a movie that definitely knows what it is because it really doesn’t waste any time getting into the meat of things, the movie pretty much moves at a lightning fast pace and really doesn’t have any unnecessary fat on it, it’s not perfect though, I didn’t really think any of the lead characters were all that interesting, the main girl attempts to be with a very shallow setup for what’s going on with her but it just failed to engage me, and the others are just a bunch of assholes that you hate being around, and even though I’m not someone who’s bothered by gore and did find enjoyment in some of it in this movie I think that overall in terms of the gore and the meanness of the characters this movie did kinda overcook it to me, which I know is confusing because I said I do find a lot of gory movies fun but let me explain, the kind that I get more enjoyment out of are movies like Brightburn or Ready Or Not, where it’s done as quick fun little moments that keep a level of composure on things and deep down you understand that it’s meant to just be thrilling, whereas with Eli Roth’s movies he makes them in this super nasty, unpleasant fashion that’s meant to just gross you out, in Brightburn you have a man’s jaw fall off in a really gross but cool looking way but that’s all, whereas with the type of filmmaker that Eli Roth is he probably would’ve had the kid pick up the severed jaw and eat it or something because it’s just grosser, it’s fun gore vs gratuitous gore, so those moments I wasn’t too big on but when it’s a little more in the pure spectacle pocket I did enjoy it, so as a whole I did end up having a pretty good time with this movie, which did surprise me because I was honestly expecting it to be a shit fest but for what it is it’s not bad, the movie has some fun carnage, it knows what it is and doesn’t have much fat on it and even though it’s not the type of gory movie that’s usually my cup of tea this movie delivered a pretty fun time. 6/10
My favorite slasher post Scream is actually Valentine (2001). This movie does take some things from that movie I believe with the way the killer is dressed and executes. Also the killer reveal is similar predictable. With Valentine (2001) the kills get creative, there's some thought put into it, I prefer it slightly. Thanksgiving (2023) has some scenes clearly resembling other horror movies from the past. It's so obvious, you can't unsee it
I saw it today and thought the same thing!!! The killer’s costume reminded me so much of Valentine. I love Valentine. It’s an extremely underrated movie and should be regarded way better than it is IMO. So many people don’t even catch onto or notice how the women in Valentine get killed in ways that reflect the things they said to Jeremy as little kids
I'll say the closest movies ive seen to Grindhouse style in the most recent years are Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, VFW, Mandy, Hobo With a Shotgun, and kind of the Terrifier series (though they're shot a bit too clean to feel really grindhouse imo).
I LOVED every bit of this movie. It's an excellent slasher with very good and gory kills. I do wish it'd kept the grindhouse filter and vibe but it still worked without it. I could see this being a yearly Thanksgiving rewatch for me just like Black Christmas and Krampus are during Xmas. I love Eli Roth, which I understand he's not everybody's cup of tea, but I think this is certainly his best work in a long time.
I dug Thanksgiving, but like you, I also wanted it to be a grindhouse movie like the trailer. That said, I'm sure the studio heard that idea from Eli and immediately shut it down, esp. since the Grindhouse movies were a huge bomb. It would be nice for a "grindhouse cut" to be included on the blu-ray release.
When we went to watch Five Nights at Freddy’s with our kids they showed the trailer for Thanksgiving (I forgot about the targeted movie ads). I had to explain to a 10, 8 and 4 year old what slasher films were, and why they can watch horror but not slashers. Thanks Eli Roth, future fans in the making.
I'm not looking forward to see Eli Roth's take on Borderlands Even though it has Craig Mazin as one of the writers, he asked for his name to be removed from the credits And be replaced by the name of "Joe Crombie"
I liked it too. Halloween nod in the beginning, Dawn of the dead nod in the store. It had the general mood for the Thanksgiving season. Overall it was good but i also wish it had the visual texture of grindhouse films. Also he never fucked the turkey. I ki da wanted it to get THAT crazy. But alas...it was still good. Music at the end was a nice touch too;)
REVIEW DEATH PROOF!! Quentin Tarantino doesn’t like this film, but others have been defending it for years. The dialogue isn’t as rememberable and the only scene that people love is the car chasing scene, but. I love how choreograph the lamp dance scene is filmed, along with the style and the tension of this film has. 🎬
I feel the same about Eli Roth. The fake trailer didn't do anything for me (except disgust), but I'll check this one out when I'm in the mood for a slasher.
