Eli Roth Brings Horror Home For The Holidays In ‘Thanksgiving’ Trailer
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The Hostel director's new shocker was born back in 2007 as a fake trailer included in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse double feature.
Hostel director Eli Roth just unleashed the trailer for his horror movie Thanksgiving and it's fair to say that this is not what the Pilgrims had in mind when they carved their first turkey.
Thanksgiving began life as a fake trailer included in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's 2007 double bill Grindhouse. The clip promoted an imaginary slasher film which appeared to serve up beheadings aplenty. As the voiceover teased: "From director Eli Roth: Thanksgiving. You'll come home from the holidays... in a body bag!"
Rodriguez, Edgar Wright, and Rob Zombie also contributed fake trailers for the project. "Quentin was like, 'We're doing this thing called Grindhouse,'" Roth once told EW. "'There are going to be two 60-minute movies. We want some fake trailers, and we want you guys to each do one.' We were like, 'F--- yeah!'"
