History Trivia / Thanksgiving2023

** [[spoiler:Creator/PatrickDempsey has played a bad guy a few times in his career before, like as [[TheQuisling the conniving human traitor businessman]] in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon.'' But that's '''nothing''' compared to him as the Sheriff who turns out to be the psychopathic slasher John Carver, ChewingTheScenery and throwing out Thanksgiving related threats once he's found out.]]

* BillingDisplacement: Nell Verlaque is billed fifth on the poster, despite playing the main protagonist of the film. While Creator/PatrickDempsey receiving top billing is understandable due to being the most well-known actor in the cast [[spoiler: and play as the main villain]], Verlaque is also billed below Creator/AddisonRae, Creator/MiloManheim, and Jalen Thomas Brooks, who all play supporting roles. In the title credits, however, Verlaque is billed second.

** [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickDempsey has played a bad guy a few times in his career before, like as [[TheQuisling the conniving human traitor businessman]] in ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon.'' But that's '''nothing''' compared to him as the Sheriff who turns out to be the psychopathic slasher John Carver, ChewingTheScenery and throwing out Thanksgiving related threats once he's found out.]]

** Roth and screenwriter Jeff Rendell's original idea for The Carver's motives was that he was a boy who had fallen in love with a turkey his dad killed for the holiday and in retaliation, murdered his whole family. Years later he would come back to take revenge on his town after being sent to a mental institution for the crime.

* BillingDisplacement: Nell Verlaque is billed fifth on the poster, despite playing the main protagonist of the film. While Creator/PatrickDempsey receiving top billing is understandable due to being the most well-known actor in the cast, Verlaque is also billed below Creator/AddisonRae, Creator/MiloManheim, and Jalen Thomas Brooks, who all play supporting roles. In the title credits, however, Verlaque is billed second.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''Grindhouse'' were in the works since 2010, taking thirteen years to finally be realized. This was because Creator/EliRoth was working on other projects while constantly tweaking the script in between to improve it's quality.

* PlayingAgainstType: [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickDempsey has played a bad guy a few times in his career before, like [[Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon as the conniving human traitor businessman]] in ''Transformers: Dark of The Moon.'' But that's '''nothing''' compared to him as the Sheriff who turns out to be the psychopathic slasher John Carver, ChewingTheScenery and throwing out Thanksgiving related threats once he's found out.]]
** Zigzagged with Creator/RickHoffman, who's seems to be playing the usual kind of jerkass he tends to play, only for his character to reveal [[InnocentlyInsensitive that he's been burying himself in his work to deal with the death of his late wife,]] choosing to cancel the next Black Friday sale and try to help capture the killer however he could after being chewed out by everyone, including his daughter Jessica.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early hopes for the movie was having the finished film be part of a hypothetical ''Grindhouse'' sequel as a double feature with a full length adaptation of ''Don't'', the parody trailer directed by Creator/EdgarWright .

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''Grindhouse'' were in the works since 2010, taking thirteen years to finally be realized. This was because Creator/EliRoth was working on other projects during that time as well as constantly tweaking the script in all that time to improve it's quality.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''Grindhouse'' were in the works since 2010, taking thirteen years to finally be realized. This was because Creator/EliRoth was working on other projects during that time as well as working on the script to improve it's quality.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''Grindhouse'' were in the works since 2010, taking thirteen years to finally be realized. This was because Creator/EliRoth was working on other projects during the time before it's release, as well as working on the script in between to improve it's quality.

* Defictionalization: The third of the ''{{Film/Grindhouse}}'' fake trailers to be adapted into a full feature.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''{{Film/Grindhouse}}'' were in the works since 2010, taking thirteen years to finally be realized.

** Roth and screenwriter Jeff Rendell's original idea for The Carver's motives was that he was a boy who had fallen in love with a turkey his dad killed for the holiday and in retaliation, murders his whole family. Years later he would come back to take revenge on his town after being sent to a mental institution for the crime.

** Roth and screenwriter Jeff Rendell's original idea for The Carver's motives was that he was a boy who had fallen in love with a turkey his dad killed for the holiday and in retaliation, he would murder his whole family. Years later he would come back to take revenge on his town after being sent to a mental institution for the crime.

** Roth and screenwriter Jeff Rendell's original idea for The Carver's motives was that he was a boy who had fallen in love with a turkey his dad killed for the holiday. He would come back to take revenge on his town after being sent to a mental institution for killing his family in retaliation.

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''{{Film/Grindhouse}}'' were in the works since 2010, taking twelve years to finally be realized.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early hopes for the movie was having the finished film be part of a hypothetical ''Grindhouse'' sequel as a double feature with a full length adaptation of ''Don't'', the parody trailer directed by Creator/EdgarWright .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early hopes for the movie was having the finished film part of a hypothetical ''Grindhouse'' sequel as a double feature with a full length adaptation of ''Don't'', the parody trailer directed by Creator/EdgarWright .

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early talks for the movie were to make the finished film part of a hypothetical ''Grindhouse'' sequel as a double feature with a full length adaptation of ''Don't'', the parody trailer directed by Creator/EdgarWright .

* DevelopmentHell: Plans to adapt the original parody trailer from ''{{Film/Grindhouse}}'' were in the works since 2010, taking twelve years to finally be realized.