A 13-minute Thanksgiving dinner that goes from awkward to homicidal faster than your uncle's political rants.
Pleasantries are quickly pushed aside when Shirley Sadstone, the ostracized black sheep of a money-obsessed family, shows up to Thanksgiving unannounced and uninvited. As the virtue-signaling "always happy" Sadstones begin carving Shirley up like the proverbial turkey before them, tensions dramatically boil over with deadly and unforeseen consequences - forever reshaping the Sadstone family dynamic.
Writing
Dialogue that escalates from passive-aggressive to felony in record time.
Acting
Steph Tolev's unhinged Shirley steals every frame she's bleeding in.
Director
Ben Simpkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in a single day on a $3,000 budget, with the dinner table built from Craigslist furniture.
Premiered at Fantastic Fest 2021, where programmers called it 'the most relatable horror film of the pandemic era.'
US
