Nachdem Unruhen am Black Friday in einer Tragödie enden, terrorisiert ein mysteriöser, vom Thanksgiving-Fest inspirierter Killer die Einwohner von Plymouth in Massachusetts – der Geburtsstätte des berüchtigten Feiertags.
In der Nacht von Thanksgiving kommt eine Gruppe verärgerter Angestellter eines Spielzeugladens widerwillig zur Arbeit, um den Laden um Mitternacht für den geschäftigsten Einkaufstag des Jahres zu öffnen. Währenddessen stürzt ein außerirdischer Parasit mit einem Meteor auf die Erde. Die Gruppe von Außenseitern, angeführt von Filialleiter Jonathan (Bruce Campbell) und dem langjährigen Angestellten Ken (Devon Sawa), findet sich bald im Kampf gegen Horden von Weihnachtseinkäufern wieder, die sich in monströse Kreaturen verwandelt haben, die am Black Friday einen mörderischen Amoklauf veranstalten wollen.
In a politically-divided United States, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
Amélie is haunted by the memories of the last Black Friday as she returns to the scene.
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
In the near future, a pandemic virus is spread via paper money on Black Friday, decimating the city of New York and killing millions. By Christmas, what's left of society has descended into chaos. A group of civilians, trained to operate in catastrophic times, are activated in an attempt to save who and what remains.
Doll hospitals, cabbage ‘births,’ a four-year legal battle over the origin of the idea and a billion-dollar toy brand that put the wheels of modern-day Black Friday shopping riots into motion. This is the unbelievable true story you never knew about the toy craze that started it all, the Cabbage Patch Kids.
One Snowy Christmas (that also happens to be Black Friday), Batman interrogates The Joker on account of the missing presents meant for orphans.