My buddy and I saw Violent Night in a mostly empty theater last year and we had a blast watching it. Really makes me happy that we're getting more holiday films with that kind of vibe
I couldn't even watch that while doing cardio at the gym. So awful. I quit at 30 mins but maybe I'll keep going. Does it get better?
Black Xmas Halloween now thanksgiving
Violent Night was one of my top films of last year. I plan on adding to my must watch Christmas time movies list. Currently my list is Muppets Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas Carol, Santa's Slay, Elf, and on Christmas day I must watch Ernest Saves Christmas.
@@justingarrett1675have ya seen Krampus?
I loved violent night and making santa a former viking was awesome
In an interview, Eli Roth said the vibe he was going for with "Thanksgiving" is a modern remake of a lost cult slasher flick that was banned and all copies are gone with the only surviving footage being the trailer
Having seen the movie, that makes so much sense. Though I kinda wish we got a full length version of the cult slasher from the fake trailer
@@mattneffSame. That's what initially sold it. I guess the studio was against it. Still a fun flick.
@@mattneffthere is a homage in this movie I believe
@@mattneffI completely agree. It should’ve been set in the 70s with gritty cinematography, but it would’ve cost more because of it. The budget was only $15 mill. I’ve also heard it’s full of dark humor and satire, so I’m glad it keeps the spirit of Grindhouse cinema at least.
16 Years since Grindhouse? Damn Jeremy, from all of us who watched you since "I'm not effin' around", we feel that time pass us all by. Cheers!
I still remember the audience losing their minds when the stuntman got his ass kicked at the end
the theatrical release of grindhouse is still one of the coolest theater experiences in my life @@TheJadedJames
Man that long ago? Lol I was 23!
Ready or Not and Happy Death Day are 2 of my favourites. Freaky was also a lot of fun. I like it when they take a comedy trope and incorporate it into a horror film.
luv Happy Death Day. I only like horror if it is FUN. The TV show Scream and Scream Queens were great.
I really like Ready or Not. This, Freaky & The Hunt are my favorite horror or survival sattire movies
@@noobmasterruben5167they are way better horror out there😂
So basically, you only like Chris Landon films?
@@AnnaF33 dude I havent watched that many horror satire movies. Like I skipped out on Scary movie franchise and I dont really enjoy creepy films like Midsommar or I’m thinking of Ending things (which was marketed as a horror film but its a 3 hour character study)
Thanksgiving got better rating than the Marvels. Let that sink in.
true cinema always prevails
His opinion,
What does that sink want now!
I had fun with The Marvels but even I gotta admit that's pretty sad. 🙃
Because Jeremy and pretty much *_THE ENTIRE WORLD_* is just completely fed up with Marvel now.
I love how Jeremy's ideal Black Friday movie is just Black Friday (2021) with Bruce Campbell and Micheal Jai White EDIT: thank you for the likes! I also do movie reviews on my channel too. JJ is an influence for me.
I was going to say the same thing,lol.
I was thinking the same.
Right! I was looking for this comment lol
Is it worth a watch?
@dylanricher4333 I've never watched it but the reviews don't look too bad. I think so.
Plot twist made no sense. We literally saw the cop and the killer in the same scenes together
I'm actually a fan of the 2009 remake of Friday the 13th. I rememeber seeing it in theaters and really enjoying the little changes they did with Jason. The fact that he actually chases you at full speed was pretty damn cool.
Not a big fan of that movie but I remember my jaw dropping when we got a title card plus a time jump 25 minutes into the film.
I wanted more of that Jason tbh. There was some real menace behind him.
