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142-583: The film was originally released theatrically as part of Grindhouse , a double feature that combined Planet Terror with Quentin Tarantino 's Death Proof . After Grindhouse underperformed at the domestic box office, Planet Terror was released as a standalone feature in other countries and on home media. It received positive reviews, with most critics considering it the superior of Grindhouse ' s two films. In rural Texas, go-go dancer Cherry Darling runs into her mysterious ex-boyfriend El Wray at

284-471: A federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do the job for $ 25,000. I thought, 'That's Machete. He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him, but for everyone else over here it's peanuts.' But I never got around to making it." Trejo had previously portrayed

426-477: A cult following since its release. One evening at Herrington High School in Ohio , teachers and Principal Drake leave after discussing the school's budget. When Drake returns to retrieve her keys, she is attacked by the school's football coach, Joe Willis. Drama teacher Mrs. Olson emotionlessly stabs Drake with scissors as she flees the school. The following morning, the students arrive, including Casey Connor,

568-473: A double feature under the title Grindhouse . Both films were released separately in extended versions internationally, approximately two months apart. The Dutch poster artwork for Planet Terror claimed that the film would feature "coming attractions" from Quentin Tarantino. In the United Kingdom, Planet Terror was released in cinemas on November 9, 2007. In reaction to the possibility of a split in

710-401: A horror comedy written and directed by Robert Rodriguez , about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Death Proof , a slasher film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino , about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. The former stars Rose McGowan , Freddy Rodriguez , Michael Biehn , Jeff Fahey , Josh Brolin , and Marley Shelton ;

852-439: A post-credits scene , Tony is sitting on the beach at the survivor's "base" playing with his turtle , scorpion , and tarantula . Robert Rodriguez first came up with the idea for Planet Terror during the production of The Faculty . "I remember telling Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett , all these young actors, that zombie movies were dead and hadn't been around in a while, but that I thought they were going to come back in

994-544: A "scratch-free" version of the film that removed much of the damage effects, while the Blu-ray edition of Death Proof only contained the "damaged" version of the film. The theatrical version of Grindhouse was released on Region 2 DVD and the stand-alone version of Death Proof HD DVD was released in Germany on December 31, 2009. A two-disc Blu-ray "Special Edition" of Grindhouse was released on October 5, 2010, in

1136-416: A Shotgun , and Thanksgiving . An ordinary evening in a small Texas town becomes a grisly nightmare when a horde of flesh-eating zombies goes on the prowl. Cherry, a go-go dancer , and Wray, her ex-lover, band together with other survivors in a no-holds barred effort to escape the carnage. The odds become a bit more even when Cherry, who lost her leg to a hungry ghoul, gets a machine-gun appendage and lets

1278-537: A Shotgun . A six-DVD edition of the film was released on March 21, 2008, in Japan, featuring the films in both their individual extended versions and in the abridged double feature presentation along with previously unreleased special features. Planet Terror and Death Proof were released individually on Blu-ray Disc on December 16, 2008, in North America. The Blu-ray edition of Planet Terror also contained

1420-454: A better title." He also added: "I think they didn't know how to sell it, which is why I think so many people discovered it later and are now coming out and being like, 'Hey, this movie is pretty good!'" Elijah Wood is also fond of the movie: "That was a really formative experience. And it was so fun getting a chance to work with Robert, who had a very different approach than any other director that I'd worked with." Clea Duvall also acknowledged

1562-405: A big way because they’d been gone for so long," recalled Rodriguez, "I said, 'We've got to be there first.' I had [a script] I’d started writing. It was about 30 pages, and I said to them, 'There are characters for all of you to play.' We got all excited about it, and then I didn't know where to go with it. The introduction was about as far as I'd gotten, and then I got onto other movies. Sure enough,

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1704-482: A box set of the two films would be available soon, and that his 10 Minute Cooking School on Texas BBQ would appear on it. The film was released on Blu-ray on December 16, 2008. This version ports over the features from the DVD special edition, and also includes a "scratch-free" version of the movie, which does not feature the aforementioned intentional "damaged" look to the print. However, all American home video releases of

1846-459: A cinematographer. The director of photography for Rob Zombie's fake trailer Werewolf Women of the SS was Phil Parmet, with whom Zombie had first worked on The Devil's Rejects . The director of photography for Eli Roth's fake trailer Thanksgiving was Milan Chadima, with whom Roth had previously worked on Hostel . Though set in the modern day, the film uses various unconventional techniques to make

1988-470: A complete vision for it right away when he first talked about it. He started to tell me the story and said, 'It's got this death-proof car in it.' I said, 'You have to call it Death Proof . ' I helped title the movie, but that's it." Of the car chases, Tarantino stated, " CGI for car stunts doesn't make any sense to me—how is that supposed to be impressive? ... I don't think there have been any good car chases since I started making films in '92—to me,

2130-419: A day. Quentin Tarantino was quoted as saying about the film's box-office results, "It was disappointing, yeah. But the movie worked with the audience. ... People who saw it loved it and applauded. ... I'm proud of my flop." Harvey Weinstein said that he was so "incredibly disappointed" with the film's opening weekend that he was considering re-releasing it as two separate films and possibly adding back

2272-509: A feature, watching it all jammed together nonstop makes it more shocking. But we had a great discussion with the ratings board. They got it. Once they saw it with all the bad splices and the distress and scratches they were fine with it." In 2010, Roth confirmed in an interview with Cinema Blend's Eric Eisenberg that he and co-writer Jeff Rendell were working on a possible feature film. Roth announced in January 2023 that he had left reshoots of

2414-424: A fictional restaurant called Acuña Boys. According to Robert Rodriguez , Quentin Tarantino had the idea to film fake trailers for Grindhouse . "I didn't even know about it until I read it in the trades. It said something like 'Rodriguez and Tarantino doing a double feature and Tarantino says there's gonna be fake trailers.' And I thought, 'There are? ' " Rodriguez and Tarantino had originally planned to make all of

2556-508: A foreign release, Tarantino stated, "Especially if they were dealing with non-English language countries, they don't really have this tradition ... not only do they not really know what a grind house is, they don't even have the double feature tradition. So you are kind of trying to teach us something else." With the exception of Grindhouse and Single Theatrical versions of the movie, Rodriguez shot an alternative version where Tony Block did not accidentally shoot himself and survives throughout

