ThanksKilling
Tags: cult, revenge

Plot synopsis:
At the first Thanksgiving in 1621, a topless Pilgrim is slain with a tomahawk wielded by an evil demonic turkey, which quips, "Nice tits, bitch!"
Centuries later, five college students (good girl Kristen, jock Johnny, ditzy Ali, redneck Billy, and nerdy Darren) head home to Crawl Berg (formerly Crawberg) for Thanksgiving with their families. After Kristen calls her father, the local sheriff, the car overheats, forcing the quintet to camp out for the night. As they are setting up, Darren tells the settler-era folktale of Feathercloud, a Native American shaman who was dishonored by hedonistic pilgrim Chuck Langston, one of Billy's ancestors. The outraged Feathercloud used necromancy to create Turkie, who is said to appear every five-hundred and five years to slaughter all Caucasians he encounters.
Elsewhere, a dog owned by a hermit named Oscar urinates on a miniature totem pole, desecrating it, and releasing Turkie prematurely. The dog is killed, prompting Oscar to swear vengeance as Turkie runs off, and scares Kristen. Kristen tells the others about her run-in with Turkie, but they laugh off her story, until a baby rabbit (which appears to have been pecked to death) is thrown into their campfire. The next day, Turkie flags down a vehicle, and when the driver sexually propositions him, Turkie responds by shooting the man in the head and hijacking his car. By nightfall, the students reach their respective homes, and while Johnny tries to reconnect with his estranged father, Turkie attacks him. Johnny's parents are killed, but he escapes, and rejoins his friends with the exception of Ali, who is having sex with her boyfriend, Greg. Turkie walks in on the lovers, slits Greg's throat, and rapes Ali before snapping her neck.
After finding Ali's remains, the students decide to go to Kristen's house, to see if her father has any books about Turkie in his library. Turkie beats them there, tricking Kristen's father (who is dressed as a turkey for an upcoming pageant) into letting him in by wearing Groucho glasses. As they wait for Kristen, Turkie and the sheriff share an awkward snack, which ends when Turkie murders the sheriff after he mistakes him for a duck. Kristen and her friends arrive, and are allowed in by Turkie, who has donned the sheriff's severed face as a disguise. Darren finds a book about Turkie, and it mentions he can be killed if his magic talisman is removed, though the rest of the passage about how to destroy him is written in code. Billy stumbles onto Turkie disposing of the sheriff's body, and while he and the others succeed in getting the talisman, Turkie gets away.
Billy storms off while Darren cracks the code in the book, discovering that Turkie must be burned at the stake after a demonic prayer is said backwards. Outside, Turkie magically enters Billy's body, and shoots his way out. Billy dies in Darren's arms as they reminisce about all the good times they had together. Darren, Kristen, and Johnny track Turkie to his tipi and say the prayer, but as they prepare to burn him he runs outside, and is shot in the head by Oscar. Oscar leaves, and the others go to Kristen's house, unaware that the dumpster Turkie was blasted into contains radioactive waste, which reanimates him.
Believing that Turkie is dead, the surviving teens go back to Kristen's house. While Johnny and Kristen admit their feelings for each other, Darren awkwardly goes to the kitchen to get a snack. There, Turkie rips Darren's tongue and heart out, and stabs Johnny with an electric knife. As Johnny dies, Kristen sets Turkie on fire with an aerosol flamethrower, and knocks him into a pile of wood. Later, at a family's Thanksgiving dinner, the cooked turkey comes to life, and in Turkie's voice yells, "Do I smell sequel, biotch?!"

Review: C'mon, anybody who complains that a movie called "Thankskilling" about a foul-mouthed (or is that fowl-mouthed?) supernatural turkey who goes on a murderous rampage is not a good movie missed the point.
"Thankskilling" is a movie made for horror fans, as it totally exploits the ridiculous genre conventions most horror films employ to a fault.
All the usual suspects of overused clichéd characters are here (The Jock, The Hot Girl, The Sensitive Girl, The Funny Fat Guy, and The Nerd), but each one is exaggerated to the point of caricature, so the whole thing works really well instead of being tiresome.
The five friends embark on an idyllic Thanksgiving weekend getaway, and of course, things don't go as planned.This movie is offensive, vulgar, and most of all, absurd, but all the crazy random elements are woven together in a way that could be called (dare I say)....
