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Find out who stars in the horror film Thanksgiving, directed by Eli Roth and written by Jeff Rendell. See the full cast and crew list, including Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, Addison Rae, and more.
Nov 17, 2023 · Thanksgiving is a horror movie directed by Eli Roth and starring Patrick Dempsey, Gina Gershon, and Ty Olsson. It follows a masked killer who terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving night after a Black Friday riot.
- Eli Roth
- 308
- 1 min
The following month, Patrick Dempsey and Addison Rae joined the cast. Also cast were Jalen Thomas Brooks, Nell Verlaque, and Milo Manheim. In March 2023, Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Tim Dillon, Gabriel Davenport, Tomaso Sanelli, and Jenna Warren joined the cast.
- Jeff Rendell
- Eli Roth
- Thanksgiving, by Eli Roth, Jeff Rendell
- Eli Roth, Roger Birnbaum, Jeff Rendell
- Eli Roth
- Senior Core Features Writer
- Addison Rae
- Nell Verlaque as Jessica Wright. Actor Nell Verlaque plays Jessica Wright, the leading role of Thanksgiving. Verlaque is best known for playing Louise Grusinsky in the 2021 TV series Big Shots and Becky Harlow in the 2020 thriller The Marijuana Conspiracy.
- Patrick Dempsey as Sheriff Eric Newlan. The primary star power of Thanksgiving is Patrick Dempsey, who played Sheriff Eric Newlan in the Eli Roth horror movie.
- Jalen Thomas Brooks as Bobby. Jalen Thomas Brooks plays Jessica's boyfriend Bobby in Thanksgiving. The Los Angeles-born actor is best known for his supporting roles in TV series like Rebel, Animal Kingdom, and Walker, all of which began in 2021.
- Tomaso Sanelli as Evan. Playing the classic jock in Thanksgiving is Tomaso Sanelli, a Canadian-born actor best known for playing young Dick Grayson in six episodes of the 2018 series Titans.
- Eli Roth
- Senior Resource Writer
- Rick Hoffman
- Nell Verlaque as Jessica Wright. Jessica Wright, played by Nell Verlaque, is the main protagonist in Thanksgiving. She inadvertently is the cause behind the tragic Black Friday shopping incident that occurs at the beginning of the movie because she is able to sneak her and her group of friends into her father’s big box store, “RightMart.”
- Jalen Thomas Brooks as Bobby. Bobby starts off the film as Jessica’s boyfriend and is known to be popular for his “Golden Arm,” a nickname given to him as he is a star baseball player with the potential to go professional.
- Tomaso Sanelli as Evan. Evan is the main reason for the group of friends going into the store on the night of the incident because he wants to get a new phone after he broke his old one in a brawl with a member of their rival high school’s football team.
- Gabriel Davenport as Scuba. “Scuba,” a nickname with a vague origin story (other than Scuba’s real name being embarrassing) is also part of the group of friends that illegally enter RightMart before it officially opens.
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Oct 25, 2023 · Learn about the release date, plot, trailer, and cast of Eli Roth's Thanksgiving, a horror film based on a fake trailer from Grindhouse. Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, and Gina Gershon star in this bloody comedy set in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Find out who stars in the horror comedy film Thanksgiving, directed by Eli Roth and Jacob D. Phair. See the full list of actors, actresses, and crew members, including Patrick Dempsey, Jessica Wright, Gina Gershon, and more.