It was included in my blu ray box set, but I STILL haven't seen the remake. After being so disappointed with the Elm Street remake, I avoided it just in case. Think I'll give it a watch. Can't be any worse than Exorcist Believer
@@The_Keh27 It's much better than the Elm Street remake, I can tell you that.
I mainly liked that "stupendous" performance of Julianna Guill as Bree...
“Thanksgiving” was amazing!! I want Eli Roth the direct a future “Scream” movie.
The zombie apocalypse on Black Friday from the perspective of the people working in a mall has been done. It's in the Game of Thrones South Park parody and it was absolutely awesome.
You also have the 2021 film Black Friday starring Devon Sawa and Bruce Campbell. But it's parasite infected shoppers instead of zombie.s
Yes.
Also, Team StarKid musical "Black Friday" on youtube
Also reminded me of the opening scene from 2015's Krampus. Hordes of shoppers barging past each other and fighting, all set brilliantly to It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.
And why not a video game? Think of it! Black Friday shoppers each with different fighting and wrestling styles fighting for great deals! you could have cool names for them like "Papaya Patty vs. Right Said Ed"! They could do special moves slamming each other into the hard floor! Throwing vegetables! It would be a blast!
You are right Jeremy!
The opening scene was truly terrifying! And also the kills are pretty neat!
Earmestly waiting for James to cover it too!
Was so good 👍❤
I’m excited 😝 going to go see it today
@@ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghosthow was it? Just saw it and it was mostly hilarious 9.5/10 😊
I legitimately liked how the teens and the police worked together to find the killer. It also had that small town bucolic feel to it.
This movie was CHEEKS.
@@greatestnitemare6626 "Stop trying to make fetch happen, it's not going to happen!"
Except, they didn't. One teen girl just said, "Why don't you trap the killer" and the cop, who was the killer, was like, "Sure!" as a trap. But okaaaay.
Annnnnd thats when you put a spoiler warning on ya shit. Ive seen and and know. But be a bit more considerate for other movie lovers. @@shebreathesingold8043
When did that happen??
Best bit was when the killer was nice to the cat.
This was such a good movie! My husband and I saw it today and we loved it. In many ways, it felt like an older slasher movie.
I really liked it too
100% agree!
100% agree this movie was a blast! really funny dialogue too
I love the homages in this movie. Dempsey breathing like Billy from Black Christmas at the begining, a killer klown knocking a turkey mascots head clean off, baking and basting a human carcass like when Billy eats his christmas cookies. The Scream vibes crashing through walls like micheal myers, throwing a hay rake as a spear like Jason. The Dinner scene towards the end also gave TCM vibes. And i mean John Carver great F'n name. All and all had a great time watching. With an 80s font at the begining i knew i was in for a good watch
its a bummer that the killer couldnt finish off his live captives at the table. Apart from that, awesome movie.
I took my 60+ parents and 13 yr old niece...it was friggin great! I got major Final Destination & Halloween vibes! Im thankful for Eli Roth this Thanksgiving!
Honestly, my favorite post scream slasher is probably “The Faculty”, far from the scariest, but still, my favorite for reasons…..I know, plot wise, it reads as a sci-fi film, but we all know it was a slasher.
I never thought of The faculty as a slasher movie. It's more of a invasion of the body snatchers thing.
Scream is well liked in large part due to Wes Craven. There are not many directors like that if you ask me. James Wan is good at horror, though I would say he is not good at slasher films.
We've had so many horror movies based around Halloween which makes sense, and fun twists on Christmas which is interesting like Krampus, but I don't think there are many Thanksgiving horror films. Which...Is surprising cause you would think that would be the perfect time of year to set a horror/slasher film around. Everyone in the same house together, tensions already high cause SOMEONE had to mention godforsaken politics....It would be great to see more films based around Thanksgiving tbh. The poor holiday is like the middle child; often overlooked.
You haven't seen the acclaimed slasher series Thankskilling about the killer turkey?
Wasn't Your Next set at Thanksgiving or was that just a regular Dinner party 🤔 ?
