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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep. It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and happy Thanksgiving weekend to all of our American friends.

When thinking about Thanksgiving, most of the images

that first come to mind involve cramming one's face full of stuffing in Turkey, but there

are plenty of less conventional traditions, too. Bigoted relatives, festering family feuds,

the younger cousins sneaking out for a toke behind the garage.

All fun traditions that the holiday just wouldn't be the same without. Am I right?

Okay, I might not be American myself. In Canada, we celebrated Thanksgiving well over a month ago,

but I've heard plenty about how it

goes down in the States. Here in Canada, Thanksgiving tends to come and go without a whole

lot of fanfare. In the States, it seems like it has a bit more presents. Parades and other

festivities, sure, but what blew me away is just how much

Thanksgiving-inspired horror there is out there, both in terms of tales told around the realities

of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth, that, I might add, or a far cry from the carefully

tailored images we become accustomed to seeing,

and, in terms of the more modern tales of terror, set during this occasion.

There's the obvious example that's making the circuit in theaters this year,

but a quick Google search shows that it seems to be a favorite of both

...