2698-539: A full feature for Danny Trejo . "I had cast him in Desperado and I remember thinking, 'Wow, this guy should have his own series of Mexican exploitation movies like Charles Bronson or like Jean-Claude Van Damme .' So I wrote him this idea of a federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. I had heard sometimes FBI or DEA have a really tough job that they don't want to get their own agents killed on, they'll hire an agent from Mexico to come do

2840-510: A half-hour short film and was particularly pained to edit it down. Some Canadian screening releases included the South by Southwest -winning trailer Hobo with a Shotgun . Rodriguez wrote Machete in 1993 as a full feature for Danny Trejo . "I had cast him in Desperado and I remember thinking, 'Wow, this guy should have his own series of Mexploitation movies like Charles Bronson or like Jean-Claude Van Damme .' So I wrote him this idea of

2982-471: A large group of zombies, but Abby gets his head blown apart by a ballistic missile in the process. While saving Cherry from a zombie, El Wray is fatally wounded. Cherry, now sporting a minigun leg, leads survivors to the Caribbean beach at Tulum , where they start a peaceful new society during a worldwide zombie outbreak. It is also revealed that Cherry has given birth to her and El Wray's daughter. In

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3124-617: A little more of a concept of the history of double features and exploitation movies. No, they didn't. At all. They had no idea what the fuck they were watching. It meant nothing to them, alright, what we were doing. So that was a case of being a little too cool for school." Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 84% of 195 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The site's critics consensus reads, " Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence." Metacritic assigned

3266-412: A local hospital. Random attacks begin along the highway, causing El Wray and Cherry to crash. In the aftermath, several zombies tear off Cherry's left leg. At the hospital is Tammy, the former lover of Dakota, who Block recognizes. Upon realizing Dakota was about to leave him for Tammy, he stabs Dakota's hands with her anesthetic syringe needles repeatedly, rendering them useless, before locking her in

3408-556: A lot. Like I've never heard people talk so enthusiastically about The Faculty until the last couple of years. I hear about that movie so much now. Co-star Clea Duvall has also expressed a similar experience: "It was a surprisingly popular movie among people my age and a little younger. I have one friend that, every time I see her, she brings it up. And sometimes she calls me Stokely. She thinks that's funny." In subsequent years, various critics have written about The Faculty 's impact. Aliya Whiteley wrote, "It's all about examining

3550-486: A metaphor for those concepts, reflecting the fear of losing one's nascent individuality to a crowd. The alien queen encapsulates this by offering the heroes a world without alienation or differences, in which "everything that is both wonderful and awful about being a teenager is done away in favor of blind allegiance". Experts also noted in The Faculty a reinvention of the fear of female sexuality often found in

3692-419: A movie that knows, at long last, how to put the bad back in badass." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film a positive review, commenting, "by stooping low without selling out, this babes-and-bullets tour de force gets you high on movies again." Critic James Berardinelli also enjoyed the film, but was not as positive as other critics. Awarding the film three stars (out of four), Berardinelli found

3834-702: A movie. But if you love all things sci-fi, it's a good mess." Keith Phipps described the film as "a Kevin Williamson-scripted high-school variation on Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ." Haleigh Foutch considered it one of the most iconic 1990s teen horror films: "Yet another win from 90s teen screenwriter in chief Kevin Williamson, The Faculty fused Williamson's knack for snappy teen drama with Robert Rodriguez's subversive camp to fantastic results. It's smart without ever taking itself too seriously and campy without ever losing its cool, drawing proudly from

3976-558: A parking lot to make it appear neglected by wayward projectionists. According to Wright, "In the '70s, when American International would release European horror films, they'd give them snazzier titles. And the one that inspired me was this Jorge Grau film: In the UK, it's called The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue . In Spain and in Italy, I think it's called Do Not Speak Ill of the Dead . But in

4118-401: A powdery ecstasy -like drug he distributes hidden in ballpoint pens. He is confronted by teacher Elizabeth Burke, who expresses concern for him over his illegal activities. Naive transfer student Marybeth Louise Hutchinson befriends self-styled outcast Stokely Mitchell, who has deliberately spread rumors that she is a lesbian though she has a crush on Stan. Marybeth develops a crush on Zeke which

4260-494: A pulp classic". Charles Taylor of Salon called the film "subversive" and said "its honest, good-natured junkiness… feels like a relief". He appreciated the film's homages to genre movies including Carrie (1976), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Blue Velvet (1986) while also citing the character of Stokely as the standout amongst the teen archetypes. Michael Sauter of Entertainment Weekly gave

4402-767: A real death grip on the senses." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle awarded the film a high rating, but noted, "the Rodriguez segment is terrific; the Tarantino one long-winded and juvenile." Others considered Death Proof to be a deeper and more noteworthy segment. Critic A. O. Scott of The New York Times noted, "[a]t a certain point in Death Proof , the scratches and bad splices disappear, and you find yourself watching not an arch, clever pastiche of old movies and movie theaters, but an actual movie." Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert

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4544-418: A result of two back-to-back $ 60 million grosses?" he asked. Others attributed the film's disappointing opening to the timing of Easter weekend, noting that the weekend is more tailored for family-oriented films or light comedy, not exploitative horror films. The film's length—running more than three hours—also hurt, keeping away casual theater-goers and limiting the number of screenings that could be held in

4686-403: A review for Variety , Dennis Harvey wrote, " The Faculty works hard at mixing a canny cocktail of cineastic in-jokes, affectionate teenploitation and high-octane suspense that's as enjoyable as it is impossible to take seriously." Harvey added that Williamson and Robert Rodriguez combine to "make a complete lack of socially redeeming value seem so much fun that ' The Faculty ' might well become

4828-542: A separate film. However, from January 17, 2008, Grindhouse had limited screenings. In April 2008, Grindhouse was screened by Dendy Cinemas in one venue at a time across the country, through the use of a traveling 35 mm reel. In South America, Planet Terror was released in January 2010, while Death Proof was released in July 2010 at least in Brazil. Death Proof and Planet Terror were released separately on DVD in