While not a Thanksgiving movie, “Beatrix at Dinner” is actually a pretty brilliant movie about how politics can affect personal relationships.
Not only do we need a “Grindhouse Cut” of this movie but we also need Rob Zombie to make a “Werewolf Women of the SS” movie in the future!!
Why not? Because Rob admitted that his “Munsters” movie was quite a hassle.
So the idea of making a full-length feature of “Werewolf Women of the SS” would be very appealing to him at some point.
That be cool
I do wish they had kept the 70's/80's distorted retro aesthetic and tongue-firmly-in-cheek humor of the Grindhouse trailer. But some studio exec was probably like, "Eli, modern audiences aren't gonna wanna see a movie that looks like that!" Still, it's a good time, and it's about time we got a solid Thanksgiving horror movie because it has always felt like the one holiday that has been neglected the most. When Thankskilling is the best it has to offer, you know you're severely lacking in the horror department.
Wouldn't be a bad idea to release a director's cut that has that esthetic
Should’ve definitely been shot in 16mm and not that clean plastic looking digital format that’s become so overused now. A film like It Follows comes to mind where it could have still taken place in modern day but just give it a retro vibe and minimise any usage of social media and phones so the technology is ambiguous.
😂I read in comment on Facebook. The Sony version is remake version. The 2007 trailer is original version.😅
While Death Proof/Planet Terror were absolutely going for ‘70s pulp cinema vibes. Thanksgiving absolutely felt like a contemporary horror movie so not only would people have not understood the dirty reel aesthetic, it wouldn’t have fit the movie.
I happy to hear Jeremy had a good time with the film. I've been looking forward to seeing this one. It's nice to see other holidays, besides Halloween and Christmas, get some slasher love.
Who else watches Planes, Trains and Automobiles every Thanksgiving?
I watch it every Christmas.
I watched it every holiday season
Us!
Me of course
I just saw that, better than I expected.
So glad they added the trampoline scene.
When i worked black friday, i saw an old woman get shoved into a pile of lava lamps. My coworker and I had to push our way in order to help her up.
When Eli Roth can make better movie than marvel and Disney you know you are screwed! I love Eli Roth
True, but let's be honest, at this point making better movies than Marvel and Disney isn't setting the bar awfully low
There is literally no correlation between these two films, you're just being a chud
The Bear Jew
Oh my god, shut up. You marvel fans need to get over yourselves.
Eli Roth gonna be in new Quentin flick
In the '90's for sure, Urban Legend was my favorite post-Scream slasher.
Just saw this last night. It was ridiculous fun. A good mix of slasher film and over-the-top Final Destination deaths.
this movie was a blast! the kills were very inventive and the scene with the cat had me cackling
We need more Eli Roth films
It's good to see Eli Roth make a comedy for retail workers who have to deal with the nightmare that will be upon us later this month. It might trigger PTSD for those who worked in retail that night. Black Friday is really the antithesis of what Thanksgiving is about....and they share the same 24 hours. LMAO. I love Eli Roth. We need his no bullshit satiric horror now more than ever.
I remember seeing Grindhouses in theater in 2007 and the fake trailer for Thanksgiving got the loudest groan/"Oooo" I've ever heard from an audience during the trampoline part when the cheerleader goes up, we see a knife cut up through the trampoline, then see her do a split and come down. I was glad to see part of that in the new trailer
😅The killer humping the turkey. A dead human cooked like a turkey. 😅 Every body was in awe.😮
it is still traumatizing
I know the feeling Zach and Cody would have just gotten there 15 year old dinner reversion 😂😂😂
You don't need a multiverse to find the worst version of yourself, you just need to start black Friday on Thursday
The grimy film grain was because they used the cheapest film stock . When i was a feature release printer the cheap stock used to make dust all over the machine and room also had to clean the negative after the shift.
There is a reason for this not being so grindhouse-y. This is supposed to be a "reboot" of a film that was never made. The original Thanksgiving trailer took place in the 60s I believe. This Thanksgiving takes place present day. So it's also a joke on the modernization of reboots as well. Which I found to be pretty fun.
