"Thankskilling" - Perhaps the Best Worst Movie I've Seen

A few weeks ago, I saw a movie by the name of "Thankskilling". I ordered it On-Demand, because I found the description to be interesting and wondered if it'd be funny on a certain level. It was about a killer turkey on the loose, attempting to get back at Caucasians for what they did to the Natives and for the traditions and celebrations on Thanksgiving.

The direction was choppy, appearing to have been a home video, it was of such bad quality. The actors had inferior skills to my friends and I, none of us having acted before. The dialogue came across like it had been written by a 3rd grader. The plot was thinner than model Twiggy. It was a horrendous film. However, some way or another, I enjoyed it. It was quite funny actually.

In the opening scene, a woman with an old-school Pilgrim-esque outfit on and no top is seen running in a forest. There is some frightening music as she continually looks behind her, making it appears as if she's being chased. She then stumbles on a tree stump, has difficulty in getting up and then she looks up and sees the being/thing that chased her - a turkey. The turkey looked right at her and said, "Nice t**s, b***ch!" and kills her. That's the opening scene right there.

It gets better/worse from that point. There's one disturbing scene where a guy is engaging in intercourse with his girlfriend, one of the main characters in the film, from behind. The turkey comes along and kills the boyfriend and presumes to finish the job the boyfriend started. The woman says something like, "Gosh, you feel different." After the turkey is finished, he says, "You just got stuffed!" and kills her. Yes, these events happened in this movie. I didn't believe it either, even as I saw the plot unfold before my very eyes.

"Thankskilling" was a rather disturbing movie at times, was awful on just about every single level, yet if you are not expecting an Oscar-worthy film and leave your brain and conscience at the door, it can be a very enjoyable film. This is one movie I'm quite embarrassed to say I liked, yet when thinking back on those two scenes I described and others, all I can do is simultaneously shake my head and laugh. That's what I did throughout the film and that's what I'm doing now, two months after the fact.