Is there any better time to release a horror movie than the week before Thanksgiving? Well, there isn’t when the horror movie in question is Thanksgiving, directed by Eli Roth (Hostel). The movie follows a group of teenagers who are targeted by a serial killer dressed like John Carver, one year after they were involved in a fatal Black Friday stampede. Some horror movies like to leave the door open for a sequel, or come back after the credits for one final scare. So, let’s take a look at Thanksgiving and let you know if there are any post-credits scenes worth sticking around for.
Does Thanksgiving Contain a Post-Credits Scene?
Thanksgiving does not have a teaser for any future installments at the end of the movie, but it does have a post-credit scene of sorts, in the form of a blooper. The blooper is a take of a scene halfway through the film, with Rick Hoffman (Suits) who plays the main character’s father. There are no other scenes once the credits start to roll, so if you do want one final chuckle you can stay until the end of the credits, otherwise you’re free to leave the theater.
The credits themselves are stylized to fit the tone of the movie, so you might want to stick to the end anyway to watch all the names of the hardworking people go by. You might be interested to know that the end of the film gives thanks to two other filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. This is because the film was based on Eli Roth’s original fake trailer in Grindhouse. There were multiple fake trailers in Grindhouse, including Machete, which was also turned into a feature film.
Ending on a comedic note was a good choice because the movie does play up the schlocky nature of horror movies. It isn’t as if any post-credits scenes needed to tee up a sequel either, as the end of the movie does that pretty well already. We won’t spoil anything about the movie here, but it wouldn’t be surprising if a Thanksgiving sequel is greenlit if the film does well at the box office. With that being said, it is one of the better horror movies of the year, and you can catch Thanksgiving in theaters from November 17, 2023.