The villain of "Thankskilling" is a trash-talking necromanced ancient undead turkey realized on screen through a really poor quality hand puppet, and yet the Turkey is one of the most refreshing villains I've seen in low budget horror in a long while.
And yes, there were a few times that I actually had to cover my mouth 'cause I was watching it late at night and I laughed that loud.So if you're in the mood for some fun horror fare with a touch of the absurd, "Thankskilling" will offer you a great time.
I love the leading man because he is super handsome and probably could have skated by on his looks in some more lucrative cubicle job but instead he is following his dreams and making B horror movies, to my great benefit.
If you have an opportunity and are into this stuff definitely watch this movie, preferably with a few like-minded friends..
It is plain to see that as funny as the movie is, and as many good kills as it has, it did not have much steam to go any further.I saw it on Netflix as a recommendation for a while and was like "oh, heck no" until one day when a friend of mine in Texas said it was a must-see.
Hopefully that was the intent, because the acting is outrageously bad.What could have made this film better?
More nudity, better actors, a plot that makes sense (the 505 years thing did not add up right, as well as why it is apparently summer on Thanksgiving).
Let us just be thankful for the JonBenet Ramsey joke (which seems dated, but that adds to its charm).Upon a second viewing, the film is just as stupid, but the stupidity came across as being even more intentional than I thought the first time.
It starts a cheesy looking turkey puppet who goes on a murderous rampage--all during which he makes cheesy and occasionally funny comments.
It also features the puppet having sex with a teen as well as one funny scene where he sits and has coffee with an off-duty cop and a song montage that made my brain hurt.Considering that the folks who made "ThanksKilling" meant to make a bad film and had almost no budget whatsoever, it's a hard film to review.
Yes, it is bad--but they knew they were making a bad movie when they made it and there is no attempt to make anything other than a very stupid film.
So, if you do watch it, you should be the sort of person who likes terrible films AND you have a high tolerance for the vulgarity and deliberately gratuitous nudity.
The horrible acting, the bad editing, the hilarious use of the turkey...
Watch it (actually, scan through it like we're doing), and just laugh your ass off.That's what it's for.*(and yeah, I myself am a film maker) Peace be with you..
The acting sucks ass, the writing is even worse, making the whole film feel like a third-grader's after school project.
I've seen so many obscure horror flicks and have watched the likes of killer crocodiles, killer alligators (there is a difference you know), komodo dragons, mutated mosquitoes, bees, bioengineered rattlesnake/cobra hybrid, anacondas, sharks, killer whales, eh, the list is endless, but the turkey manages to be noteworthy.
It's kind of like a permanent scar that at first bugs you and then you just get use to it.As a horror parody, the film is decently funny.
He would've been laughed and/or berated off of the premises if he tried to pass this off as anything than a failed experiment.The worst thing about this tripe is that it knows that it's bad but then tries to pass itself off as a horror comedy.
The problem is, as one saw to a lessor extent with another killer food movie like The Ginger-Dead Man, you need to actually have clever jokes or have a wicked visual sensibility like a Peter Jackson in his early days.
They have terrible hack-writing (and FIVE writers, guess they're preparing for Hollywood with that), bargain-basement acting, and even what they're supposedly professionals at- special fx- are weak at best; one shot of a dead guy with his intestines hanging out just looks like a bunch of sausage-turds hanging out - and the shot lingers for five freakin minutes!I don't want to trash on filmmakers who are just trying to make it in with something that may be sub-par but maybe they'll be on their way some day, but...
The only good thing about this movie being in existence is that Eli Roth needs no worry over his proposed feature version of his Thanksgiving trailer from Grindhouse.It's so bad that...
The self-referential scripting and sight gags feel unrefined, but successful camp requires some level of intelligence and this is as delightfully campy as killer turkey movies come.
If it hurts your feelings and you gotta use IMDB as a platform to discuss your own accomplishments (or lack thereof) in film school, or spend all your time explaining why the movie isn't good, then clearly it is over your head and you should just go back into the basement and **** ***..
It was quite obvious to me that the filmmakers we're very much aware that they were making a bad movie, and were on some level trying to create a satirical spoof of the horror genre.
Not only are the bad acting and improbable plots of the horror genre far too easy a target to pick on, but it's not like this is even the first movie to tread these waters (see the now quite dated, but once very mainstream "Sream" franchise).
