Review of ThanksKilling (2008) by Jonny P — 22 Nov 2012

Few words can do justice to "Thankskilling." Some of the ones that can are "dreadful," "absurd," "stupid," and "oh my goodness, they can't be serious!" Outside of the bad bird puns, unnecessary nudity, and awful acting.

.. well there isn't really anything other than that in this film. Oh yes, terrible dialogue! The unfortunate thing about "Thankskilling" is that it is purposefully bad. The greatest bad movies of all time ("Birdemic," "The Room," anything parodied by MST3000) are great because they were intended to be serious films.

Although "Thankskilling" is able to poke fun at bad films by stereotyping their worst qualities, it loses some of the hilarity when you know that the writers weren't serious. At first, you can't tell if this ridiculous plot was unintentionally campy but as the film progresses, it becomes very obvious that the writers weren't serious.

My favorite part of the film is when the turkey cuts off the face of the sheriff, then proceeds to have a 5-minute conversation with three of the main characters (one of whom is th sheriff's daughter) without the kids realizing that this is the killer turkey in a mask.

While it's good for a few laughs, it is nowhere near the "quality" of historically bad films that we love to mock. "Thankskilling" offers some of the worst acting, dialogue, and plot around but feels like a waste of time, even at 66 minutes.

"You're so STUFFED" if you expect much from this film.