Thanksgiving Ending & Killer Identity Explained
Thanksgiving's ending reveals the slasher movie's killer and their motive, but also sets up a potential sequel for Eli Roth's holiday horror.
Thanksgiving (2023)
Originally conceived as a parody trailer in 2007's Grindhouse, Thanksgiving is a 2023 horror-slasher film from director Eli Roth. The movie centers around a serial killer who heads to a small town in Massachusetts that creates a huge event out of Thanksgiving each year with the intent of turning the residents into the main course.
Thanksgiving
- Director
- Eli Roth
- Release Date
- November 17, 2023
- Studio(s)
- Spyglass Media Group, Electromagnetic Productions
- Distributor(s)
- TriStar Pictures
- Cast
- Addison Rae, Patrick Dempsey, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, Milo Manheim, Gina Gershon
- Writers
- Eli Roth, Jeff Rendell
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