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8 Delightful Thanksgiving Horror Movies and How to Watch Them

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While Halloween may be the biggest holiday of the year for fans of the horror genre, there are more Thanksgiving horror movies available than you may even realize. Those kinds of tasty facts are likely to be quite satisfying for audiences who aren’t quite ready to delve into Christmas horror films, but are hungry for grim and gory (and even goofy) thrillers and chillers that lovingly acknowledge the November festivities.

So grab your pilgrim hat and buckles and enjoy the following events taking place around the Thanksgiving season. Also make sure you prick – uhKeep an eye on our upcoming horror movie schedule for more holiday fun.

John Carver with pitchfork during Thanksgiving — (Image credit: Sony)

Thanksgiving (2023)

Director: Eli Roth

Starring: Nell Verlaque, Patrick Dempsey

What it’s about: One year after a Black Friday tragedy, residents of Plymouth, Massachusetts, fall prey to a vengeful killer dressed as John Carver.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: Based on a fake trailer he drove in 2007 Gravel houseEli Roth makes perhaps his best film and perhaps the best horror film set around Turkey Day with the inventively brutal Thanksgiving.

How to watch Thanksgiving

Bruce Campbell as Jonathan with a zombie behind his back in Black Friday

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Black Friday (2021)

Director: Casey Tebo

Starring: Devon Sawa, Ivana Baquero, Michael Jai White, Bruce Campbell

What it’s about: A group of toy store employees must fight for their lives when an alien parasite turns their customers into evil monsters during the biggest shopping night of the year.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: It takes place on the night of Thanksgiving, when holiday shopping reaches its craziest peak. Black Friday is a horror-comedy that takes things in a crazier direction with some uproarious zombie action.

How to watch Black Friday

Diana Silvers looks concerned in Into the Dark's Flesh & Blood

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Flesh and Blood (2018)

Director: Patrick Lussier

Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Diana Silvers

What it’s about: On the eve of the first Thanksgiving without her mother, an agoraphobic teenager makes a surprising discovery that suddenly leaves her feeling unsafe in her own home.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: The second episode of In the dark – Hulu and Blumhouse’s monthly holiday-specific horror anthology series of feature-length thrillers – is Flesh & Bloodwhich fatally exaggerates the reluctance some feel to gather with family for Thanksgiving.

How to watch Flesh & Blood

The villain from Into the Dark's Pilgrim laughs maniacally

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Pilgrim (2019)

Director: Marcus Dunstan

Starring: Gov. Edwards, Kerr Smith

What it’s about: A feuding family hires a group of first-time Thanksgiving reenactors to help plan their holiday meal, but grows weary when they prove unnervingly committed to their roles.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: The second, Thanksgiving-inspired part of In the dark, Pilgrimmay help you better appreciate the time you spend with your family after witnessing the wild twists and turns that may remind you of the Saw movies.

How to watch Pilgrim

The Disastrous Thanksgiving Gathering in Derelicts

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Abandoned (2017)

Director: Brett Glasberg

Starring: Kelly Dealyn, David Lee Hes

What it’s about: A dysfunctional suburban family’s already awkward Thanksgiving Day gathering is made worse by the sudden arrival of a group of sadistic drifters.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: One of the most ridiculous home invasion thrillers of all time, Expired has enough moments of macabre madness to make this season a fun watch.

How to watch Derelicts

The killer turkey from ThanksKilling with a menacing grin

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Thanks Killing (2008)

Director: Jordan Downey

Starring: Wanda Lust, Natasha Cordova

What it’s about: A group of college students fall prey to a murderous turkey during Thanksgiving break.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: For those who like their slasher films as campy as possible, you might get a kick out of watching the main course of the Turkey Day celebration get its revenge. Thanks Killing.

How to watch ThanksKilling

Mark Soper as Terry wiping blood from his machete in Blood Rage

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Blood Rage (1987)

Director: Johannes Grissmer

Starring: Mark Soper, Louise Lasser

What it’s about: A twenty-year-old wrongly convicted of murder ten years earlier escapes from a mental institution, triggering a fit of rage in the real killer: his twin brother.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: A horror film that takes place around Thanksgiving and is about the feeling you get when that one family member arrives is the beloved ’80s slasher film, Blood rage.

How to watch Blood Rage

Tricia Harmon transforms into Grandma Werewolf

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Grandma Werewolf (2017)

Director: Zakaria Wil

Starring: James Wosochlo, Tricia Harmon, Trevor Brooks, America Ramos

What it’s about: While gathering for Thanksgiving at their grandmother’s cabin, a family discovers that their matriarch has undergone a horrific transformation.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: Easily one of the most ridiculous werewolf movies ever made, Grandma Werewolf has a funny enough premise and endearing family themes that make it worth taking a bite out of.

How to watch grandma werewolf

Christina Ricci plays Pocahontas in Addams Family Values on Wednesday

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BONUS: Addams Family Values (1993)

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Starring: Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Cusack

What it’s about: After the arrival of their newborn son, Gomez and Morticia hire a nanny who wins Fester’s heart, but the family suspects she has bad intentions towards him.

Why it’s a great Thanksgiving horror movie: One of the most memorable scenes from Addams Family Values – the creepy and wacky sequel to the 1991 feature film adaptation of Charles Addams’ comic and one of the best Addams family films so far – sees Christina Ricci’s Wednesday take part in a play recreating the events of the first Thanksgiving as Pocahontas during she and Pugsley’s (Jimmy Workman) stay at Camp Chippewa.

How to View Addams Family Values

Whether you’re in the mood for a slasher, a zombie movie, a creature movie, or even a not-so-scary movie that younger viewers can enjoy when Thanksgiving rolls around, there are plenty of worthy thrillers for horror fans to be thankful for.

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