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This movie is much longer than the original but somehow only has half the story. They spent a ton more money this time and the overall product is better but they could have cut out 20 minutes and nothing would have been missing. Since this movie has absolutely no relation to the first, you don't have to have seen the original to watch this.

I would have given this a higher rating if there were more hot dogs!

Thankskilling 3 (2012) is a followup masterpiece to the Thanksgiving classic Thankskilling and is currently available on Tubi. The storyline follows Thankskilling 2 being so bad it was pulled off the market and all copies destroyed...except one. Our Turkey friend and his son want to track it down and rescue the last remaining copy of Thankskilling 2 before it's destroyed and the movie lost forever.

This movie is directed by Jordan Downey (The Head Hunter) and stars Daniel Usaj (Another Happy Day), Joe Hartzler (Drib), Benjamin Siemon (Freak Dance) and Christina Blevins (Horrible Bosses).

The movie starts both with space boobies and a Mad Max component...both scenes are a success. The Turkey family as a sitcom is excellent. The transition from a sitcom to a Sesame Street theme was also well done and more entertaining than I expected. There's a lot of random hilarious stuff in here, like the mother constantly busting her sons balls. The dialogue in this movie is excellent.

My favorite quote in this, "Have you ever been camelback riding in grandma's canyon?" That line alone should make you want to watch this. I'd score this higher than the last movie and give it a 4/10. I recommend seeing this also. 😉

Honestly if there was a way to give this film a zero I would

I really enjoyed the first one because of its silly plot and they went all out with the premise.....this film just feels like they went up their own ass and man if I was one of the people who donated to the fundraiser I'd have been POed

They spend most of the film focusing on a stupid puppet who has lost its mind....literally that's all the exposition given at the start on the film. Then there's a space worm who was Turkie's costar in the fake 2nd film and a whole bunch of stupid characters which along with the lame script, lame trippy music videos for some reason and lame jokes makes for the longest 99 mins I've had in a long time

To quote Homer Simpson, "I've seen plays more entertaining than this.....honest to god plays!"

I can't put into words accurately how much I f****** hate this film

If you go into Thankskilling 3 expecting anything like what you got out of the first film you will be incredibly disappointed, maybe even confused. Of course Turkie, the antagonist from the first film, returns to spread as much horror, gore & death as would be expected, but this time the world in which his terror transpires is a much more foreign place. To T3's credit, the world it paints is extremely original... Filled with colorful sets, clever lighting, pulse pounding beats and creative characters and puppets that even Jim Henson would most likely give nod to. Unfortunately those aforementioned pluses are the only things T3 has going for it this time around.

The plot is simple. The blood thirsty, mayhem starved Turkie receives news that the original sequel to his first film, Thankskilling 2, is being pulled and ultimately destroyed. Determined to not let his life's work disappear forever, Turkie grabs his son and sets out to find the last remaining copy. Immediately the film jumps off the rails, introducing character after character, each carefully imagined and constructed but none that add any real substance to the story. Random and potty humor is thrown against the wall like rapid fire and very little of sticks at all. It very quickly becomes extremely exhausting to be the viewer, very similar to keeping up with a toddler. This makes what bright points the film does have almost impossible to truly enjoy.

Director Jordan Downey obviously has some talent... What he needs is an editor. T3 is ultimately a mess. The audience this film will find will certainly be significantly smaller than it's predecessor. I'm also willing to bet that the age of that audience will drop as well

Made about half way through the movie hoping it would turn around and it didnt. Had to turn it off. This movie felt like someone baking a cakes. The first cake was decent and tasted not all that bad. But then the second cake they try to make the coolest "different" cake of all time by dumping any and all ingredients in the batter like ketchup + mustard, onions, burned pancakes, raw beef, rotten bananas, sour oranges, ice cream, brown guacamole and hot sauce. The point is Thankskilling 3 was all over the place and as watchable as the second cake was edible.

There are many movies out there that are so bad that they're good. The first thankskilling was one such movie. It was terrible, but that terribleness made it very enjoyable. However, this movie does not fit the so bad it's good mold. It tries too hard and everything just falls flat. You'll likely want to turn off the movie when you realize just how much movie is left after you've already had enough. It's not enjoyable at all.

The movie is full of puppets and an out there plot. The main plot point is how turkie, the main antagonist from the first film, is searching for the last remaining copy of the fake thankskilling2. There are many segments that follow that are all painful to sit through.

I watched this movie under the premise that it would be so bad it's good, but instead I was treated to a movie that had no redeeming factor, and transcended so bad it's good to reach so bad it is painful.

Puppets, violence, gags, and of course our beloved crass Turkie. Everything in this film is much bigger. The sets, the lighting, the special effects, the songs and score.

Decidedly less human actors, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Almost every style of animation is present, save for claymation.

I'd recommend going into Thankskilling 3 with an open mind, and not expecting to see an exact clone of the original. It has HILARIOUS parody songs, sight gags, and lots of hidden little nuggets to be discovered.

All in all it was a very enjoyable film. It is definitely a proud addition to the collection. It took a little bit of a deviation from the first, but thats why its the 3rd installment right?

The only drawback was there could have been more violence. If the entire reason you loved the original was the violence, you may be left wanting more.

I personally would have a better time selling this film to regular movie watchers, and maybe a harder time of those who's normal viewing experience to be the scenes of torture and extreme that occupy todays horror cinema.

