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List of films set around Thanksgiving

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This is a list of films set on or around the American Thanksgiving holiday. It does not include Thanksgiving television specials.

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Horror

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  • Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998), a family is terrorized by extraterrestrial creatures while celebrating Thanksgiving
  • Blood Rage (1987), a psychopath goes on a homicidal rampage after the twin brother he framed for murder years earlier escapes on Thanksgiving
  • Boogeyman (2005), around Thanksgiving, a man is stalked by the entity that haunted his childhood
  • Christmas Evil (1980), a mentally unbalanced man believes himself to be Santa Claus, giving presents to children and punishing the "naughty" through violence; part of the film takes place at Thanksgiving
  • Derelicts (2017), a dysfunctional family's Thanksgiving is interrupted when their home is invaded by a gang of sadistic drifters
  • Escape Room (2019), a withdrawn student is challenged by a professor to do something that scares her over Thanksgiving break[1][2]
  • Ghost Note (2017), the ghost of a blues musician terrorizes childhood friends who have reunited over Thanksgiving weekend
  • Home Movie (2008), home video footage documents a family's descent into violence and madness; includes scenes of various holidays including Thanksgiving
  • Home Sweet Home (1981), an escaped mental patient embarks on a killing spree over Thanksgiving weekend
  • Intensity (1997), a young woman encounters a serial killer while visiting a friend's family for Thanksgiving, then follows him to try and rescue a teenager he's abducted
  • Kristy (2014), a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts
  • The Last Thanksgiving (2020), a family of cannibals kill people who don't celebrate Thanksgiving
  • Séance (2006), a group of college students left alone in their dorm over Thanksgiving weekend decide to hold a séance
  • Thanksgiving (2006; short film), two couples are taken captive and tortured by a sadist during Thanksgiving dinner
  • Thanksgiving (2007; short film), an insane, turkey-obsessed pilgrim commits a series of random murders on Thanksgiving; directed by Eli Roth
  • Thanksgiving (2023), a full-length feature film version of the above short film, also directed by Roth
  • ThanksKilling (2009), a group of students are hunted by a demonic turkey during Thanksgiving break
  • ThanksKilling 3, a 2012 film sequel to ThanksKilling
  • ThanXgiving (2006), a college film student, Spectre, who takes his film crew to a deserted campground to finish his thesis film over Thanksgiving break, gets terrorized by cannibal serial killers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Berardinelli, James. "Escape Room". Reelviews Movie Reviews.
  2. ^ "Escape Room Review". ScreenRant. January 4, 2019.
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