Horror film lovers, this upcoming slasher film is the best way to kick off this spooky ooky season.
Eli Roth’s new film Thanksgiving takes place after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy when a Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorises Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the holiday.
The festivities take an ominous turn when residents are killed off one by one.
But what began as random revenge killings is soon revealed to be part of a much more sinister holiday plan.
Will the town be able to uncover and fight off the killer or become guests at his twisted holiday dinner table? If you’re looking for a flick to make the hairs on your neck stand up, look no further.
You can even win a couple of tickets for you and two friends to attend an exclusive preview screening in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth on November 15. Or our South Australia lads can snag two in-season passes to catch the film in cinemas on November 16.
All you have to do in 25 words or less is tell us your favourite horror/scary movie. So, if you’re a fan of the OG Final Girl and love Halloween or crave a blood-curdling twist just like in Scream, we want to know.
Director Eli Roth has been working on this sick, twisted film for quite some time now.
In fact, in 2007, the actor/filmmaker created a mock film trailer for Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 action slasher movie Grindhouse.
Since then, he’s been waiting for an opportunity to create a feature-length film for the faux teaser.
Roth went on to create Cabin Fever and Hostel, prompting journalists to include him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack - known for the explicit violence and purposefully steered away from that PG-13 rating.
But now, almost two decades on the film is hitting the big screen.
Roth pitched the film in a particular way by pretending the trailer seen in Grindhouse was for a movie so extreme that it was pulled from cinemas before its release.
"We said, 'Let's pretend Thanksgiving was a movie from 1980 that was so offensive that every print was destroyed. All the scripts were burned. The director disappeared.
The crew members changed their names. One person saved the trailer and uploaded it to the darkest corners of 4chan, and now it's made it out. So this is a 2023 reboot.' And once we said that, it freed us up,” he told Total Film.
This is definitely going to be a unique but incredibly fun, terrifying cinema-going experience, so don't miss out.
Be sure to fill out the questionnaire, and we just might see you on November 15.
Bless this meat, now let’s eat.
Thanksgiving releases in cinemas on November 16.
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