Grindhouse

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

2007 3h 11m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 1,958

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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.

“A double feature that'll tear you in two!”

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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")

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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At 191 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 42% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Quentin Tarantino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Rodriguez directs. Quentin Tarantino behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Ethan Maniquis cuts. A long sit — settle in. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

Trivia

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1At 191 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
2Mid-budget at $60M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
3Earned back only 42% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
4Released 19 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
6International production across 3 countries: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom.
7Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Quentin Tarantino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Ethan Maniquis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Kurt Russell and Rose McGowan and Zoë Bell carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "A double feature that'll tear you in two!".
12IMDB entry: tt0462322 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Quentin Tarantino
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Ethan Maniquis
Makeup / hair: Wayne Toth
VFX supervisor: Ryan Tudhope
Runtime: 191 min · 3h 11m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $60,000,000
Box office: $25,422,088
Return: 42% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Grindhouse (2007)

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Wuchak2018-10-14
★ 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 scratches and blemishes or, in one case, a whole reel supposedly missing. Trailers for fake movies, like “Machete,” are also part of the package. “Planet Terror” involves a biochemical outbreak in central Texas that (big surprise) turns people into zombies and the ragtag group that teams-up to fight ’em, led by Freddy Rodríguez and Michael Biehn, the latter a sheriff. Hotties Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton are on hand, the former acquiring a machine gun implant in replace of her amputated leg. (How exactly she pulls the trigger to massacre zombies is anyone’s guess). The movie comes across as a melding of “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” (1965), “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) and “Dawn of the Dead” (1978), but with the modern tone of “Slither” (2006) with its gross, deliberately offensive black humor. McGowan is a highlight throughout, especially her opening go-go sequence whereas Freddy Rodriguez is surprisingly formidable. Their romantic arc is kind of touching. Another point of interest is the quality cast, rounded out by the likes of Bruce Willis, Josh Brolin, Naveen Andrews and Fergie. At the end of the day, though, “Planet Terror” fails to rise above the low-budget sorta-genius of Syfy schlock like “Flu Bird Horror” (2008), “Wyvern” (2009) and “Sasquatch Mountain” (2006) even though it cost literally twelve times as much. GRADE: C “Death Proof” involves an embittered stuntman (Kurt Russell) and his psycho obsession with murdering young women of dubious character with his death proof stunt car (but only the driver’s side). The first half is very good, hindered only by the inane chatter of the girls. This kind of dull drivel goes into overdrive in the second half, particularly involving Zoe Bell, Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson, but is rewarded by a thrilling car chase in the country that’s supposedly Tennessee, but obviously Southern Cal. Russell’s character is perversely charismatic and the movie perks up whenever he’s on screen. There are no less than eight female co-stars playing mostly classless types (but not all of them) and, depending on your tastes, four of them are quite alluring,: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rose McGowan, Vanessa Ferlito and Sydney Tamiia Poitier (yes, Sidney’s daughter). GRADE: C+/B- The two movies and additional trailers run 3 hours, 11 minutes. Unless you have that kind of time to blow, I suggest watching the movies singularly. OVERALL GRADE: C+
The Movie Diorama2020-01-16
★ 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, blood and bolted machine gun legs. It is, at its core, a retrospective piece of entertainment. But does the double feature presentation, trailers included, work as a solid film in itself? Yes. Just about. Two of the four fictitious trailers worked. Wright’s ‘Don’t’ replicated the essence of Hammer Film Productions perfectly with a quintessential amount of British campiness to illustrate the ghoulish plot. Not to mention the laugh out loud vagueness of the title. Roth’s (yes, this is surprising...) was another hilarious trailer with ‘Thanksgiving’, a holiday-themed slasher. Imitating existing features, such as ‘Halloween’, to deliver a barrage of nudity and decapitations. Absurd, yet sadistically amusing. These two especially suited the overall aesthetic of Grindhouse, particularly with ‘Planet Terror’. Rodriguez’ ‘Machete’, which later became a feature film’, summoned the desolate heat of the Mexploitation sub-genre. It’s fine. Occasionally becomes lost in itself when Trejo is randomly throwing machetes everywhere. Zombie’s efforts in ‘Werewolf Women of the SS’ (I know...) didn’t work for me. The concept felt like he was trying way too hard in being over-the-top and radical by merging a bunch of sets together. Intentional or not, it juxtaposed the other trailers. Cage as Fu Manchu though, I want more! Although varying in quality, these trailers do provide impressive contributions to the overall presentation and are embedded intricately before each feature film. Speaking of features, do both ‘Planet Terror’ and ‘Death Proof’ work as a project of duality? No. The former is an absurdist’s perspective of the zombie genre, whereas the latter just resembled an ordinary Tarantino flick without the excessive exploitation. The two, together, have different paces, styles and tones which exhume varying levels of contrast, diminishing the whole feature’s flow. There’s plenty of passion and heart being injected into this project, ultimately resulting in an enjoyable cinematic experience. Yet a prevention exists that disallows me from fully connecting to the concept. A myriad of pastiches, with varying levels of quality, as opposed to an actual presentation. I’d watch it again just for ‘Death Proof’...