Jeremy, that Black Friday movie does exist. It’s called Black Friday. Bruce Campbell, Devon Sawa, and Michael Jai White all come out on it.
As an Eli Roth fan...I'm gonna watch this movie HARD
This movie was incredible! I was in absolute awe at just how brutal it got I was even left questioning how this was allowed to be shown in parts. The killer reveal was great too! I wish Bobby and Ryan were used more, they were really lacking from the movie considering just how important they were meant to be. 8/10
I never worked Black Friday but I have worked grey Wednesday. Still gives me chills from a grocery story store employee. Oddly enough, Christmas Eve was the slowest day of the entire year.
They did, it was that South Park Game of Thrones multi-parter to get a PS4
Jeremy we still wanna hear your thoughts on The Killer!
this movie was amazing, had over the top gore and a mystery suspense like scream. Hopefully there will be many more sequels to come. I never laughed so hard in the first 15 minutes of the movie.
Was fire 🔥 ❤
Of the fake trailers that was in the Grindhouse films, the one i most want to see get made into a film is Rob Zombie's Werewolf Women of The SS, starring Nicolas Cage.
As I said in my comment I’ve heard rumors that it just might happen.
my favourite section of the movie was from the parade onwards. I went from meh to wow! The kills are great, I enjoyed it a lot, but it took me a bit to really start to dig it. I have seen all of Eli Roths films, and he's getting better as a director, I hope this gets a sequel!! Thanksgiving and Totally Killer are the more entertaining slasher films I've seen this year.
The adaptation of Massachusetts was AMAZING lmao 🤣🤣🤣
Gotta say the part when you actually realize that Grindhouse is damn near two decades old and that old age moment happens, pure gold. Happens to me all the time
The trifecta Krampus, halloween, and thanksgiving, gotta love to see it🔥
I adore your reviews. Best on UA-cam
Applause to Jeremy Jahns.👏 Probably the most professional of the UA-cam movie reviewers. Others do it, but I swear they forget either their platform or their audience with these 20+ minute movie reviews. Ain't got time for that nonsense! Jeremy, 5 minutes or less, almost always, the way it's supposed to be! That is all, you have earned your thumbs up.
* "Black Friday" is a movie, not a particularly good one about hordes of zombies killing greedy holiday shoppers... The kind of movie you described wanting to see.
BEGINNING WAS BRILLIANT
We need more Thanksgiving horror movies.
Honestly when I seen that freezer kill, I already knew it would be a good watch lol
That moment when Jeremy realizes how long it has been since Grindhouse was masterful. 😂
I liked it a lot too. My complaints are minor. The ending felt kind of rushed and there's one kill from the fake trailer I'd say got toned down for this movie. I'm with you though I loved the setup for the movie being John Carver was seeking revenge over the Black Friday tragedy that happened the year before. That was brilliant and I also hope as an extra maybe we will get a "Grindhouse" version when the movie comes to bluray/4k.
Yes that scene was not as brutal as I was expecting;)… loved the movie though.
@Bluejaunter I'm purposely being vague in my comments so I don't spoil anything for anyone.
Anyone remember Valentine?
Is one of my favorite teen slasher horror movies from the early 2000s. Starring Denise richards.
YESSSS MAN! 🤣🤣🙈 those damned log trucks!! I ALWAYS think of that scene in Final Destination! 🤣🤣🤣💛
Dude I’m real excited for this
Someone needs to tell Jeremy that there literally is a Black Friday based zombie movie set in a store. It was called Black Friday and came out a few years ago. It wasnt great though.
I love this movie, I was more excited about this than Hunger Games. Thanksgiving gave me I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Scream TV series brutality and it was awesome.
This movie was glorious, instant classic!
I really enjoyed this movie! Good 90s slasher vibes. But to be honest... I wanted so much more gore.
Lmfao what?
I laughed so hard when you showed the final destination 2 truck because that is so true LMAO
Just from Jeremy's thumb nail alone, I can already tell this movie is worth watching for me!
