BennyBro

A generally well executed(no pun intended) slasher and solid addition to the holiday canon as well as the slasher genre. The kills are well staged, the dialogue is passable and the cast gives competent performances. Eli Roth does a good job behind the camera. For a movie as gory and brutal as this, it's not mean spirited. The Killer's motivation makes sense even though we're not given a lot of breadcrumbs leading up to their identity reveal. The opening scene is really well set up and has a good payoff. This movie doesn't have as many high points as Scream VI or Evil Dead Rise but it doesn't have the low points of those films either. It's also not really a polished horror movie like those mentioned and has somewhat **** feel. The movie loses some of its steam in the middle of the third act but doesn't drop the ball and though it doesn't end with a bang, it'll, leave you satisfied enough. I expected to completely cringe at Addison Rae but she ended up being fun to watch and passable in her role. The lead actress isn't super expressive but her lines are delivered naturally and her performance has somewhat of a warmth. The supporting characters in this movie are really well played. This movie doesn't try to make all their characters likable but they are generally believable and sometimes endearing. This movie wants to be a genre classic but I don't think its going to reach that status, not because it isn't well made but because it's just missing that secret ingredient that worse, sillier, campier movies have. Overall thanksgiving is a competent slasher that's consistently not bad, has some clever sequences and brutal kills.