Thanksgiving was released on November 17, 2023. Directed by Eli Roth, it follows a group of high schoolers being terrorized by a masked killer dressed like a pilgrim, a year after they inadvertently caused a Black Friday tragedy at the local department store.
It’s based on a fake trailer (also directed by Eli Roth) that originated in Grindhouse (2007). That one seemed more like a riff on Halloween or Friday the 13th, but the feature-length version takes more of an inspiration from I Know What You Did Last Summer, and all the better for it, in my opinion. I absolutely adored Thanksgiving, and thought it really captured the feeling of those late ’90s slashers.
It was filmed in Ontario, Canada, mostly in Port Perry and Hamilton.
Movie Location: RightMart
Filming Location: 499 Mohawk Rd E, Hamilton, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
Movie Location: Main Street
Filming Location: Queen St., Port Perry, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
Fun fact about the parade scene – when the parade turns the corner and the chaos begins, it switches to a completely different location. There is a backlot set consisting of a fake small town main street in Pickering, ON and that is where the actual horror scenes were shot for Thanksgiving. It has also been used in Amazon Prime’s Jack Reacher. It’s not open to the public so I did not visit that location.
Movie Location: Police Station
Filming Location: 192 Queen St., Port Perry, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
Movie Location: Carver House
Filming Location: 1000 Murray Ross Pkwy, North York, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
This is The Village at Black Creek. It has over forty 19th-century buildings. It only opened for the season on the last day of my trip to Toronto and I made sure I got to it!
Movie Location: Jessica’s House
Filming Location: 178 Cochrane St., Port Perry, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
I was sure this house was in Toronto, but putting a screenshot into Google Lens helped me find it in Port Perry, where the main street scenes were filmed.
Movie Location: Parade Warehouse
Filming Location: 440 Unwin Avenue, Toronto, ON
Date of Photos: April 2026
This is the former Hearn Generating Station. It has been featured in many movies and TV shows.
