5 Horror Movies for Thanksgiving
Criteria: Horror movies that take place on or around Thanksgiving. (Or at least take place during a meal of some kind.)
1. Thankskilling (2008) & Thankskilling 3 (2012)
Be warned, this movie is super raunchy, super inappropriate, super gory, and super fun to watch. However, its not for the tame movie watchers our there. The first film is simply about a turkey (named Turkie), who decides to go on a murder spree. Yes, its exactly as pointless as it sounds. But its a ton of fun to watch and laugh at. (As for Thankskilling 3, its about how the last copy of Thankskilling 2 is stolen bu puppets and Turkie has to fight to obtain it. So actually Thanksgiving 3 is actually the real sequel). Give it a go! It’ll give you something to think about while eating your turkies. Oh, I mean TURKEYS.
Trailer for Original - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPlg9U5YbY4
Trailer for sequel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-u5baokRi0
2. Addams Family Values (1993)
Not a horror movie, but hilarious. And pretty dark. Who could forget the First Thanksgiving play? It’s also a movie about family, so it fits.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVlPzTPLC4M
This one takes place at a college where a girl is the only one on campus over Thanksgiving break. Its a decent and kinda unique movie about survival and individuality.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZK6ZiiOUuk
Not necessarily a Thanksgiving movie, but it does take place on a man’s visit home for Thanksgiving. This man lost his dad as a child by “The Boogeyman”. When he comes home, he confronts his childhood terror. (Its hard to find Thanksgiving horror movies, so deal with this being on the list (and the next movie as well).
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWzP5EjGHDY
This one really isn’t set around Thanksgiving, but its takes place during a big family meal, so I think it fits in this list (fight me). But this is also one of those movies that takes a common slasher story and turns it upside down so we get something somewhat fresh and watchable. So it gets an exception on this list.
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUQWpEkbf0
If you haven’t heard me talk about it, Hulu has a series that I really enjoy. Its called “Into the Dark”, which is produced by Blumhouse. Its an anthology series that has a new full length horror film each month to help celebrate the seasons. This month movie is called “Pilgrim”. Its kinda a home invasion movie but also bring more than that to the table (Get it? TABLE! THANKSGIVING TABLE!). Give this one a try on Hulu or on Plex. And check out some of the other movies from this series. (There are now 14 of them. All full length.)
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GWYyOGhNR0
INFORMATION ABOUT THE “INTO THE NIGHT” SERIES - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Dark_(TV_series)
