{"id":41776,"date":"2023-11-17T18:46:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=41776"},"modified":"2023-11-17T23:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T04:50:27","slug":"five-movies-to-prepare-for-eli-roths-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/17\/five-movies-to-prepare-for-eli-roths-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Movies to Prepare for Eli Roth’s \u201cThanksgiving\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>After sixteen whole years Eli Roth finally got around to taking his fake trailer from 2007\u2019s \u201cGrindhouse\u201d and transforming it in to an actual feature length slasher film. We\u2019re not bereft of holiday themed horror movies, but we\u2019re about due for a slasher revival, and if you\u2019re in the mood for \u201cThanksgiving\u201d be sure to visit (or re-visit) these five horror titles that influenced \u201cThanksgivng.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Grindhouse (2007)
\n<\/strong>Streaming on <\/strong>Tubi, Amazon Prime
\nThis is the movie double feature that birthed \u201cThanksgiving.\u201d In 2007 Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez brought along a bunch of their pals to make a double feature of horror exploitation films. During the intermission Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright, and Eli Roth contributed their own mock trailers, one of which was the (then) faux holiday themed slasher movie \u201cThanksgiving.\u201d The trailer was a highlight of the \u201cGrindhouse\u201d experience and is still a masterclass of how to cut a horror trailer.<\/p>\n

Cutting Class (1989)
\n<\/strong>Streaming on <\/strong>Amazon Prime
\nRospo Pallenberg\u2019s horror comedy and slasher is a great, funny bit of satire with its tongue planted firmly in cheek. Along with the maniac in the picture being a vindictive ex student, it also features a very early role from Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt. Roth borrowed a very infamous and iconic murder from this for use in his \u201cThanksgiving\u201d trailer and it\u2019s just as painful here as it was in his trailer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Slaughter High (1986)
\n<\/strong>Streaming on <\/strong>Tubi, Amazon Prime
\nAnother holiday themed horror film that is often overlooked, \u201cSlaughter High\u201d is about an incident that caused horrible consequences, and a bunch of adults in arrested development forced to reckon with a vengeful classmate. The Jester slasher in this film is a vengeful vindictive son of a bitch who spares no one. Along with being a great slasher, this ends a particularly twisted note that works for the narrative, rather than against it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

My Bloody Valentine (1981)
\n<\/strong>Streaming on<\/strong> Pluto TV, Amazon Prime, and Redbox
\nThere\u2019s a small mining town, a horrible accident, an obnoxious holiday involving love, and a very vengeful miner lurking within the bowels of the town\u2019s source of income. \u201cMy Bloody Valentine\u201d is one of the best, often overlooked holiday themed slasher movies filled with genuine characterization, some eerie moments within the mines, and a finale that\u2019ll leave you spooked. Plus there\u2019s also the remake\/sequel which is also pretty damn good in its own right.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Prom Night (1980)
\n<\/strong>Streaming on <\/strong>Tubi, Peacock, and Amazon Prime
\nPaul Lynch\u2019s slasher revenge film is also a sharp whodunit much in the way Eli Roth practices with \u201cThanksgiving.\u201d Set after a horrible accident, events unfold with an axe murderer who is taking out high schoolers on prom night. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, \u201cProm Night\u201d is a great dose of seventies cheese with a relentless killer and a neat reveal in the finale. Plus not many modern horror movies pause the story to introduce a dance number mid-way, anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After sixteen whole years Eli Roth finally got around to taking his fake trailer from 2007\u2019s \u201cGrindhouse\u201d and transforming it in to an actual feature length slasher film. We\u2019re not bereft of holiday themed horror movies, but we\u2019re about due for a slasher revival, and if you\u2019re in the mood for \u201cThanksgiving\u201d be sure to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,318,433,1255,950],"class_list":["post-41776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list-junkies","tag-adaptation","tag-eli-roth","tag-grindhouse","tag-holidays","tag-slasher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41782,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41776\/revisions\/41782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}