THANKSGIVING (2023) MOVIE REACTION!! First Time Watching | Horror Slasher | Full Movie Review

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[@MISTERBABAD00K]

The beginning of the movie tells us who the killer is and we all just ignore it. The opening shots are from the classic Halloween POV (the same one young Michael Myers has.) When the door is answered, it is the sheriff showing up to Thanksgiving (the POV was that of the sheriff's - the actual killer.)

[@popculturewatch8689]

Scream basically does the same multiple times. Especially the blockbuster scene.

[@shania991]

I definitely ignored it I think mainly because I couldn’t believe Mcdreamy is a killer lol

[@MISTERBABAD00K]

@@shania991 same. My wife and I were watching it, I too pointed out the Halloween perspective, then just completely forgot about it.

[@ReelRejects]

Yeah I noticed that on working on edit!

[@MISTERBABAD00K]

I like that we both said it out loud to the people we were watching with and then just shrugged it off. @@ReelRejects

[@littlebigbunnyrabbit9520]

40:53 saddest death in the movie tbh. The cute turkey mascot saying Happy Thanksgiving to everyone getting axed outta nowhere 😢

[@Knightlaw]

From what I read, he is the other shopper who kill the woman with the shopping cart

[@lynni_111]

He’s the one who rolled over the mom. Before he put on the costume we seen him.

[@Bitten_kitkat6064]

I'm pretty sure they mention how the kid who had the party and had glasses on all the time wore the Turkey

[@JayCee-vm6nk]

@@lynni_111timestamp where we see him?

[@filmfangirls9163]

​@@JayCee-vm6nkI don't think you'll see him in this reaction but it's him

[@artiomosmolovskij3812]

I really hope we will get the sequel, maybe even the trilogy, because it's giving major scream vibes- the main girl, the friend group, the investigation who's the killer, the occasion to kill people every year (Thanksgiving ofc). And the fact that from the main friend group survived only Jessica, Gabby and the other guy just like Sid, Gale and Dewey. There's a potential for a very good film series

[@MaeArt725]

I think there was a sequel confirmed, so it’d be fun to see what direction they take it in

[@Jaida03]

theres a small amount of patrick dempseys plan with the stepmom cos while they’re at the fair shes rambling about making a dish & he tells her “im sure you’d make a great dish, Kathleen.”

[@JMac7395]

FUN FACT: The accent Patrick Dempsey is using in the film is his real native Maine accent. Patrick has done the same thing Ben Affleck & Matt Damon does with their Massachusetts accents, surpress it for their career

[@shania991]

Are you serious because I legit thought it was just a horrible accent he was trying to pull off I’m so ashamed 😂

[@mikemckague9506]

Then what about Kevin Smith and Jason Mues? They don't have a jersey accent

[@roxystriar]

I read an article about this! Maine and Plymouth must have two completely different accents ha ha but also that’s funny because in interviews he never sounds like this either. Hmm! At least he’s a great actor so I still had fun :)

[@tjfrizzi5965]

The Waitress at the beginning is also from the New England/Plymouth area IRL...

[@FervAnimalLover]

@@shania991 Maine accent does have that off-kilter sound to it. Definitely not like from Massachusetts.

[@Arcannabis]

Man, that scene in the beginning where the shoppers just don’t care and go crazy, is so funny and horrifyingly relatable to me as a customer service worker. It makes me feel so uncomfortable

[@Ჽum]

17:54 Halloween, Scream, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Loved this, big classic slasher energy.

[@glennwelsh9784]

Also getting vibes of My Bloody Valentine.

[@tonyponchopeters]

I agree 100% with Roxy about that lead actress. Her name is Nell Verlaque and she has those cute deer like captivating eyes but has a presence about her that has to exist organically, so I could see her having a great career. Tbh she has that star quality that this one young actress had in the 80's, she eventually got her shot and developed into Julia Roberts.

[@Hauns91]

The amount of callbacks to great horror movies like Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Valentine's and so many more are awesome.

[@LatinoRacerRX8]

That opening was like a Final Destination sequence. 🤣🤣

[@ShavayD]

SO true

[@michaelgualtieri651]

Im not usually someone who gets disturbed by deaths in horror movies, especially slasher ones. But damn! A lot of these deaths had me look away a few times. The one that grossed me out the most was the wife who was cooked alive and almost served to her husband! Like this was still a great movie, but good God 🤢🤮

[@jonathanpowell7256]

That’s one of the elements that Eli Roth kept from the original Thanksgiving Grindhouse trailer back in 2007, along with the parade and the girl on the trampoline.😊

[@aaronhanson4683]

Man it was the table saw kill for me lol it was just so harsh and then the way her friends reacted to seeing her die like that felt so real

[@kiwiparfaits]

​@@aaronhanson4683 fr that one had me cringing so bad

[@alyssatheexcellent]

Good ol Eli Roth. His mind is so twisted.

