Horror movies are full of death and violence, that’s part of their charm. We’re all used to watching characters be stabbed, shot, and ripped to shreds without blinking an eye. But every now and then there’s a character death which feels unnecessarily brutal. Some deaths that don’t blend well with the plot or the character and are a different kind of disturbing than the rest of the film.

In 2023, Eli Roth’s film Thanksgiving was released. Alan and I went to see it in theaters when it first came out. We sat next to a woman who fully enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal in the seat next to us. It was packaged in a lot of tin foil. Thanksgiving (2023) is legitimately scary. I would even argue that there are scenes that go too far. I am not one of those horror fans who lives for the wildest or most graphic kills. For me, the less gory, the better. But even still, I liked