The dominance of the Netflix charts by the shark horror film In the Waters of the Seine is over for now. At the top of the current film top 10 is the latest Eli Roth slasher Thanksgiving, which was released in cinemas last year.
What many may not have known: The nasty genre trip saw the light of day as a bizarre fake trailer. As part of a larger universe, Thanksgiving is one of three ideas that became feature-length films.
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez paved the way for Thanksgiving with Grindhouse event
In 2007, cult directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released the so-called Grindhouse double feature with the films Planet Terror and Death Proof. In the USA, the films were shown as a single event, with A total of five fake trailers in the shrill, bizarre style of the B-movie wave of the 60s and 70s were accompanied.
The five fake trailers of Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse spectacle were:
The first three titles were finally adapted into feature films. Machete was released in 2010 and even got a sequel called Machete Kills. Hobo with a Shotgun followed in 2011, while Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving hit theaters much later in 2023.In addition to Thanksgiving on Netflix: Another Grindhouse adaptation is available to stream directly
While you can currently stream Thanksgiving with a Netflix subscription, the feature film version of Machete is currently available with a subscription on Sky’s WOW. *
In the plot of the film by director Ethan Maniquis, Danny Trejo plays the eponymous ex-cop who now takes on jobs as a contract killer. Before he can eliminate his latest target, the evil Senator McLaughlin (Robert De Niro), he is betrayed by his own organization. He survives, badly injured, and seeks revenge.
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