Yup! Every time. Don’t even watch to watch this vid
Yep! I always think of that Final Destination 2 opening when I spot vehicles that are carrying shit that could fall out and always avoid driving anywhere near them.
This was fun fun fun time at the movies I actually had that thanksgiving feeling afterwards weird rite?
Just got done watching Thanksgiving & I really enjoyed it & that's saying a lot, especially given my track record with Eli Roth's filmography.
You feel old? I remember seeing ads for Halloween. The original. Not really a slasher, but The Faculty is a good one. Okay, twist my arm, Urban Legends.
Same. I remember thinking the tagline (the night HE came home) was really creepy, even though I wasn’t completely sure who ‘HE’ was. Of course, I was only 10 at the time & had never seen a slasher film, so I really didn’t have much to go on.
I wish this had come out a week earlier because my schedule is way too hectic now, but I'm glad this was as fun as it looked. We definitely needed a movie like this in my opinion. We have horror movies for pretty much everything else and now this. It looks entertaining as hell and I'll be picking this up when it's on 4K/blu-ray.
I really enjoyed the movie! It was just the right amount of camp for me
Krampus does this in its opening scene at 1:10
Thanks for the review Jeremy
This was actually not that bad, going in I was thinking that this would be one of those movies that sounds like a fun premise but is ultimately just a crappy waste of potential, but it was actually pretty enjoyable, I think the most entertaining thing about it are those times where you get to see the Thanksgiving style ways in which these people are killed, it’s pretty ridiculous but at the same time fun, I also thought the opening was pretty funny with this super chaotic Black Friday scene, and this is a movie that definitely knows what it is because it really doesn’t waste any time getting into the meat of things, the movie pretty much moves at a lightning fast pace and really doesn’t have any unnecessary fat on it, it’s not perfect though, I didn’t really think any of the lead characters were all that interesting, the main girl attempts to be with a very shallow setup for what’s going on with her but it just failed to engage me, and the others are just a bunch of assholes that you hate being around, and even though I’m not someone who’s bothered by gore and did find enjoyment in some of it in this movie I think that overall in terms of the gore and the meanness of the characters this movie did kinda overcook it to me, which I know is confusing because I said I do find a lot of gory movies fun but let me explain, the kind that I get more enjoyment out of are movies like Brightburn or Ready Or Not, where it’s done as quick fun little moments that keep a level of composure on things and deep down you understand that it’s meant to just be thrilling, whereas with Eli Roth’s movies he makes them in this super nasty, unpleasant fashion that’s meant to just gross you out, in Brightburn you have a man’s jaw fall off in a really gross but cool looking way but that’s all, whereas with the type of filmmaker that Eli Roth is he probably would’ve had the kid pick up the severed jaw and eat it or something because it’s just grosser, it’s fun gore vs gratuitous gore, so those moments I wasn’t too big on but when it’s a little more in the pure spectacle pocket I did enjoy it, so as a whole I did end up having a pretty good time with this movie, which did surprise me because I was honestly expecting it to be a shit fest but for what it is it’s not bad, the movie has some fun carnage, it knows what it is and doesn’t have much fat on it and even though it’s not the type of gory movie that’s usually my cup of tea this movie delivered a pretty fun time. 6/10
This was a great movie. Had a lot of laughs. Effects were really good too.
My favorite slasher post Scream is actually Valentine (2001). This movie does take some things from that movie I believe with the way the killer is dressed and executes. Also the killer reveal is similar predictable. With Valentine (2001) the kills get creative, there's some thought put into it, I prefer it slightly. Thanksgiving (2023) has some scenes clearly resembling other horror movies from the past. It's so obvious, you can't unsee it
I saw it today and thought the same thing!!! The killer’s costume reminded me so much of Valentine. I love Valentine. It’s an extremely underrated movie and should be regarded way better than it is IMO. So many people don’t even catch onto or notice how the women in Valentine get killed in ways that reflect the things they said to Jeremy as little kids
Human greed on Black Friday is real
Greed is real all the time every where. Especially by Democrats.