4970-414: A supply closet. El Wray is detained by Sheriff Hague based on past encounters between the two. As the patients mutate, El Wray leaves the station and arrives at the hospital, attaching a wooden table leg to Cherry's stump. As El Wray and Cherry fight their way out of the hospital, Dakota manages to escape in her car. Meanwhile, Block becomes infected along with others, while Cherry and El Wray take refuge at

5112-451: A table leg and then an M16 rifle . During shooting for these scenes, McGowan wore a special cast which restricted her leg movement to give her the correct motion, and helped the effects artists to digitally remove it during post-production. During editing, Tarantino and Rodriguez came up with the idea of inserting "missing reels" into the film. "[Quentin] was about to show an Italian crime movie with Oliver Reed ", Rodriguez recalls, "and he

5254-425: A trampoline, and getting stabbed in the vulva, and three decapitations ; the first victim dressed as a Pilgrim turkey at a parade gets decapitated and his headless body stumbles around in an exaggerated manner, the second occurs as the victim's girlfriend performs fellatio on him, and the last decapitation occurs on a man while he is being kissed by a female victim. According to Roth, "Instead of seeing it spread out in

5396-546: A true hero ... but now, there's a whole audience out there that doesn't know what Kurt Russell can do. When I open the newspaper and see an ad that says 'Kurt Russell in Dreamer ,' or 'Kurt Russell in Miracle ,' I'm not disparaging these movies, but I'm thinking: When is Kurt Russell going to be a badass again?" Rodriguez later revealed that he cast Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling in response to McGowan's blacklisting from

5538-450: A voice-over by Will Arnett . Mark Gatiss , MyAnna Buring , Peter Serafinowicz , Michael Smiley , and Nicola Cunningham (who played the zombie "Mary" in Shaun of the Dead ), among others, made uncredited cameo appearances. To get the necessary 1970s look, Wright used vintage lenses and old-style graphics. During editing, he scratched some of the film with steel wool and dragged it around

5680-456: A way where it actually says 'missing reel' for 10 seconds, and then when we come back, you're arriving in the third act. ... The late second acts in movies are usually the most predictable and the most boring, that's where the good guy really turns out to be the bad guy, and the bad guy is really good, and the couple becomes friends. Suddenly, though, in the third act, all bets are off and it's a whole new story anyway." The music for Planet Terror

5822-403: A way where it actually says 'missing reel' for 10 seconds, and then when we come back, you're arriving in the third act. ... The late second acts in movies are usually the most predictable and the most boring, that's where the good guy really turns out to be the bad guy, and the bad guy is really good, and the couple becomes friends. Suddenly, though, in the third act, all bets are off and it's

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5964-663: A whole bunch of Nazi uniforms, but I got this Chinese set, too. We'll put 'em together!' They start jamming things in there, so I took that approach." Edgar Wright's contribution, Don't , was produced in the style of a 1970s Hammer House of Horror film trailer featuring a trio of upper class ivy leaguers being attacked at an estate inhabited by a murderous inbred family of deranged blade-wielding attackers. The trailer featured appearances from Jason Isaacs , Matthew Macfadyen , singer Katie Melua , Lee Ingleby , Georgina Chapman , Emily Booth , Stuart Wilson , Lucy Punch , Rafe Spall , Wright regulars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost , and

6106-510: A whole new story anyway." On the editing of Death Proof , Tarantino stated, "There is half-an-hour's difference between my Death Proof and what is playing in Grindhouse . ... I was like a brutish American exploitation distributor who cut the movie down almost to the point of incoherence. I cut it down to the bone and took all the fat off it to see if it could still exist, and it worked." An extended, 127-minute version of Death Proof

6248-494: Is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with a screenplay by Kevin Williamson . It stars Jordana Brewster , Clea DuVall , Laura Harris , Josh Hartnett , Shawn Hatosy , Famke Janssen , Piper Laurie , Bebe Neuwirth , Robert Patrick , Usher Raymond , Jon Stewart , and Elijah Wood . The film was theatrically released on December 25, 1998, by Miramax Films through Dimension Films . It grossed $ 63.2 million and has developed

6390-409: Is composed by Marco Beltrami , who had previously scored the teen-slasher-horror film, Scream , as well as Mimic (1997). Both Beltrami's score and songs by various artists used in the film were released as albums. The "music from the motion picture" album features songs by various indie and alternative rock groups. On March 7, 2023, the label Intrada released Beltrami's complete score for

6532-405: Is playing and infecting opposing players. Believing Principal Drake to be the queen, they isolate her in the gym and fatally shoot her. Stan confronts the coach and team to see if the plan worked, but becomes infected himself. Zeke and Casey retrieve more of Zeke's drugs from his car. Casey leads infected students away from Zeke, who encounters Miss Burke in the parking lot and incapacitates her. At

6674-469: Is reciprocated. Casey finds a strange creature on the football field and takes it to science teacher Mr. Furlong, who believes it is a new species of cephalopod -specific parasite called a mesozoan . Delilah and Casey hide in the teachers' lounge to find a story. They witness Coach Willis and Ms. Olson forcing one of the parasites into the ear of the school nurse. They also find the body of another teacher, Mrs. Brummel. Casey and Delilah flee, and Casey calls

6816-435: Is underlined by the sharp teeth of her species, which evoke a vagina dentata , and their association to water, the archaic, womb-like female element. As the monstrous mother of her race, she tries to seduce the heroes by offering them a symbolic return to the womb. As Sharon Packer and Jody Pennington put it: The image on the screen is dual: we see the beautiful, young, naked Marybeth strolling around looking for Casey, and

6958-473: The Freudian Medusa head . The monstrous feminine is therefore used in the film to reflect the teenage characters entering adult world, where they are forced to "come to terms with female sexuality and overcome their fear of its 'monstrous' aspects in order to become fully functioning adults". Casey, the male character closest to his softer, feminine side, is the final hero of the film. The film

7100-425: The horror genre . The character of Marybeth, the alien queen, is "a complex imbrication of woman, alien and power" that acts beyond the role of femme fatale . She masquerades as a virginal, unassuming girl clad in floral dresses, but at the final battle she reveals her true sexual threat, becoming nude by her alien transformation and turning confident and flirtatious. Her role as a threatening, castrating agent