[@avacherubin4749]

Ikr! Gave me terrifier vibes a bit. And the fact that he forced him to eat her…

[@SpideySensei72]

Greg missed his calling as a detective, I love how he figured out the killer was Patrick Dempsey and it had something to do with Gina Gershon.

[@ArmaTomicx]

That whole turkey lady scene immediately gave me the green inferno vibes ngl lol

[@robbieking4070]

I got more Texas Chainsaw Massacre vibes. Leatherface and his family would have that for a standard Sunday roast.

[@brandonkashinsky9222]

Same director Eli roth

[@micahweathers1741]

I love that Roxy had a girl crush on Jessica from the very beginning! Rightfully so!🙌

[@rexperez6996]

We can only imagine what she's seen that's worse than a human turkey

[@marvelousmia]

which is crazy bc Jessica gave nothing.. she's the average girl next door

[@omarslayz]

⁠​⁠@plaplaks i mean yeah true but also… they aren’t wrong. jessica gave me nothing as final girl

[@JeNn0mic0n]

I prefer Kathleen (Karen Cliche) ❤️

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

That was a wild ride. They did well keeping the killers identity secret until the end.

[@ReelRejects]

Did you correctly guess who the killer was?!

[@donavinrodriguez6288]

Yeah I figured who was the killer right away but that didn’t stop me for loving the movie tho.

[@Luna_luz_11]

(SPOILERS) Yes, I guess it was him before I watch it, because when Chris Evans got sexiest man alive he was the murder for Knives Out so when Patrick won sexiest man alive I guess that he was the killer of this movie and I was right! 😂🤣

[@y.u.n.gg_tellyy]

Nope

[@Disney65Fan]

Spoilers Who knew Patrick Dempsey would play a sadistic killer 😂😂😂. When the big reveal was revealed I was like NO WAY, Patrick Dempsey playing a killer who knew he could be so twisted 😂😂😂😂. Loved him in Enchanted.

[@ScottyyDoesntKnow]

Honestly no haha

[@CWKhalil]

Greg - “ this movie is making me hungry “ Nah That sentence is fcking KRAZYYY😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Serena-ki8ey]

Hopefully he doesn’t know his way around the oven…🙂

[@calebsoria1901]

This movie rocks since i haven’t felt this shocked since scream 1 and scream 6. In slasher movies

[@viridian5maureen853]

I'm glad Thanksgiving finally became a movie since its trailer was one of my favorite parts of Grindhouse and the making of that trailer as detailed in the Grindhouse companion book was hilarious. (btw, the trailer was filmed in Prague right after Eli Roth filmed Hostel: Part 2.)

[@marieko.]

this movie is the first in a long time to really truly leave me disturbed for hours after watching it lol. the opening scene in the store is the most chilling imo

[@Senkoau]

Probably because its something we can easily see happening in real life.

[@bonafidesimmons6237]

Eli Roth was on The Movie Crypt. He said the movie was filmed in Canada. Also, there were 6 people playing John Carver so the gait changed and you could never pin down who the killer was

[@dinsism]

Had a blast with this film! Definitely one of the most pleasant surprises of last year!

[@ace-of-teacups]

The first scene gives you a weird Halloween'ish killer POV and it's actually Patrick Dempsey... and so I immediately suspected him and didn't stop for the rest of the movie. There are plenty of other hints, like 'you'd make a good dish' and stuff, so yeah, I think a lot of people were on to it even if they didn't get the motive for a long while. I also thought there might be two killers, but it works with just one imo.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

I missed these kinds of slasher movies! Practical gory effects for the win!

[@ShavayD]

At least we have Terrifier

[@goldtomlin3438]

1:03:18 Greg, he was not married to Ana De Armas or dated. He was married to another Lead actress of that film by the name: Lorenzza Izzo, who also starred as a lead in his feature film The Green Inferno, they separated in 2018 and divorced in 2019 and she is not as big of an actress as Ana De Armas 😂

[@garrickkthegreat5762]

the killer isn't such a bad guy. he fed the kitty before he left.

[@bloodywolfwarrior]

That’s why I love this movie, it didn’t kill the animal it fed it ❤️

[@callybav2473]

Fo you know what he fed the kitty? 😢😂

[@Therainbrawlstars]

​@@callybav2473Meatballs, Special ones

[@Bri_Bri_Bree]

He fed the cat their owner’s insides I think?

