There Will Be No Leftovers...

'After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the infamous holiday.'

FH viewers know how much I love a movie with the amalgamation of holiday and horror.  The fusion of festive family holidays with blood, guts and gore is always a treat.   Last year in October, the horror film Thanksgiving came out, and I headed to the theatre to check it out.  Unfortunately, I didn't go see the film until the first week of December, meaning my posting about it had to wait a year.

Dorian Giordano

The film had a great cast, led by Patrick Dempsey with Gina Gershon making a memorable appearance in the films opening scenes.  There was also an incredibly hot, and very talented group of younger actors playing the core group of students and friends who are terrorized by the Pilgrim, and aptly named psycho killer John 'Carver.'

Dorian by John Bregar

There is no nudity in Thanksgiving, and the little skin showed is mostly sliced, diced, bloodied and burned.  There's even one scene with a poor young co-ed roasted in the oven, making her the main course on a rather inedible, (unless your Jeffrey Dahmer)  Thanksgiving meal.

Scraps

There is one memorable scene, and one memorable set of abs, featuring Canadian actor, and freestyle BMX biker  Dorian Giordano.  Dorian only has a small part as a student named Chad.  The then 20 year old Indigenous (Navajo) Giordano, makes the most of it by raising his shirt in protest to celebrating the holiday.   Nice bit of direction Eli Roth!

Dorian Giordano on Instagram

As I stated above, one of the stars of the film was actor Patrick Dempsey.  I've toyed with doing an Actors & Skin post on Dempsey for awhile now.  Although he hasn't done an on-screen nudity in awhile, he has a fun list of nude scenes going back to the 1980's and 1990's.  Check out every film in which Dempsey drops trou on PAGE 3 HERE: