Is Thanksgiving scary?

Mildly — Thanksgiving works more through dread than through overt scares. As a whodunnit film, it scored 4.0/10 for fear, 7.5/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving has 11 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Thanksgiving?

Films similar to Thanksgiving on Watch Darkly include Final Destination Bloodlines (2025), Son (2021), Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) — selected by cosine similarity on the curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Thanksgiving

2023 · R · 1h 46m

This year, there will be no leftovers.

After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

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Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Driven by gore and atmosphere.

Jump scares

Thanksgiving has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear4.0

Gore7.8