[@bloodywolfwarrior]

@@Bri_Bri_Bree nah i saw it was kibble

[@thalunizz21]

These two are the best together. 😂

[@GhostKyng]

I finally got to watch this movie and it was epic lol i didn’t think the kills would be this crazy but i enjoyed it. Fun facts: • Eli Roth said the cat in the movie was such a good actor, and performed on cue, that he called him Leonardo DiCatprio. The name of the cat is Tonic and he previously starred in Pet Semetary • Amanda Barker (Lizzie) is actually from Hanover, Massachusetts and she is the 9th great niece of John Carver. Her accent in the movie is genuine. • The third movie based on one of the five mock-trailers seen in Grindhouse (2007). Eli Roth directed the Thanksgiving trailer to be shown between the films Planet Terror (2007) and Death Proof (2007) when shown as a double feature. Machete (2010), Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) and this movie were later made into full-length feature films. As of 2024, only "Don't" and "Werewolf Women of the SS" have not yet been made.

[@MultiGreenG]

Yeah, we definitely need more horror movie reactions from you guys. Horrors the best.

[@MitchellFace]

I love how legitimately horrifying the Back Friday sequence is. It feels scary real. Kinda don't like that he was laughing throughout it, but everyone reacts different.

[@dirtydinner6463]

The whole theater was laughing at this scene because of how over unnecessarily over the top the body horror was

[@MitchellFace]

@@dirtydinner6463 maybe my retail job ptsd just makes me a little more uneasy about it. Lol

[@dirtydinner6463]

@@MitchellFace I can see how that would be genuinely terrifying having worked retail😳

[@EleventhCubFan]

I’m surprised Roxy was totally unfazed by the Human Turkey

[@vanrod_]

I’ve been waiting for you guys to react to this one. First slasher in a long time that I was excited to watch.

[@Kristyy0260]

I knew it was Dempsey very early. When Jessica was talking with both the boyfriends outside the police station Dempsey comes out at 20:30-20:40 they pan out to a statue of John Carvers face. Also based on his height lol and just the way he was moving. The way he was killing the first woman, his mannerisms, I immediately just was like that’s Patrick. 😂

[@MK68-419]

I rememeber his character talking about him being "a single man who knows how to cook" and then it click it was him when he was cooking Kathleen (I think her name was that, the main girl's step-mom).

[@jonathanpowell7256]

The original trailer included the human turkey, the parade and the trampoline scene.😊

[@seddymickens7540]

Eli Roth wasn’t with Ana de armas it was the other girl in knock knock…her name I can’t remember but she was also in the green inferno movie.

[@JayT19851]

I missed Roxy so much! So glad she's back and hopefully more often!

[@elliebelliewatermellie155]

Really? We have two fellow Bostonians on our hands?! That makes me all too happy. I grew up and was raised in Somerville. Also, I thought their accents were awesome in this! You guys had me smiling so much when talking about that. Thank you! I will always remember this 🥰

[@Hauns91]

This was such a nice breathe of fresh air for comedy horror. Seeing it in theaters, whole theater was laughing and entertained.

[@NickRebello-vi5fz]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who understands the jock yelling 😂

[@jakewheeler6014]

The burnt mask gave me Halloween Kills vibes and i loved it.

[@HSGAutomotive]

'What is this guys name?' - Tim Dillon. Probably the single wittiest comedian working today

[@Anthonydanells]

Hey Greg and Roxy, great movie and reaction, reminded me of a Horror/ comedy I don't think you seen/reacted to (Behind the Mask: the story of Leslie Vernon). When you said the killer charges after people it reminded me of that gem, it's a tribute to all slashers, old and new😊

[@filmfangirls9163]

That is SUCH a good movie!!

[@stevecalderon1985]

Loving Roxy and Greg’s reactions together!!!

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

We'll Patrick gave it away in the beginning of the moive when he said, " She would make an excellent dinner," and later she in the oven 🍖🍷

[@rokknrabbt]

When I was watching the movie again, I had to take a deep breath to keep from gagging when he said that to her!! 🤢...😂

[@bilegsaikhan1902]

Also he said i know my way around an oven

[@wolfwing1]

what I love about this movie is that even after 50+ years there are still creative kills, or taking old ones in new ways. THe first kill alone, the freezer door, then the bin.

[@thedrewsephYT]

GREG AND ROXYYYYY!!!! My two FAVVVS watching my newest horror addiction that is THANKSGIVING! Finally! Love you both, love the channel!

[@bklynkat23]

I honestly think you have to suspend your disbelief when they reveal who the killer is. Cuz there are so many scenes in the movie where you were like how did they get over here so fast dressed as John Carver when two minutes ago they were over here in regular clothes. I firmly believe that there were two killers. I'm happy that it got greenlit for a sequel. I'm dying to revisit the world of John Carver.

