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Thanksgiving was good, but it felt like it leaned into the camp too much to be great.
The kills are great, grindhouse-type gore. In particular, that dumpster kill was great. The opening homage to the Halloween POV, with hockey sticks for Jason, was a nice touch. I also laughed at a decent amount of the jokes and gags, so the humor worked. Beyond that, I'm glad the characters weren't total dummies for the sake of the plot (except for the bully and his gf but that's part of their trope).
On the downside...The Scream-style "whodunnit" fell flat bc there were only a couple of directions it could go, and it chose a predictable "twist." The humor disrupts any actual "scary" that this film could have had. Most importantly, the second half of the movie just loses steam. The first few kills are really creative, and there's a great set-up with the staging of the table. But then it devolves to a killer with a dart gun and the final table set-piece is kinda disappointing IMO.
Basically, it's a fun horror movie but it's not the Halloween of Thanksgiving. I doubt I'll make it a yearly watch, but time will tell. I wish they'd gone all the way in one direction or the other...make a Thanksgiving slasher that isn't derivative or make a pure satire.
The kills are great, grindhouse-type gore. In particular, that dumpster kill was great. The opening homage to the Halloween POV, with hockey sticks for Jason, was a nice touch. I also laughed at a decent amount of the jokes and gags, so the humor worked. Beyond that, I'm glad the characters weren't total dummies for the sake of the plot (except for the bully and his gf but that's part of their trope).
On the downside...The Scream-style "whodunnit" fell flat bc there were only a couple of directions it could go, and it chose a predictable "twist." The humor disrupts any actual "scary" that this film could have had. Most importantly, the second half of the movie just loses steam. The first few kills are really creative, and there's a great set-up with the staging of the table. But then it devolves to a killer with a dart gun and the final table set-piece is kinda disappointing IMO.
Basically, it's a fun horror movie but it's not the Halloween of Thanksgiving. I doubt I'll make it a yearly watch, but time will tell. I wish they'd gone all the way in one direction or the other...make a Thanksgiving slasher that isn't derivative or make a pure satire.