But what's most infuriating, to any fan of watching bad horror movies, is that it's self- awareness of being a bad movie keeps you from ever truly being able to laugh AT it.
I would much more highly recommend watching true classics of awfulness like "Troll 2", or "Silent Night, Deadly Night 2" which are a laugh-a-minute based simply on the naivety of the film- makers, who actually thought they were producing something tense and scary, when really what you get is a carnival of bad acting, and even worse special effects.
So what are you left with?There are definitely enough bad movies made by accident on a regular basis that we don't need people to start making them on purpose.
But there is that small voice at the far back of the mind that goes "go ahead, it might be surprisingly good" and that, more than often, does convince me to go for questionable movies."ThanksKilling" wasn't as bad as it could have been, so that was at least a step in the right direction.
And I will say that the turkey made it worth watching the movie!This was definitely a low budget horror in every aspect of the meaning, so don't get your hopes up for something grand here.It was an interesting take on the storyline, predictable though.
Which was a shame, because that blasted killer turkey was such a blast to watch on the screen, and it definitely had potential.If you manage to sit through "ThanksKilling" once, I doubt that you will do it a second time around, because the movie just doesn't have enough contents to support multiple viewings..
If you're a fan of other cultish movies and if you dig absolutely terrible/hilarious horror films, you need to watch this.
I don't actually think i've laughed so hard at a movie in a long, long time.
The soundtrack of this movie is good enough on it's own, but when you combine it with unnecessary nudity, horrible actors, a ridiculous/amazing plot line and of course a bit of toilet humour, it's difficult to hate it at all.The only downfall to this movie was the fact that it was only 70 minutes long, you kinda' find yourself panicking as it gets to the end because it feels too soon.The only people who would hate this movie are the ones who actually take it too seriously, do not, for the love of God take it seriously or you're gonna have a bad time.So, if you're ready to watch a demonic axe-wielding turkey hunt people down while using the best puns and one liners, this has to be watched.Gobble gobble motherf--kers!.
It would have to be a comedy of course, something like Thankskilling, but unlike Thankskilling it would also have to be good.Sometimes this movie feels like a Family Guy flashback, (you know the ones with talking animals, or the sesame street gang acting like gangsters).
I'm not as well versed as some, certainly more so than most, but nothing beats watching a laughably bad movie with the right group of friends.
But even as a movie that's so bad it's good, it fails.
And the one parental figure in the film has the most hilariously bad fake mustache I've ever seen this side of community theater.I've read some reviews where they liked how it was obvious that nobody in the movie took themselves seriously.
ThanksKilling (2009) * 1/2 (out of 4) This horror-comedy starts off in 1621 as a turkey gets fed up and kills a big-breasted Pilgrim with an ax.
Flash to current times as five friends (football star, good girl, fat drunk, nerd, slut) head home for the Thanksgiving weekend and a dog ends up peeing on the killer turkey, which brings him back to life where he wants to kill more white people.
If you're watching a film called THANKSKILLING then I really hope you're not expecting the work of Kubrick.
The gore level is also rather low, which certainly isn't a good thing for a movie like this.
The screenplay never takes itself too seriously and our killer turkey is clearly a puppet but I must admit that he made me laugh a couple times.
At 66-minutes the film seems way too long so this thing probably would have been better had it remained a short or the filmmakers kicked up the naughty bits to keep it moving.
It has to be the best horror movie ever made, it makes classics like Halloween, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th look bland in comparison.
Even in really cheesy/bad horror flicks there's always one sort of "voice of reason" with a small amount of intelligence...not in this film!
It's the best bad movie of all time..
I watched this movie on Netflix at a friends house because he told me how bad it was.
Sure it may have been filmed for all of $3,500 but the lack of anything worth while in this film makes the whole thing seem pointless.Basically (without spoiling anything, like it matters) the plot revolves around a Turkey that murders people.
As a fan of B-movie horror films, I can't even consider this to be one at all.
The acting is probably worse than the actual plot and the puppet Turkey was probably bought for all of $5.I can't get over how this could possibly has more than 2 stars on IMDb as there are plenty of movies with low scores that don't deserve them at all.
It was so bad, so crazy, so weird, and so stupid, that it's actually a good movie to watch with your buds.
During Thanksgiving break, some college friends are going home, but they end up out in the woods with a killer Turkey who wants to kill them.