7242-698: The "missing" scenes. The film altogether earned $ 25,422,088 in ticket sales. Grindhouse was separated and released internationally: Death Proof grossed $ 30,663,961, while Planet Terror grossed $ 10,871,224, bringing Grindhouse 's total gross to $ 67 million. In 2017, Rodriguez told Variety that he thinks Weinstein "buried" the film, due to the director's decision to cast Rose McGowan in Planet Terror . The actress had previously accused Weinstein of raping her. In 2020, Tarantino said he considers Grindhouse his most misunderstood film: "With Grindhouse, I think me and Robert just felt that people had

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7384-622: The "new species" in the aquarium. The Faculty was released in several countries on Blu-ray, such as Canada, on October 6, 2009, by Alliance ; in Australia on September 1, 2011, by Reel ; in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2011, by Lionsgate , in Germany on October 6, 2011, by Studio Canal ; in France on January 10, 2012, by Studio Canal; and in the United States on July 31, 2012, by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment . Lionsgate re-issued

7526-492: The 1970s and early 1980s. According to actress Marley Shelton , Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino "really co-directed, at least Planet Terror . Quentin was on set a lot. He had notes and adjustments to our performances and he changed lines every once in a while. Of course, he always deferred to Robert on Planet Terror and vice versa for Death Proof . So it's really both of their brainchild." Tarantino has stated, "I can't imagine doing Grindhouse with any other director in

7668-739: The 2024 Borderlands film to work on shooting Thanksgiving , though was still involved with the Borderlands project and had given his replacement Tim Miller his blessing to complete the reshoots. The feature film was released in November 2023. Some screenings of Grindhouse (mainly in Canada) also featured a fake trailer for a film titled Hobo with a Shotgun . The trailer, created by Dartmouth, Nova Scotia filmmakers Jason Eisener , John Davies, and Rob Cotterill , won Robert Rodriguez's South by Southwest Grindhouse trailers contest. In

7810-494: The American term for theaters that played "all the exploitation genres: kung fu , horror , giallo , sexploitation , the 'good old boy' redneck car-chase movies, blaxploitation , spaghetti Westerns —all those risible genres that were released in the 70s." According to Rodriguez, "The posters were much better than the movies, but we're actually making something that lives up to the posters." Rodriguez first came up with

7952-457: The Blu-ray version in the United States on October 7, 2014, after Echo Bridge lost the rights to the Miramax films. Home media for The Faculty do not include traditional extras provided for other Robert Rodriguez films, such as a "10 Minute Film School" feature, audio commentary , and making-of featurettes. The Faculty was viewed on 2,365 screens on its opening weekend, debuting at No. 5 in

8094-607: The Bone Shack, a restaurant owned by brothers J.T. and Sheriff Hague. Meanwhile, the demented Lt. Muldoon and his men make a transaction with chemical engineer Abby for mass quantities of DC2, a deadly biochemical agent. When Muldoon learns that Abby has an extra supply, he attempts to take Abby hostage, causing him to release the gas into the air, mutating most of the town's residents into deformed zombies . The infected townspeople are treated by Dr. William Block and his unhappy, unfaithful, and bisexual anesthesiologist wife, Dakota, at

8236-465: The Bone Shack. Dakota retrieves her son Tony and takes him to her estranged father, Texas Ranger Earl McGraw. (Following a "missing reel" segment) Dakota, Earl, Cherry's former boss Skip, and Tony's crazed babysitter twins arrive at the Bone Shack. With Hague badly injured, the group decides to flee to the Mexican border , before being stopped by a large mass of zombies. Muldoon's men arrive, killing

8378-570: The States, it was called Don't Open the Window . I just loved the fact that there isn't a big window scene in the film—it's all based around the spin and the voiceover not really telling you what the hell is going on in the film." On the Charlie Rose talk show, Quentin Tarantino also pointed out another aspect of American advertising of British films in the 1970s that was being referenced—none of

8520-587: The US and Canada, Planet Terror and Death Proof were released separately in extended versions, about two months apart. The poster artwork for each film's release in the Netherlands claimed that Death Proof would feature "coming attractions" from Rodriguez, while Planet Terror would feature "coming attractions" from Tarantino. While the separated version of Planet Terror includes the Machete trailer, none of

8662-418: The US and making $ 11,633,495. Its eventual US gross was $ 40.3 million. Its debut below commercial expectations has been partly credited to the studio's decision to release the movie on Christmas Day, a time when audiences are likelier to watch traditional dramas or feel-good fare. In retrospect, Jordana Brewster said: It was sort of the inverse of Fast and Furious , right? So with The Fast and Furious , I

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8804-409: The US by Vivendi Entertainment and has exclusive bonus features. This release marked the first time that US viewers could view the full Grindhouse "Double Feature Presentation" experience at home as it was originally released in theaters. The first disc of the 2-disc set contains Death Proof and Planet Terror , along with the faux trailers, including the "trailer" for Machete . The theatrical cut

8946-466: The United States, making a per-theater average of $ 4,417; box office analysts originally predicted an opening weekend total of at least $ 20–$ 30 million. The opening weekend box-office total stood below not only the second weekends of Blades of Glory and Meet the Robinsons , but also fell below the opening weekend gross of the poorly reviewed Are We Done Yet? . In an attempt to explain

9088-530: The United States. The trailers were omitted from Death Proof , with the exception of Machete which was from Planet Terror . Death Proof was released on September 18, 2007, with Planet Terror following on October 16, 2007. Both were two-disc special editions featuring extended versions of the films. Robert Rodriguez stated in his 10-Minute Film School that a box set of the two films would be available soon, and that his 10-Minute Cook School would appear on it. This release would also reportedly include Hobo with

9230-662: The Werewolf Women. According to Zombie, "Basically, I had two ideas. It was either going to be a Nazi movie or a women-in-prison film , and I went with the Nazis. There're all those movies, like Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS , Fräulein Devil , and Love Camp 7 —I've always found that to be the most bizarre genre." Zombie is also quoted as saying, "I was getting very conceptual in my own mind with it. ... A lot of times these movies would be made like, 'Well, you know, I've got

