{"id":131371,"date":"2023-10-25T07:39:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T06:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=131371"},"modified":"2023-10-25T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T06:54:27","slug":"thanksgiving-eli-roth-on-making-a-slasher-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/cinema\/thanksgiving-eli-roth-on-making-a-slasher-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving: Eli Roth on making a slasher movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

“This has to be the movie that if I never make another film, it doesn’t matter. I made this one. That’s enough.” Writer and director Eli Roth<\/a> describes how excited he was to make a slasher movie in a new behind-the-scenes featurette of Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Eli Roth has a new seasonal slasher with Thanksgiving, out this November.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Growing up, I dreamed of writing a slasher movie that would be like Scream<\/strong><\/em> or Halloween,<\/strong><\/em>” he says. “One of these guessing-who-the-killer-is, something that’s incredibly scary. That’s also fun with fantastic kills.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, coming from the man behind gore-fests like Hostel<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, and Cabin Fever<\/strong><\/em>, we can certainly expect some epic kills in the movie.<\/p>\n

“Anytime we do a death, we try to truly make it a classic kill. We take it very seriously, it’s a badge of honour for us!” says Roth.<\/p>\n

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“Anytime we do a death, we try to truly make it a classic kill.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/em>, after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorises Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town uncover the killer and survive the holidays\u2026 or become guests at his twisted holiday dinner table?<\/p>\n

The movie stars Patrick Dempsey (Enchanted<\/strong><\/em>), Addison Rae (He\u2019s All That<\/strong><\/em>), Milo Manheim (School Spirits<\/strong><\/em>), Jalen Brooks Thomas (Walker<\/strong><\/em>), Nell Verlaque (Big Shot<\/strong><\/em>), Rick Hoffman (Suits<\/strong><\/em>) and Gina Gershon (New Amsterdam<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

“This is the kind of movie you go see opening night so no one spoils it,” he says, “you just go and you scream!”<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving will be in cinemas on 17 November.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Check out the featurette in full here…<\/p>\n