One of the best things about the holidays is the themed horror movies that put a twisted spin on family and even the food and decorations themselves. Don’t worry. We’ve got a list of tasty Thanksgiving-themed horror films for you to watch.
Thanksgiving
In Theaters
Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving is now playing in theaters; the word is it’s blood awesome. Roth, known for bloody horror movies such as Hostile and Cabin Fever, comes to the film starring Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, and Nell Verlaque.
In the fright-filled flick, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.”
Thanksgiving is based on the faux trailer featured in Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 horror Grindhouse. In the original trailer, a mysterious killer stalks a small town in Massachusetts on the holiday.
We Are What We Are
Pluto, Tubi, AMC+
From director Jim Micke comes the story of the Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs and find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.
ThanksKiling
Pluto, Tubi, Apple+
In this fun, cheesy 2008 cult classic from director Jordan Downey, a homicidal turkey brutally kills off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
I should mention that ThanksKilling also has two sequels you might want to check out.
Home Sweet Home
Pluto, Tubi, VUDU, Roku
Directed by Nettie Peña and released in 1981, Home Sweet Homes sees an escaped mental patient who steals a station wagon and makes his way to the Bradleys’ Thanksgiving celebration, where he plans to make them a little less thankful…
Blood Freak
Plex, YouTube
Blood Freak, released in 1972, sees a biker getting a job at a turkey farm and agreeing to act as a guinea pig for some chemicals that need to be tested, failing to anticipate the murderous side effects.
Black Friday
Fubo, Apple TV+, RedBox, Starz
Black Friday, starring genre icon Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead franchise), is set on the most dangerous shopping day of the year.
Devon Sawa (Idle Hands) and Michael Jai White (The Dark Knight) also star in the movie that follows a group of disgruntled toy store employees who begrudgingly arrive for work to open the store at midnight for the busiest shopping day of the year. Meanwhile, an alien parasite crashes into Earth in a meteor. This group of misfits, led by store manager Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) and longtime employee Ken (Devon Sawa), soon finds themselves battling against hordes of holiday shoppers who have been turned into monstrous creatures hellbent on a murderous rampage on Black Friday.
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!