9372-415: The actors has any dialogue in the trailer, as if the trailer was intentionally edited to prevent American viewers from realizing that the film is British. Eli Roth's contribution is a promotion for the slasher opus Thanksgiving . Produced in the style of holiday-themed slasher films such as Black Christmas , Halloween , Silent Night, Deadly Night , April Fool's Day , and My Bloody Valentine ,

9514-434: The ad budget for the film in a (successful) effort to hurt it at the box office. McGowan accused Rodriguez of exploiting her, but Rodriguez noted that she signed on to the script that was filmed, and that sequences where McGowan's character was threatened with sexual assault were there to then set up her attacking and killing predatory men. The film uses various unconventional techniques to make Planet Terror appear more like

9656-555: The bullets fly. Stuntman Mike is a professional body double who likes to take unsuspecting women for deadly drives in his free time. He has doctored his car for maximum impact; when Mike purposely causes wrecks, the bodies pile up while he walks away with barely a scratch. The insane Mike may be in over his head, though, when he targets a tough group of female friends, including real-life stuntwoman Zoë Bell , who plays herself. Before each segment, trailers advertising fake films are shown, as well as vintage theater snipes and an ad for

9798-616: The cast members had previously worked with Rodriguez. Before appearing in Grindhouse , Marley Shelton had auditioned for The Faculty , but Rodriguez chose not to cast her. She was eventually cast in the role of the Customer in the opening sequence of Sin City . Bruce Willis had appeared in Sin City . Tom Savini had previously acted in From Dusk till Dawn , Michael Parks reprises

9940-839: The character in a supporting capacity in the Spy Kids film series , also directed by Rodriguez. The trailer was made into a feature film , which was released in September 2010; a sequel, Machete Kills , followed in 2013. Rob Zombie's contribution, Werewolf Women of the SS , starred Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu , Udo Kier as Franz Hess, the commandant of Death Camp 13, Zombie's wife, Sheri Moon Zombie , and Sybil Danning as SS officers/sisters Eva and Gretchen Krupp (the She-Devils of Belzac). Professional wrestlers Andrew "Test" Martin and Oleg "Vladimir Kozlov" Prudius also featured, plus Olja Hrustic, Meriah Nelson, and Lorielle New as

10082-479: The cult status of the film: "It's cool to see the legs that movie has had. I feel like that is the number one thing that people come up to me and say or recognize me from still, which is so wild. But it's cool." The film has been praised for its portrayal of teenage alienation , especially within the high school environment and its system of cliques and social roles . In particular, the alien invasion through parasitized bodies has been recognized as functioning as

10224-419: The dedicated but perpetually harassed photographer for the school newspaper. Casey is the unappreciated assistant to spiteful Delilah Profitt, the paper's editor-in-chief and head cheerleader. Delilah's mistreated boyfriend Stan Rosado is contemplating quitting the football team to pursue academics. Zeke Tyler is an intelligent yet rebellious student repeating his senior year. Zeke sells, among other illegal items,

10366-419: The end of the film, which Rodriguez confirmed were scheduled to be filmed. Machete Kills , the second film, was released in 2013, but was unable to match the critical and commercial success of its predecessor. In 2015, Trejo said filming was scheduled to begin on Machete Kills Again... In Space , the planned third film, but no updates on the project have been made since. The Faculty The Faculty

10508-482: The exception of Werewolf Women , which tries a little too hard, they're all spot-on pastiches." The double feature appeared at number six on Jack Mathews and Owen Gleiberman's respective top-10 lists for New York Daily News and Entertainment Weekly , and at number seven on Stephanie Zacharek's list for Salon . Marc Savlov listed Death Proof at number 10 on his list for The Austin Chronicle . Outside

10650-427: The exception of women-in-prison films , there is no other genre quite as rigid. And if you break that up, you aren't really doing it anymore. It's inorganic, so I realized—let me take the structure of a slasher film and just do what I do. My version is going to be fucked up and disjointed, but it seemingly uses the structure of a slasher film, hopefully against you." According to Rodriguez, "[Tarantino] had an idea and

10792-453: The extended version that was presented in competition at the Cannes film festival. The additional material includes scenes that were replaced in the American theatrical release version with a "missing reel" title card, such as the lap dance scene. A total of about 27 minutes was added for this version. In Australia, the edited version of Death Proof was first screened on November 1, 2007, as

10934-459: The eye. Dakota, after realizing that her hands have regained feeling, uses her syringe launcher to subdue another soldier. El Wray and Abby arrive to rescue Cherry and Dakota; El Wray replaces Cherry's broken wooden leg with an assault rifle and grenade launcher. J.T. decides to stay behind to detonate explosives to eliminate the remaining zombies while the others flee. The survivors make plans to escape by stealing helicopters after fighting through

11076-405: The fake trailer Thanksgiving and whose film Hostel was produced by Tarantino, has a cameo in Death Proof . Tarantino attempted to cast both Kal Penn and Sylvester Stallone in Death Proof , but both were unable to work due to prior commitments. In an interview, Tarantino revealed that he decided to cast Kurt Russell as the killer stunt driver because "for people of my generation, he's

11218-584: The film 3.5 stars and said, "While it may suffer a bit from excess character clutter (nearly 10 major characters throughout), it's nonetheless a slam-bang, sci-fi actioner, relentlessly paced and edited, with a pounding soundtrack and some ingenious aliens courtesy of Bernie Wrightson and KNB Effects." Since its release, The Faculty has acquired a strong cult following, something acknowledged by director Robert Rodriguez in May 2023: I personally like mixed-genre movies, and I found that over time people respond to them

11360-445: The film a "Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Positive reviews at the time praised Kevin Williamson's self-aware script and trademark meta humor that included references to iconic science-fiction films. In

11502-420: The film a grade of B− and expressed a wish that the film had used the faculty characters more. In contrast, Tom Sinclair, also of EW , gave the film a C+ and said Williamson has become "too invested in the earnestness of teen angst to portray it in the scathing parodistic terms a hip horror movie demands". The New York Times gave a mostly negative review but praised the cast. The Austin Chronicle awarded