On the plus side, they managed to make the first one look good, but there's nothing redeemable about this sequel. I suspect the creators let every kickstarter donator contribute an idea then shoehorned it into this overstuffed travesty. T3 is not even entertaining in a so-bad-it's good quality. Unless your cup of tea is a rapping grandma that Adam Sandler retired as a joke years before this movie was made. The comedy "riffs" are low rent open mic night jokes that are sometimes repeated twice to miss the landing again. Within minutes my friends and I were yawning and checking our watches. . AVOID THIS HALF BAKED MESS!

This movie was either made in Japan or by a druggy burnout.

This movie has ten times the budget of the original but it seems the spent all that money on puppets the 1st one had a bunch of charm to it but this is just so garbage I can't describe it it dose like a few screens that would make me laugh if I didn't want to blow my brains out every other minute of this long god damn movie.

Having watched the original ThanksKilling film and almost immediately watched its sequel right after, can tell they are both entirely different. Watched this on Tubi (free streaming service), thankfully, not worth paying for. ThanksKilling 3 isn't like the original in any way as it tries far more in being funny yet ends up being disturbing, cringe, awkward and completely forced.

This film is about 30 minutes longer than the original with only half the story. Nothing about this film was funny. The puppets were creepy (mainly the grandma puppet), overly annoying and just plain bad. Also these puppets seem to have a lot more screen time than Turkie which is a major downgrade.

The director obviously tried doing something different with this sequel instead of sticking to the formula as the original which made people like it, and it ended up being a mess. Perhaps the original was a fluke and only meant to be a one time thing?

Overall this film is boring and doesn't fall in that "so bad it's good" category. It is just plain bad.

Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2".

I had seen "ThanksKilling" a number of times and consider it a minor cult classic in its own right. So it was time to give the sequel a spin. And, wow, what a strange one. There is a much improved budget, better acting, and far more strangeness. This is more like "Wonder Showzen" or "Meet the Feebles" than it was a sequel.

Which is its blessing and its curse. I think it is an incredibly original and talented film, but it may turn off people who expected more of the first film. Also, as others have noted, the plot is rather convoluted, with the first 15 or 20 minutes (maybe more) introducing us to a variety of characters who seem to have nothing in common.

I don't even understand what was happening here. I loved the first one. It was the perfect blend of trope and absurdity. But this? This was horrible from the beginning. I had no idea what was happening. I wanted to like it, but it just made no sense. I couldn't figure out how to put the random scenes together or make them make sense. It felt like it was trying too hard. And to reuse the same joke from the first one in the very beginning? Just lazy. It also seemed like it was trying to be a musical? I don't know. I wanted so much to like it, but it jumped the shark almost immediately. I turned it off after 20 minutes. I'm so disappointed.

Loved Thankskilling 1 and was so looking forward to the sequel. I'm sure some people would have loved it but all i am going to say is stay with the first one and don't bother with the second. Nice to see the crazy turkey is back causing mayhem but i'm afraid that's where the fun ends. Never got round to making the best of the drinking game that you can have with this film but between myself & my mate who watched it we both agreed that being drunk may well be the best way to view it. I must point out that you do get some boobs in the first minute which was a bit of a bonus. On the whole it's a shame that the makers couldn't continue the fine work that was laid down in part 1 as the Thankskilling series of films could well have achieved a bigger cult status

ThanksKilling 3 is very different than the first movie, but I still found it incredibly enjoyable and very funny. It's completely ridiculous and comes across as a feature length Wonder Showzen but there's an undeniable charm that makes it a lot of fun. Don't expect a lot of killing as this one is more about spoofing fantasy films like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth than it is a slasher spoof like the original. The puppeteering is actually quite good in places and the synth soundtrack is one of the films highlights. This is going to be a movie you either absolutely love or absolutely hate but I commend the filmmakers for doing something completely different and off the wall. If you're into weird stuff and keep an open mind, I highly recommend this!

Me and my buddy were doing a horror comedy night and watched this one. The first Thankskilling was terrible, but we were both drunk and got a chuckle out of it. This movie was so bad we actually skipped whole sections of it and didn't feel like we had missed anything. Absolutely godawful. Even totally drunk it wasn't funny at all.

Most of the movie is just crappy finger puppets talking dirty. That's it. That's the whole movie. As for the plot, there really wasn't one; something about losing the second film and going through portals, I really couldn't have cared less.

If me and my buddy had made a drinking game out of how many times we'd audibly groan, we would've died. Instead of the electric chair, executioners should play this movie on a loop and let the death row prisoners kill themselves.

Every other negative reviewer has no doubt expressed what needed to be said about this lousy movie. I just felt that It was necessary to add one more rating of 1 to counterbalance one of the brain-dead 10s. Goes nowhere is a slight stretch. It goes up and down and up and down and up and down repeatedly and for no reason, just like a manic depressive director. Do you want to know the the real surprising shocker regarding this movie? It simply this. The movie is SO forgettable, that I actually forgot that I watched it once before, about 2 years ago. There is absolutely not one good thing about it. The script is as predictable as a deck of 52 jokers. Flip over any random card from any location. Gee! I wonder what it will be? Oh! It's a joker, that's right.

Now I remember. The story has no point except to subject the viewer to an hour and 39 minutes of torture. It's troubling when 21st century Hollywood generates SO much crap compared to the 20th century. I literally spend 2-3 hours some nights just looking for something new to watch, only to be bogged down by thousands of downers like this one. Or should I say upanddowners?

Oh sure, they had their fair share of schlock and B-movies, back in the day, but crap was a lot more scarce than it is now. The actors in this movie will hopefully look back on this career-ending garbage and realize that they should have taken that dishwasher, waitress or TSA job. No. This review can't possibly contain spoilers. How do you spoil rancid meat? Nuff said.

They almost tried, and I really would've preferred if they didn't. It's not good and it doesn't manage to be so bad it's funny.