Horror shocker Thanksgiving by Eli Roth: Now in cinemas and on Blu-ray Disc in 2024 – Blu-ray News

It all started with a fake trailer. When Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez did the double feature 16 years agoGrindhouse” (USA 2007), they asked director friends to make trailers for non-existent films. Rodriguez also produced such a preview for an action flick called “Machete” (USA 2010), which then became a real feature film, which even led to a sequel. With “Thanksgiving” (USA 2023) now also has “Hostel“-Maker Eli Roth turned his fake trailer into a full-length horror thriller about a brutal holiday killer, which can now be seen in cinemas nationwide. Roth developed the story together with screenwriter Jeff Rendell and produced the slaughter festival. In leading roles are Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, Rick Hoffman and Gina Gershon have been cast. Sony Pictures Entertainment will also release “Thanksgiving” on Blu-ray Disc after the theatrical release. According to retailer information, the HD home cinema version will be released in Next year, distributed by Plaion Picures in a keep case. May 16, 2024 is currently mentioned as the placeholder date. The bonus features include cut scenes, outtakes and an audio commentary. We expect German audio in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.

Contents: Things can get even more brutal on Black Friday, the shopping day with the highest sales of the entire year. This time, however, the buying spree ends in mass panic with several deaths. A year later, the people of Plymouth, Massachusetts are trying to forget the tragedy. As the birthplace of Thanksgiving, people strive to prepare everything for the joyful holiday. But then a killer disguised as Pilgrim Father John Carver appears in the town and slaughters everyone who gets in his way. Sheriff Newlon (P. Dempsey) wants to stop the madman and realizes that the murderer’s actions are connected to the Black Friday disaster… (sw)

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