11644-431: The film an average rating system of 77 out of 100 based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Entertainment Weekly awarded the film a "B+" rating, praising it as a "crazily funny and exciting tribute to the grimy glory days of 1970s exploitation films" that "will leave you laughing, gasping, thrilled at

11786-448: The film are the extended version only and do not include the theatrical cut. In mid-February 2009, Germany also released a steel box collector's edition for Planet Terror which comes with the famous BBQ sauce recipe and two scratch-and-sniff discs of the film which smell like the BBQ sauce. The pack also contains a limited edition Planet Terror blood pack. The Grindhouse double feature

11928-472: The film instead. The Faculty takes place in the fictional town of Herrington, Ohio, but was shot in Austin , San Marcos , Dallas , and Lockhart, Texas . In a retrospective interview, Clea Duvall said the making of the film "was so much fun. It was mostly night shoots, so it was like we were in this alternate universe. Working all night long and making this fun sci-fi horror movie. I loved it." The score

12070-535: The film officially received an R-rating from the MPAA . Ain't It Cool News reported that according to Tarantino, only minimal cuts were made which ended up totaling 20 seconds. The music for Planet Terror was composed by Rodriguez. Inspiration for his score came from John Carpenter , whose music was often played on set. A cover version of the Dead Kennedys ' " Too Drunk to Fuck " performed by Nouvelle Vague

12212-412: The film opened. It was as if we worked in little vacuums and cut our movies down, and then put them together and watched it all play, and then made a couple of little changes after that, and pretty much that was it." Many of the cast members had previously worked with both directors. Before appearing in Grindhouse , Marley Shelton had auditioned for The Faculty , but Rodriguez chose not to cast her. She

12354-426: The film to be "cinema as an expression of pulp with attitude ... [Rodriguez and Tarantino] are speaking from the hearts ... but that doesn't mean everyone sitting in the theater will get it." The critics who did not like the film were not amused by the film's graphic and comical violence, with Larry Ratliff of San Antonio Express-News noting, "this ambitious, scratched, and weathered venture never manages

12496-530: The film's disappointing opening weekend, box-office analyst Brandon Gray suggested that Grindhouse "suffered the usual horror comedy dilemma that afflicted Snakes on a Plane and Slither , among others - too funny to be scary, too scary to be funny." Box-office analyst Lee Tistaert of tracking website Lee's Movie Info compared the result with what may have happened if Tarantino's Kill Bill saga had been released as one film, instead of two separate volumes. "Is it possible that Tarantino got his wish this time as

12638-493: The film's fake trailers themselves. According to Rodriguez, "We had so many ideas for trailers. I made Machete . I shot lobby cards and the poster and cut the trailer and sent it to Quentin, and he just flipped out because it looked so vintage and so real. He started showing it around to Eli Roth and to Edgar Wright , and they said, 'Can we do a trailer? We have an idea for a trailer!' We were like, 'Hey, let them shoot it. If we don't get around to shooting ours, we'll put theirs in

12780-500: The film. The official theatrical version features a snippet of Tony on the beach after the end credits and snippets of scenes from this version appears on Rodriguez's 10 Minute Film School feature on Planet Terror DVD. Rodriguez mentioned that this version is especially made for his son Rebel, and has shown Rebel the film with the happy ending rather than the version where he is dead. He also mentioned that Tony's death makes his "horror film... more horrifying in his way". Planet Terror

12922-408: The films look like those that were shown in grindhouse theaters in the 1970s. Throughout both feature-length segments and the fake trailers, the film is intentionally damaged to make it look like many of the exploitation films of the 1970s, which were generally shipped around from theater to theater and usually ended up in bad shape. To reproduce the look of damaged film reels in Planet Terror , five of

13064-434: The films that were shown in grindhouse theaters in the 1970s. Throughout the feature and the Machete trailer, the film is made to look damaged; five of the six 25,000 frame reels were edited with real film damage, plug-ins, and stock footage. Planet Terror makes heavy use of digital effects throughout the film, mostly for Cherry's fake leg. During post-production, the effects teams digitally removed McGowan's right leg from

13206-410: The films. During one screening in 2003, Rodriguez noticed that he owned the same double-feature movie poster as Tarantino for the 1957 films Dragstrip Girl and Rock All Night . Rodriguez asked Tarantino, "I always wanted to do a double feature. Hey, why don't you direct one and I'll do the other?" Tarantino quickly replied, "And we've got to call it Grindhouse !" The film's name originates from

13348-460: The football team, while Miss Burke affectionately watches him practice. Delilah, no longer vindictive, is now dating Casey, who is considered a local hero as various news media reveal the attempted alien invasion is now public knowledge, even as the FBI denies it. In 1990, David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel wrote their first draft of the script and sent it out, but there were no buyers. It wasn't until after

13490-454: The group searches for Muldoon. When he is found by El Wray and Abby, Muldoon explains that he killed Osama bin Laden before he and his men were infected and were ordered to protect the area before being killed by Abby and El Wray. Meanwhile, Cherry is held at gunpoint and forced to dance by a soldier who threatens to rape her. Eventually, she breaks her wooden leg across his face and stabs him in

13632-406: The gym, Marybeth reveals herself to be the alien queen; earlier on, she faked taking the drug. Casey and Stokely flee to the swimming pool, where Stokely is injured and becomes infected. Zeke and Casey hide in the locker room, where Marybeth reverts to her human disguise. She explains she is taking over Earth because her planet is dying. Marybeth transforms back into her true form and hurls Zeke across

13774-522: The hobo, with Brunt playing a dirty cop. Hobo with a Shotgun was the second of Grindhouse ' s fake trailers to be turned into a feature film. The film was released March 25, 2011 in Canada, April 1, 2011 on American video on demand , and May 6, 2011, in U.S. theatres. The idea for Grindhouse came to Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino when Tarantino set up screenings of double features in his house, complete with trailers before and in between

13916-571: The idea for Planet Terror during the production of The Faculty : "I remember telling Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett , all these young actors, that zombie movies were dead and hadn't been around in a while, but that I thought they were going to come back in a big way because they'd been gone for so long. I said, 'We've got to be there first.' I had [a script] I'd started writing. It was about 30 pages, and I said to them, 'There are characters for all of you to play.' We got all excited about it, and then I didn't know where to go with it. The introduction