[@JeNn0mic0n]

Kathleen (the stepmom) is played by Karen Cliche. She was also in Saw VI during the Shotgun Carousel trap. I enjoyed her performances in that film and this one, and I think she’s a total babe ❤️‍🔥 Hope to see more of her in the future!

[@HollisMello]

Eli Roth planned a franchise for Thanksgiving, so not all the answers are in this film. A loose end, for example, is when the new police officer (Bret Labelle) is introduced to the detective (Peter Chu) by the sheriff (Eric Newlon) and we see that there is a disagreement between the two that is not mentioned again. As Eric is revealed as the killer, Labelle will probably be the police officer we follow from now on. This story between him and Detective Chu will come to light in the sequel. That said, there is a theory that there was another killer with Eric, but it wasn't revealed in this film. That killer would be Ryan, and this theory is strong because the actor who plays Ryan was wearing the clown costume in the parade scene.

[@scatterbrainedreviews]

Love this movie! Feels like a lover letter to scream and I Know What you Did last summer vibes in a blender of a holiday setting, but the owner of the blender is Eli Roth

[@jayebrownjr]

Greg laughing at the movie while Roxy is looking uncomfortable is so funny to me🤣🤣

[@lindamarie8632]

Favorite part 6:36 and Roxy sounded just like all my family from up north 🤣💕

[@xandermerrick]

Haha I remember watching this when it came out and thinking oh he has to be the killer in this.. since they tricked me when he was in Scream lol

[@laurynblake3824]

Addison Rae did a really good job acting in this! She’s probably one of the few tiktokers to separate herself from being just an influencer

[@sla6hed]

so true !! she killed it in this movie, i hope she does more horror

[@roxystriar]

I enjoyed her quite a bit!

[@fantasyland3646]

The step mom getting the worst of it from the group like 46:52 burned alive cooked makes sense

[@reyjtt99]

ROXXXYY, where have you been loca 😭

[@sidtheviciouscritic7292]

I was so surprised how good this was

[@finger3181]

I was surprised how ordinary it was.

[@amarko52]

17:33 Tomaso Sanelli, he played the younger version of Dick Grayson on Titans but that's about all I know him from

[@calebsoria1901]

22:39 Same Material hey used in saw x where this special medical rope can cut through bone

[@KittyKatReacts]

I know patrick! He’s a real nice guy. Sending love from MAINE.

[@squidboitoys]

The lady that played the woman that works at the diner is an actual descendent of John Carver

[@Doglover79586]

That opening scene was crazy

[@finger3181]

It was all downhill after the intro

[@Doglover79586]

@@finger3181 some of the Boston accents were a little much from Boston and it was a little overboard

[@y.u.n.gg_tellyy]

This film is amazing!!!!!! I’m happy to see this reaction!❤️

[@anthonyhudak9363]

This movie reminds me a lot of another early 80s slasher film, My Bloody Valentine where another town has a dark past and a character who once left the town comes back to find his ex girlfriend dating his best friend

[@Savvy1forever]

I always love a good DPC reaction! Great video!!!!

[@SpinDoc420]

Roxie should sell Purge pillows for merch... and having grown up in NH and Boston a second home in my youth, that would explain my long "creator crush" for Roxies energy.😍

[@kimberlyjeanne9456]

Reel Rejects purge pillows!

[@braw3534]

Patrick Dempsey is in scream 3. You can tell this movie is basically literally a scream movie placed in Thanksgiving time with a different mask. same recipe for plot

[@gracerenee9814]

I love this roll for Patrick especially because I am almost certain him and Neve are coming back in Scream 7 🤷‍♀️ at least that’s the direction they want it to go! I’m here for it.

[@bloodywolfwarrior]

People seem to forget that the turkey at the parade was apart of the riot. They mentioned it after they get the security footage

[@andhispalmugman6314]

I’d be pissed as hell if I died cause someone wanted a goddamn Waffle Iron.

[@calebsoria1901]

26:21 hate to say it buy youre coach got that from cobra kai and karate kid. it dosent always work. you need both of "o" and "d" to actually work.

