Planet Terror

2007 105 min ★ 6.7 Horror, Action, Thriller

Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.

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Cast

Rose McGowan

Cherry Darling

Freddy Rodríguez

Wray

Marley Shelton

Dr. Dakota Block

Josh Brolin

Dr. William Block

Jeff Fahey

J.T. Hague

Michael Biehn

Sheriff Hague

Bruce Willis

Lieutenant Muldoon

Rebel Rodriguez

Tony Block

Naveen Andrews

Abby

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Romey

Details

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Screenplay

Robert Rodriguez

Tagline

"Humanity's last hope… rests on a high power machine gun!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$23,000,000

Revenue

$11,446,172

Production

Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios, Rodriguez International Pictures

Reviews

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Wuchak

October 15, 2018

★ 5/10

***Black comedy/thriller/horror about biochemically-birthed zombie outbreak in central Texas*** Created by writer/director Robert Rodriguez, “Planet Terror” was originally part of the double feature called “Grindhouse,” released in 2007. The other movie was “Death Proof” by Quentin Tarantino. Both were standalone stories, although vaguely connected. They were a deliberate attempt to recreate t...

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The Movie Diorama

January 16, 2020

★ 5/10

Planet Terror failed to terrorise with its blood-bubble bursting infestation. The first feature of Rodriguez/Tarantino’s homage to the “Grindhouse” exploitation genre, is one that exercises the practical magic of independently produced B-movies. No dramatic theatricality to be seen here, on the misty darkened roads of rural Texas where “Fergalicious” Fergie screams the countryside down whilst bein...