14058-480: The job for $ 25,000. I thought, 'That's Machete. He would come and do a really dangerous job for a lot of money to him but for everyone else over here it's peanuts.' But I never got around to making it." It was later announced that the trailer would be made as a feature film Machete . As for the reference to "Planet Terror," Rodriguez paid homage to the late night horror show "Project Terror" which aired in Rodriguez's hometown of San Antonio, Texas on KENS-TV during

14200-556: The killer Pilgrim – we grew up in Massachusetts , we were huge slasher-movie fans and every November we were waiting for the Thanksgiving slasher movie. We had the whole movie worked out: A kid who's in love with a turkey, and then his father killed it, and then he killed his family and went away to a mental institution and came back and took revenge on the town. I called Jeff and said, 'Dude, guess what, we don't have to make

14342-470: The last terrific car chase was in Terminator 2 . And Final Destination 2 had a magnificent car action piece. In between that, not a lot. Every time a stunt happens, there's twelve cameras and they use every angle for Avid editing, but I don't feel it in my stomach. It's just action." According to actress Marley Shelton , "Rodriguez and Tarantino really co-directed, at least Planet Terror . Quentin

14484-519: The latter stars Kurt Russell , Rosario Dawson , Vanessa Ferlito , Jordan Ladd , Sydney Tamiia Poitier , Tracie Thoms , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , and Zoë Bell . Grindhouse pays homage to exploitation films of the 1970s, with its title deriving from the now-defunct theaters that would show such films. As part of its theatrical presentation, Grindhouse also features fictitious exploitation trailers directed by Rodriguez, Rob Zombie , Edgar Wright , Eli Roth , and Jason Eisener . The double bill

14626-417: The movie, we can just shoot the best parts. ' " "Shooting the trailer was so much fun", Roth has stated, "because every shot is a money shot . Every shot is decapitation or nudity. It's so ridiculous, it's absurd. It's just so wrong and sick that it's right." Roth's fake trailer contained elements that almost earned Grindhouse an NC-17 rating, including a cheerleader simultaneously stripping, bouncing on

14768-573: The movie. Several scenes involving an additional character named Venus, played by Kidada Jones , were shown in TV previews for the film, as well as in Tommy Hilfiger promotional commercials for the movie, but her scenes were cut from the final film. She is visible in a scene in the theatrical version, standing next to Gabe ( Usher ) in Mr. Furlong's ( Jon Stewart ) science class when they are looking at

14910-517: The movie. If theirs come out really great, we'll put it in the movie to have some variety.' Then Rob Zombie came up to me in October at the Scream Awards and said, 'I have a trailer: Werewolf Women of the SS .' I said, 'Say no more. Go shoot it. You got me. ' " Each trailer was shot in two days. While Wright and Roth shot only what ended up on screen, Zombie shot enough footage to work into

15052-487: The original actors from the trailer returned to their roles for it, including Danny Trejo in the title role. Machete screened September 1 at the Venice Film Festival and was released across cinemas in the US on September 3, 2010. It proved to be more of a success at the box office than Grindhouse , grossing $ 44 million internationally against a just-over $ 10 million budget. Two sequels were announced at

15194-470: The other fake trailers was included when the features were released individually. In reaction to the possibility of a split in a foreign release, Tarantino stated, "Especially if they were dealing with non-English language countries, they don't really have this tradition ... not only do they not really know what a grindhouse is, they don't even have the double-feature tradition. So you are kind of trying to teach us something else." Many European fans saw

15336-549: The police, but his claims are dismissed. The next day, Casey tells Delilah, Stan, and Stokely he believes the teachers are being controlled by aliens. After Zeke and Marybeth tease them about their theory, Mr. Furlong attempts to infect them. Zeke injects his homemade drugs into Furlong's eye, killing him. Zeke takes the five to his house, where he experiments on a specimen retrieved by Casey. He discovers it needs water to survive and can be killed by his "drug", revealed to actually be raw, powdered caffeine (as caffeine acts to dehydrate

15478-463: The productions of The Weinstein Company (then the parent company of Grindhouse ' s distributor Dimension Films ) following Harvey Weinstein 's alleged sexual assault of her. Rodriguez and Tarantino each acted as cinematographer on their segments. Although Rodriguez had previously worked as the cinematographer on six of his own feature films, Death Proof marked Tarantino's first credit as

15620-629: The role of Earl McGraw, a role the actor first portrayed in From Dusk till Dawn , and Quentin Tarantino himself appears in a small role, as he also does in Death Proof . Harvey Weinstein did not want Rose McGowan to be cast in the film, after he allegedly sexually assaulted her years earlier and then blacklisted her from being in any Miramax-related movies. Robert Rodriguez was dating McGowan and cast her knowing that it would enrage Harvey (and also that Bob Weinstein would make Harvey get lost if he tried to screw with his Dimension label releases), though Rodriguez later said that Harvey deliberately slashed

15762-604: The role of Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in Planet Terror and Death Proof . Parks first portrayed the role in From Dusk Till Dawn . His son, James, appears in Death Proof as Edgar McGraw, a character that first appeared in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money . The first time the two characters appeared together was in Tarantino's Kill Bill . Tarantino himself plays small roles in both segments of Grindhouse , and director Eli Roth, who contributed

15904-435: The room into the lockers, knocking him out. Casey seizes the drug and traps the queen behind retracting bleachers. Just as the queen infects him, he stabs the drug into her eye, killing her and halting his infection. Casey returns to the locker room and finds Stokely and Zeke alive. One month later, everyone has returned to normal. Stan and Stokely, who has shed her Goth girl image, are now dating. Zeke has taken Stan's place on

16046-465: The shadow of the monstrous form in the walls. Marybeth delivers a speech which ties the elements of the movie together. It is about the "world" she came from and its promises of " paradise " for lost and lonely humans, trapped in high-school " hell ". The character of Miss Burke precedes Marybeth in the same line, revealing her hidden sexuality only after being infected and turned into a monster. The scene of her detached, tentacled head in particular echoes

