Daily Dose of Awesome: Thankskilling

I know, Halloween is over, but with Thanksgiving right around the corner, this low budget slasher movie is still "in season" as it were.

The premise follows a group of typical horror movie teens as they are stalked by, and I'm not joking here, a foul mouthed (or would it be fowl mouthed?) homicidal demonic turkey.    That summary alone should sell you on the movie, but I'll go into greater detail, just for funsies.

At face value, the movie is horrible.  The characters are two-dimensional, the acting is horrid, and the script has some of the stupidest lines you will ever hear.  That being said, this movie is one of the most hilariously fun things I've seen in recent memory.

The movie is very much in on the joke and revels in its status as a C-grade slasher movie.  For crying out loud, the tagline is "Gobble gobble motherfucker" (this line also made it into the script).  It knows how dumb it is, so it just decides to have fun with the idea, taking standard horror movie tropes to the ridiculously extreme.  That fun is palpable and it adds to the viewing experience overall.

There are some flaws.  I could've gone without the dog getting killed (I know, the dog's fine in reality, but I don't like seeing dogs, even fictitious ones get slaughtered.)  It was a major plot point for one character, but still.  I also could've gone without the bestiality.  Is it really necessary to have a character get raped by said homicidal turkey?  Pretty squicky.

Amusingly enough, most of the characters don't seem too phased by a talking turkey.  At one point, a driver offers the turkey a ride and doesn't seem too put off by the fact that the turkey is conversing with him.

Speaking of the talking turkey.  They try to model him after Freddy Krueger in that he delivers "witty" one liners.  Sadly, they're one of the weaker aspects of the movie.  His jokes aren't funny, just awkward.

There's one scene where the turkey poses as one of the characters' father.  He accomplishes this by pulling a Hannibal Lecter and wearing the father's face like a mask.  It's a lousy disguise, but the characters buy it for a long time (yeah, they're pretty dumb, but that's part of the joke).

Beyond those two faults, this movie's a blast to watch.  It's crude, stupid, and violent; and I loved every second of it.  There is no DVD, but you can purchase it through Video on Demand via Amazon and it is streaming on Netflix to allow instant watch.  I highly recommend checking this movie out.