It seems like the kind of movie a bunch of friends would do over a summer (and I think that's the case here) and it's clear they had a blast making it and that's good because we had a blast watching it!I loved the style, it was quick and used cutting and awkward shots to add to the humour.
Some scene it's like they took a standard scene from horror films and then twisted them in their own crazy way.
No, wait he's right there!" scene are all here and twisted to the point of complete ridiculousness.The movie is best enjoyed with some friends, and if you want to have fun, you're going to.
I know that ThanksKilling is not meant to be taken serious; but honestly, how can an insane premise like a homicidal turkey axing off college kids during Thanksgiving break, turn out to be so unfunny?
Films within the Troma series, work a lot better, because the movie had some likability.
I guess, it's because the puppet looks like a vulture, more than a turkey.
Now I do not think that this movie is the room or troll 2 bad but good but its almost there.
This Thanksgiving, I had made a joke to my friends that one could use a frozen turkey to kill someone, and used the punchline "Gobble gobble, motherf***er." When I saw that this movie had already been made, corny tagline and all, I was disappointed in myself for not thinking of it sooner.
I, personally, found my self incapable of choosing sides; so i'm just going to supply insight from both.Good: You could see this movie as hilarious, considering the killer's a fowl mouthed turkey.
It's really; a movie so bad its good.
There are funny moments, and it's got some gruesome kills, if you like that sort of thing.Bad: I have one major issue in this movie that stands out from all the others.
If you actually want to get a good experience out of this movie; wear some noise cancelling headphones, hook them up to you iPod, and every time there's a scene without the turkey killing someone; turn on the music as loud as you can, close your eyes, and wait for it to be over..
Sadly, since the "creators" of ThanksKilling were self-aware, this turkey wasn't as funny/bad as, say, The Room, Birdemic or Troll 2.I can see where this buck forty-budget of a horror-comedy was trying to be funny, and I'll admit 1 in 20 lines were a tad bit funny, but overall it wasn't.
You see, there's this cursed turkey – I really won't get into the reasons, it's so dumb, it's actually boring – that starts gutting hapless youths and they carry on arguing or watching movies like they were auditioning for a stage version of Seinfeld.Being fully aware myself, and definitely prepared by the person who recommended this and all the internet comments, I didn't hate the movie.
Unfortunately, these absolute amateurs never really made it fun, the "Chucky"-like turkey killer doll was never funny and resorted to, ah hem, fowl language to make him more "evil," I guess.I hear it's making its way around the net, and available through Netflix – YES, thanks, Netflix, ignore the hundreds of 4-5 star films and continue having us pay for these bird-turds.
If you want a good laugh at unintentionally bad movies, stick with the classics: The Room, Birdemic or Troll 2.Rating: 1 out of 5 Stars.
At one point, Turkey kills and skins off the face of one of the main characters father,wears it as a mask, and actually fools our hopelessly stupid heroes on a "Wtf are you really that retarded?" Moment If you haven't seem this movie, what are you waiting for?
Maybe it's my dads fault for introducing me to Killer Clowns, Killer Tomatoes, and the like, but this movie is freakin awesome in its bad acting, low budget, and terrible script (with equally terrible one lines.
I recommend it.Watch it sober or after a few bowls, doesn't matter it's low budget film making at it's best.
After KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTTER SPACE, this movie is #2 on the B Horror Film list!!!
Horrible acting from the actors who suddenly lost all their family and friends and decide to watch movies and go around like nothing happened to them?
I loved the comments and how the turkey talked throughout the entire movie.Highly recommended people.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't go into this film thinking it would be Oscar-worthy by any means, and I can laugh at stupid comedy that pokes fun at horror movies.
But this film misses both marks and is simply BAD.Just how bad is this movie?
This may be because of the fact that it's only a sock-puppet of a vulture, but still, at least have your cast ACT like it's a turkey.
that is retarded i can no longer say that was the worst movie i have ever see because this one was truly mental at the end of the movie my friend made a comment that he thinks that the writer must have been dropped on his head as a baby to think of this crap in the end i think that 3rd graders could do better if you want to truly learn the meaning of p.o.s. watch this movie although i have to admit that the turkey was pretty funny i also don't know if they meant it to be serious, i sure hope not.
Killer turkey...makes good on an Indian curse..
It also looks like a vulture than an actual turkey.The next big problem are the characters.
THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST FILM OF ALL TIME!