Thanksgiving

A Black Friday doorbuster at Plymouth's RightMart spirals into a deadly stampede when the doors open too early, killing several people — including Amanda, whose death goes viral and is treated more like a dark meme than a tragedy. A year later, as Thanksgiving approaches, a pilgrim-masked killer calling himself John Carver begins murdering those connected to the riot, staging victims as grotesque holiday centerpieces using kitchen tools and props steeped in Plymouth's colonial heritage branding. Teenager Jessica Wright — daughter of RightMart owner Thomas — and her group of friends realize they're being targeted for their own roles in the chaos: skipping lines, instigating panic, and helping tip the crowd into catastrophe.

Sheriff Eric Newlon leads the investigation and positions himself as the group's protector, while suspicion cycles through multiple candidates: Jessica's boyfriend Ryan, her guilt-ridden ex Bobby who fled Plymouth after the riot, and Mitch — Amanda's bereaved husband who loudly blames the Wright family for his wife's death. As Carver's murders escalate, he broadcasts taunts on social media and promises a final feast. He eventually kidnaps Jessica's father and several of her friends, binding them at a macabre dinner table for a promised evening of punishment. Jessica escapes, and during a frantic chase through woods and parade-float storage she glimpses what appears to be Bobby in the Carver costume. She calls Newlon, who arrives and appears to neutralize the threat.

Back at the station, small details begin to surface. Newlon had spoken earlier about noticing the little things. Now Jessica notices forest debris and a specific sticker on his pants — the same she saw on the killer during the chase. She confronts him. He drops the act.

Newlon was John Carver all along. He confesses he was having an affair with Amanda and lost her and their unborn child in the stampede. He blames Thomas Wright and every bystander who turned the tragedy into spectacle, and describes the killings as a forced reckoning — Thanksgiving transformed into a genuine day of judgment for the guilty. What he does not realize is that Jessica has been livestreaming the confession on her phone the entire time. When he notices, he snaps. The confrontation spills into a fiery final set-piece; Jessica engineers a gas explosion that engulfs Newlon in flames. His body is never conclusively confirmed dead.