ThanksKilling 3

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.

Right, well the 2008 movie "ThanksKilling" wasn't exactly a top notch movie, yet I have indeed seen it. And as I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2012 movie "ThanksKilling 3" here in 2025, I opted to do so on account of it being a movie that I hadn't already seen. Sure, I wasn't exactly harboring the biggest of expectations to the movie. While I can't recall the contents of the first movie, I remember it wasn't a particularly outstanding movie.

Sitting through 99 minutes of "ThanksKilling 3" felt like severe punishment. What was writers Jordan Downey, Michael W. Downey and Kevin Stewart thinking when they penned the script for this movie? It was so far out there, and not in a good or enjoyable way.

Needless to say that I wasn't familiar with the cast of "ThanksKilling 3". Despite the fact that the storyline was rubbish, the acting performances in the movie were actually fair.

Visually, then you're not in for anything grand. Unless you consider stuffed puppets as grand special effects.

I can think of no reason why anyone should waste 99 minutes on watching this movie. Some of us suffered through this ordeal of a movie, so you don't have to; you're quite welcome. This movie was a brutal one, and not in a good way.

My rating of director Jordan Downey's 2012 movie "ThanksKilling 3" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.

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

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. 😉