I'll say the closest movies ive seen to Grindhouse style in the most recent years are Dude Bro Party Massacre 3, VFW, Mandy, Hobo With a Shotgun, and kind of the Terrifier series (though they're shot a bit too clean to feel really grindhouse imo).
I believe Hobo With A Shotgun was one of the fake trailers from Grindhouse (2007) that got the movie treatment as well.
Eli Roth can never be forgiven for Green Inferno
I LOVED every bit of this movie. It's an excellent slasher with very good and gory kills. I do wish it'd kept the grindhouse filter and vibe but it still worked without it. I could see this being a yearly Thanksgiving rewatch for me just like Black Christmas and Krampus are during Xmas.
I love Eli Roth, which I understand he's not everybody's cup of tea, but I think this is certainly his best work in a long time.
Yes, all of this ^
Urban legend was and is the best post-Scream slasher imo
Jeremys hair literally got greyer after that grind house calculation.
I dug Thanksgiving, but like you, I also wanted it to be a grindhouse movie like the trailer. That said, I'm sure the studio heard that idea from Eli and immediately shut it down, esp. since the Grindhouse movies were a huge bomb. It would be nice for a "grindhouse cut" to be included on the blu-ray release.
that would be interesting
Highly anticipating your review of Saltburn 🤣
Saw an early screening of it and immediately came to UA-cam to see if anyone reviewed it yet
AVI ARAD will ruin Eli Roth's BORDERLANDS
The same way he ruined TASM2, UNCHARTED and MORBIUS
And is probably gonna ruin LEGEND OF ZELDA as well
We shall see. I didn’t dislike TASM2.
I appreciate the Final Destination nod. I *ALWAYS* think about that scene when behind a logging truck.
LOL I do think of final destination every time I see a logging truck.
Such a great movie! So freaking funny
We need a 4th of July horror movie now. 😂
There is one called Uncle Sam.
Purge??
When we went to watch Five Nights at Freddy’s with our kids they showed the trailer for Thanksgiving (I forgot about the targeted movie ads). I had to explain to a 10, 8 and 4 year old what slasher films were, and why they can watch horror but not slashers. Thanks Eli Roth, future fans in the making.
Eli Roth's interview on Tigerbelly is super fun, solid dude
I'm not looking forward to see Eli Roth's take on Borderlands
Even though it has Craig Mazin as one of the writers, he asked for his name to be removed from the credits
And be replaced by the name of "Joe Crombie"
I blame Avi Arad
Eli Roth directed The House with a Clock in Its Walls. I am sure Jeremy likes that film.
The movie was ok, but it needed a better score. Maybe they couldn't afford Danny Elfman lol!🖤🦇👻🎃
I liked it too. Halloween nod in the beginning, Dawn of the dead nod in the store. It had the general mood for the Thanksgiving season.
Overall it was good but i also wish it had the visual texture of grindhouse films. Also he never fucked the turkey. I ki da wanted it to get THAT crazy.
But alas...it was still good. Music at the end was a nice touch too;)
There is a sequel coming in 2025 📹📷🎄
REVIEW DEATH PROOF!! Quentin Tarantino doesn’t like this film, but others have been defending it for years. The dialogue isn’t as rememberable and the only scene that people love is the car chasing scene, but. I love how choreograph the lamp dance scene is filmed, along with the style and the tension of this film has. 🎬
V for Vendetta looking ass picture
THANK YOU! At last, I'm not the only one to point this out! 😆😌
The 1st kill by the dumpster "lid" was straight up parody.
i will maybe watch it one day, i personally think Eli Roth is a complete hack
We need a full version of Don't.
Wow this movie was sooooooooo bad to me
Yeah it wasn’t that good lol
I feel the same about Eli Roth. The fake trailer didn't do anything for me (except disgust), but I'll check this one out when I'm in the mood for a slasher.
It was hilarious, gory, and just a fun movie. Go see it!