Grindhouse

2007 191 min ★ 7.0 Thriller, Action, Horror

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

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Cast

Kurt Russell

Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")

Rose McGowan

Pam (segment "Death Proof") / Cherry (segment "Planet Terror")

Zoë Bell

Herself (segment "Death Proof")

Freddy Rodríguez

Wray (segment "Planet Terror")

Rosario Dawson

Abernathy (segment "Death Proof")

Marley Shelton

Dr. Dakota Block (McGraw) (segment "Death Proof") / Dakota (segment "Planet Terror")

Vanessa Ferlito

Butterfly (segment "Death Proof")

Josh Brolin

Block (segment "Planet Terror")

Sydney Tamiia Poitier

Jungle Julia (segment "Death Proof")

Jeff Fahey

JT (segment "Planet Terror")

Details

Director

Robert Rodriguez

Tagline

"A double feature that'll tear you in two!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$25,422,088

Production

Yer Dead, Dimension Films, Big Talk Studios, Eyetronics, Rodriguez International Pictures, Troublemaker Studios

Reviews

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Wuchak

October 14, 2018

★ 5/10

***Zombies, dancing skanks, rednecks and killer stunt cars*** “Grindhouse” (2007) features two separate movies: “Planet Terror” by Robert Rodriguez and “Death Proof” by Quentin Tarantino. Together, they’re called “Grindhouse” because they’re a deliberate attempt to recreate the experience of a double feature at a B movie house in the mid/late 60s-70s with the prints intentionally marred by scra...

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The Movie Diorama

January 16, 2020

★ 6/10

Grindhouse exploits its modern B-movie experience through a bloody expressionistic tribute. Two feature films. Four fictional trailers (five if you’re lucky...). And an authentic conceptual presentation of the 70s exploitation genre, missing reels and all. Rodriguez/Tarantino’s admiration for cinema in general is tangible. Both a credible experiment in genre resurrection and a fetish for babes, bl...