[@rhonecherrington7778]

I thought it was Dempsey from the looking at the woman he clearly liked and firing off his gun, then we barely saw him forever

[@RamboA17]

I wasn’t prepared for this movie to be as violent as it was lol

[@somewhatdweeb5194]

1:13:45 Newlon definitely tried killing Jessica in the high school. He could’ve chloroformed her or used the tranquilizer gun on her as well like Evan and Gabbi. I think after Newlon got whatever information out of her with the surveillance footage, he wanted to kill her off as a loose end. When he failed, he decided to postpone her death. Instead of abducting Yulia, he decided to torture her to mess with Scuba and Jessica on the phone. When they arrived with the gun, he killed Yulia. Instead of postponing Jessica’s murder until the parade, Newlon brought her to the table, and once again she gets the best of him. Had she not been there, her dad, Gabbi and Scuba would’ve been dead.

[@tetamale4280]

thank u Eli Roth for saving the slasher in 2023

[@lycanthrope9760]

That Killer Klown homage in the parade was great

[@tjfrizzi5965]

This movie has some "My Bloody Valentine 1981" vibes. The Big Connection there's the dude that went away then comes back and his Girlfriend is in a new Relationship and they fight over her. Also it's a small town where a tragedy happened. Plus THIS movie was partly filmed in CANADA and some of the landscapes in THIS movie have a bit of the same look/feel in MBV1981...

[@31webseries]

I think the thing that makes this feel weird in some places is that Roth knew he was going to do a sequel and wanted available candidates for future killers so a lot of plot lines and character arcs are just left lying there for next time. Makesthe future films better perhaps but this one's ending a bit weaker.

[@jayetoler1923]

Soooo glad you guys dropped this I feared we wouldn’t get it til next thanksgiving lol great movie!

[@soxxel12]

This reaction made me miss Tara... I hope she's feeling better!!! I rang the bell just for her

[@Sabrina_sumpremacy]

They are making a second one so I won't be surprised if they reveal the second boyfriend was involved or is involved bc I feel like he did help bc like yall said it has to be 2 killers bc i dont think the cop did it all by himself he had to have help

[@charlesharry7901]

Agree I think same thing

[@kh_killerh3230]

today i watched thanks giving and i was like "when are the reel rejects gonna react to it" i took a nap and boom, your video is out, keep up the great work!

[@isaacsanchez8651]

I can't wait for Thanksgiving 2

[@1234thisistemporary]

I saw this in a small theatre and when buddy was like “what do i do Jess?!” some girl went “I dunno get her an Advil or something” 😂 I died

[@patrickcharles6983]

Out of the 4 grindhouse spinoff movies, Thanksgiving & Hobo with a Shotgun are the best 2.

[@franciscomontes4982]

YES!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!

[@RoxanaGp]

there’s no way it was just one killer, I’m still convinced it’s her boyfriend as well, he wasn’t even seen until the end like what but then what are his motives 😭 also would have liked to see her dad and her friend after they survived in the end, still loved this movie!

[@LeXyStAr77]

32:16 that's exactly what my bf and i said. We thought it was him fm the jump but then the scene at the school made it seem like it couldn't have been but we rewound and it wasn't him. It was the other cop

[@FranklynFMMcInnis]

The killer was obvious early on, but I still enjoyed this movie. There's a lot of potential for sequels.

[@RandyReviews1990]

i gave up after 30 minutes still debating if i should finsih it!

[@FresnoCA93727]

Thanksgiving 2 tag line: “White meat, dark meat, ALL will be carved!”

[@ShavayD]

Freddy Krueger: Aaaah... DARK MEAT

[@filmfangirls9163]

Love it.

[@jasonhoagland8444]

It definitely deserves a rewatch. I've watched it twice a you actually noticed a lot of things I'd never noticed before.

[@EleventhCubFan]

I’ll never look at a Thanksgiving Turkey the same way again…

[@itzbp9949]

I did not expect Patrick dempsey to be the killer at all. Thought it was gonna be bobby

[@jennysutton7409]

There is a sequal in the works but I have no idea what the story will be. Patrick being the killer was unexoepected because I also didn't expect him to play the killer seeing how in Scream 3 he was a suspect but not the killer haha. any way I do like this movie because of all the horror movie nods as it were that they have here and also because of how original the kills are as well. He got away as a fireman that is why they focosed on that one shot and that is like in the My Bloody Valantine remake but never mind.

[@alyssatheexcellent]

20:20 PURGE!!!!!

[@Khail707]

FKN LOVE THIS MOVIE AND ELI ROTH. I’m glad Roxy said the Melissa Barrera thing because everybody said she’s bad in Scream but they aren’t too far apart imo.. oh and a double purge at 35:45 😂

[@Senkoau]

This was a fun traditional slasher film, I enjoyed seeing it at the cinema.

[@bigd4998]

Roxy!! “Purge!!Queen”❤ Greg and Roxy never disappoint haha

[@cleofordisiwiwj]

That mom getting cooked alive reminds me of tanning bed scene in final destination😭