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    Eli Roth ‘Thanksgiving’ Interview | Tarantino, Returning To Horror & More



    Director Eli Roth joins to discuss his new slasher flick Thanksgiving, based on the incredible trailer from all the way back in Grindhouse. He talks about returning to direct horror for the first time in a decade, how they show the original trailer during Hostel 2’s production and what it’s been like working with Quentin Tarantino over the years.

    Also this week, we have our review of Thanksgiving, as well as The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes!

    00:00:00 – Intro
    00:09:16 – Eli Roth Interview | ‘Thanksgiving’
    00:41:44 – Review | ‘Thanksgiving’
    00:56:05 – Review | ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’
    01:07:33 – Outro

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    10. @ChrisMeadows1992 on

      I used to obsess over Eli's DVD commentaries, he's a lot like Quentin in terms of his love and knowledge for cinema. I could listen to him talk for hours. I think his first three films are excellent and Knock Knock is wonderful as well. Can't wait for Thanksgiving.

    15. @nonpartison on

      Dude really,you have the audacity to review this movie(claim to love it)yet didn’t sit through the end credits(which were brilliant.You embarrassed yourself and clearly upset Mr.Roth. You are so lucky to have garnered a preview and an interview. Very much enjoyed Eli Roth and his energy and love for cinema. You however failed. Don’t expect another opportunity to interview him.
      No leftovers for you.

    16. @runjon on

      I haven't watched Thanksgiving yet. I'm definitely going to watch it in theaters. Great interview and kudos to Jake for standing up to his review.
      All of the reviews seemed genuine. That's what the viewers want. Great episode guys 👍

    18. @dannylou95 on

      Eli's a cool dude, not really that much of a fan of most of his films but Hostel is a wild one. He's very passionate and pretty knowledgeable of the genre so gotta respect it. I'm still debating if I want to see thanksgiving. I just know I'm gonna wince and feel heavy induced anxiety seeing it lol

    22. @adamw116 on

      Here's the thing what people don't get especially this guy Jake. This is gonna sound like I'm reaching but the old Grind house movies from the 70s and 80s were far from perfect. They were often slogs, bad dialogue, bad acting, made outside the studio system on, not even shoe string budgets. But intermittently or eventually, there's sex, violence, nudity, admittedly gratuitous! Their still classics many of them because even if they were cheesy or even very badly plotted or even improvised, those movies were unique and of their time. I'd even go so far as say they have a chram to them! They also were more ballsy then anything, made today. For example Dario Argento's movies or the Giallo (Italian horror movies) style ripoffs, Blacksploitation as in the Pam Grier, Jim Brown movies, the southern Sexploitation movies like Dixie Dynamite. So for the Grindhouse movie, Machete, Thanksgiving, etc I think that old fashioned, B movie, style was exactly what Roth, Tarantino and the other filmmakers were going for. I invite Jake to check out Tubi, there's a whole big selection of Grindhouse films which might make him, get ,what the original movie was trying to go for. To me, the original Grindhouse movie from 2007 is a masterpiece!

    27. @dukekent5393 on

      Roth sold out. Should have made the movie more like the original trailer and his last work. Take notes from your mentor Quentin Tarantino the goat next time.

    28. @tajmahalism on

      Now normally I differ with Sean’s opinions most of all but today I’m gonna have to agree with my man and question what ol Jake’s talking about?! Thanksgiving is a instant horror classic that will get constant rotation around thanksgiving for years to come. Not solely because of the title but because it’s just a great slasher film! Jake step it up my friend you dropped the ball on this one! Question for anyone who may read this…. of the 3 host which one is not the biggest Tarantino fan?? I always forget and have been meaning to listen to some old podcast so I can be reminded who doesn’t know what there talking about. It’s all in love fellas, loyal listener!

    31. @cinnamonbun9849 on

      I deeply admire and appreciate your reviews but did we really watch the same movie? While the brutality was welcome, BoSS ultimately felt like a CW adaptation instead of a fascinating villain origin story. Poor pacing, schlocky dialogue, wafer thin characterisation. Thank goodness Viola Davis was having a blast hamming it up at least!

    32. @cinnamonbun9849 on

      There were two lead anuses in BoSS – Coriolanus Snow, Sejanus Plinth – and both were boring. 
      Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes? More like Ballad of Yawns & Headaches 😛

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