Thanksgiving 4K Ultra HD SteelBook

In "Thanksgiving," after a Black Friday rit ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts –– the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killing are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister plan. Will the town uncover the killer and survive the holidays...or become guests at his twisted holiday dinner table? (Gary Reber)

Special features include two new featurettes "Carve Diem" (HD 24:52) and "Giving Shanks" (HD 22:28), trailers, commentary with Eli Roth and Jeff Rendell, the featurettes "Massachusetts Movies: Eli & Jeff's Early Films" (HD 12:03), "Gore Galore" (HD 03:33) and "Behind The Scenes" (HD 03:56), 14 deleted and extended scenes (HD 34:26), outtakes (HD 05:15), upfront previews and a Movies Anywhere digital copy.

The 2.39:1 2160p HEVC/H.265 4K Ultra HD Dolby Vision/HDR10 picture, reviewed on a VIZIO Quantum X P85QX-JI UHD/HDR display, was photographed digitally in anamorphic Panavision® and sourced from a 4K Digital Intermediate. The previously reviewed Blu-ray exhibited excellent picture quality. But this edition far exceeds the previous edition namely due to the wider and more saturated color gamut. Picture quality is superb with a richer and warmer color palette that exhibits superb realism and textural depth. Hues exhibit fine gradations in shading. Primaries pop, especially deep red and orange hues. Flesh tones are perfectly realistic as well as blood spatters. HDR contrast is excellent with a wider spectrum of blacks and shadows and bright white levels. Resolution is revealing of finer detail during closeups and lno onger is the imagery soft. Edge definition is sharp and clean. This is a very gory picture with excellent color fidelity that exhibits improvements to the imagery throughout. (Gary Reber)

The Dolby Atmos/Dolby TrueHD 7.1-channel soundtrack is dynamic sounding with effectively energized sound effects that excite. Atmospherics are realistic. Foley sound effects are perfectly synced with picture. The orchestral score is effectively haunting and accents the numerous kill segments. The music is spread wide and deep across the sound stage with aggressive extension to the surrounds. Sound effects and surround envelopment is directionalized. Overall, at times, soundfield aggressiveness is effectively energized with deep bass transient extension to sub-25 Hz and enhanced spatial dimensionality. At times, LFE output energizes axe strikes with weight. Dialogue is intelligible but forward and ADR and/or body miked with marginal spatial integration.

The Immersive Sound element is comprised of RightMart background store music, extension pf the intense haunting orchestral music, screams of mayhem in the store, traffic and atmospherics din sounds, diner background music, laughter in gym, parade sounds, and other minor sonics. This is a very effective height layer that enhances spherical soundfield dimensionality. (Gary Reber)

This is a dynamic holosonic® spherical surround soundtrack with a great intense and haunting orchestral score that delivers the frightening and horrific sonics of gory kills. (Gary Reber)