Director Eli Roth returns to his bread and butter for the first time in 10 years with the hit slasher, Thanksgiving.
Which, while not exactly the best slasher of the year, is certainly among the goriest.
It's a film that is chock full of rather creative kills, that employ some extremely high quality special effects.
With it's holiday theme making it a film that will, no doubt, have viewers returning to it from year to year.
The whole thing is a cleverly constructed, modern, classic.
With a killer who has already spawned merchandising oppourtunities that range from plushies to action figures.
Personally, I'm not the hugest Eli Roth fan.
But this was definitely entertaining.
The only thing it lacks is the maturity that the best slashers exude.
With it still coming off as adolescent...despite the pedigree of Roth.
Which is mainly the result of it being a little too predictable.
Considering it was all too easy to pin who the killer is.
So...it's not exactly an Argento...despite it's attempts to be on that level.
That being said...it's still a relatively entertaining film.
And is much better than the most recent incarnation of Scream.
But it just doesn't crack into that top tier of slasher films.
Though, it's certainly a film that most mainstream viewers will love.
So it's not surprising that he has fully set it up for a sequel.
6 out of 10.
Which, while not exactly the best slasher of the year, is certainly among the goriest.
It's a film that is chock full of rather creative kills, that employ some extremely high quality special effects.
With it's holiday theme making it a film that will, no doubt, have viewers returning to it from year to year.
The whole thing is a cleverly constructed, modern, classic.
With a killer who has already spawned merchandising oppourtunities that range from plushies to action figures.
Personally, I'm not the hugest Eli Roth fan.
But this was definitely entertaining.
The only thing it lacks is the maturity that the best slashers exude.
With it still coming off as adolescent...despite the pedigree of Roth.
Which is mainly the result of it being a little too predictable.
Considering it was all too easy to pin who the killer is.
So...it's not exactly an Argento...despite it's attempts to be on that level.
That being said...it's still a relatively entertaining film.
And is much better than the most recent incarnation of Scream.
But it just doesn't crack into that top tier of slasher films.
Though, it's certainly a film that most mainstream viewers will love.
So it's not surprising that he has fully set it up for a sequel.
6 out of 10.