16188-444: The shots and replaced it with computer-generated props—first a table leg and then an assault rifle. During shooting for these scenes, McGowan wore a special cast which restricted her leg movement to give her the correct motion. During pre-production, Tarantino and Rodriguez came up with the idea of inserting a "missing reel" into the film. "[Quentin] was about to show an Italian crime movie with Oliver Reed ," Rodriguez recalls, "and he

16330-447: The six 25,000-frame reels were edited with real film damage, plug-ins, and stock footage. Planet Terror makes heavy use of digital effects throughout the film. Perhaps the most notable effect is Cherry's (Rose McGowan) fake leg. To accomplish the fake leg that Cherry sports after her accident, during post-production, the effects teams digitally removed McGowan's right leg from the shots and replaced it with computer-generated props—first

16472-456: The split as an attempt to increase profits by forcing audiences to pay twice for what was shown as a single film in the United States. In the United Kingdom, Death Proof was released on September 21, 2007. The release of Planet Terror followed on November 9 with an eventual, theatrical, limited run of the entire Grindhouse feature the following year. Death Proof was screened in Europe in

16614-619: The success of Scream (1996) that Miramax Films bought the script and rushed it into production. Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein brought in Kevin Williamson to do rewrites, keeping the basic story, but rewriting the dialogue and adding new characters to make it more "hip". Originally, Williamson was set to direct the film, but he chose not to so he could direct his self-penned script Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999). The Weinsteins brought in Robert Rodriguez to direct

16756-423: The theatrical version with both films and the fictitious trailers did not appear on home media until 2010. Despite the box office failure, Rodriguez and Tarantino have expressed interest in a possible sequel due to Grindhouse ' s positive reviews and successful home media sales. The fictitious trailers directed by Rodriguez, Eisener, and Roth later became the basis for their feature films Machete , Hobo with

16898-434: The tradition of classic alien invasion movies and casting them in the 90s teen tradition." In hindsight, director Robert Rodriguez said: "Making The Faculty was just a blast. There was so much young energy and the actors were just so into it. I will say, I was worried it wouldn't do well though. I wanted them to use a different title because our target audience wasn't gonna want to see a movie about teachers. So I fought for

17040-490: The trailer starred Jeff Rendell as a killer who stalks victims while dressed as a Pilgrim ; Jordan Ladd , Jay Hernandez , and Roth himself as his intended victims; and Michael Biehn as the Sheriff. The design for the titles in Thanksgiving was based on a Mad magazine slasher parody titled Arbor Day . Excerpts of the score from Creepshow were used in the faux trailer. According to Roth, "My friend Jeff, who plays

17182-415: The trailer, David Brunt plays a vagabond with a 20-gauge shotgun , who becomes a vigilante . In the trailer, he is shown killing numerous persons, ranging from armed robbers to corrupt cops to a pedophilic Santa Claus . The trailer was available in certain selected movie theaters in the United States and Canada. In 2010, the trailer was made into a full-length feature film starring Rutger Hauer as

17324-463: The tropes of science fiction with a smart, funny angle. Half of the fun in this film is in identifying where you first came across a certain character's name or saw a particular special effect. For instance, there's a brilliant moment with a head on legs that I defy you to watch and not think of a certain John Carpenter film ." Whiteley concluded, " The Faculty is very definitely a big mess of

17466-455: The use of the trailers helps the film establish "its credibility as both mock-artifact and geeky fetish object even before the opening feature." Todd McCarthy of Variety claimed that the trailers were "excellent candidates for exploitation immortality". Jeff Vice of Deseret News , who gave the feature films negative reviews, called the trailers "the strongest aspect of the entire presentation". Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide added, "With

17608-416: The user, and the aliens are hyper-sensitive to hydration of both themselves and their host). Zeke makes everyone take his drug to prove they are uninfected. Delilah is revealed as infected and she destroys Zeke's lab and most of his drug supply before escaping. Acting on Stokely's speculation that killing the alien queen will revert everyone to normal, the group returns to the school, where their football team

17750-418: The way stuntmen would "death-proof" their cars. As long as they were driving, stuntmen could slam their cars headfirst into a brick wall at 60 mph (100 km/h) and survive. This inspired Tarantino to create a slasher film featuring a deranged stuntman who stalks and murders sexy young women with his "death-proof" car. Tarantino remembers, "I realized I couldn't do a straight slasher film, because with

17892-503: The way me and Robert did it because I just had complete faith and trust in him. So much so that we didn't actually see each other's movie completed until three weeks before the film opened. It was as if we worked in little vacuums and cut our movies down, and then put them together and watched it all play, and then made a couple of little changes after that, and pretty much that was it." Rodriguez acted as cinematographer on Planet Terror , as he had done on some of his earlier films. Many of

18034-476: The zombie [movie] invasion happened and they all came back again, and I was like, 'Ah, I knew that I should've made my zombie film.'" The story was reapproached when the idea for Grindhouse was developed by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Planet Terror is preceded by a fake trailer for a film titled Machete , starring Danny Trejo and Cheech Marin , as it had during the original "double feature" presentation of Grindhouse . Rodriguez wrote Machete in 1993 as

18176-408: The zombies before arresting the group. Abby tells them that the soldiers are stealing the gas supply because they are infected and constant inhalation of the gas delays mutation. They also learn that some of the population is immune, hinting at the possibility of a cure. As Cherry and Dakota are taken away by two soldiers, the others defeat the guards. J.T. sustains a gunshot wound in the process while

18318-424: Was about as far as I'd gotten, and then I got onto other movies. Sure enough, the zombie [movie] invasion happened and they all came back again, and I was like, 'Ah, I knew that I should've made my zombie film. ' " The story was approached again when Tarantino and Rodriguez developed the idea for Grindhouse . As Planet Terror took shape, Tarantino developed the story for Death Proof , based on his fascination for

18460-471: Was also featured. The soundtrack for Death Proof consists entirely of nonoriginal music, including excerpts from the scores of other films. Soundtrack albums for both segments were released on April 3, 2007. Grindhouse performed poorly at the box office, surprising box-office analysts and fans alike given the strong reviews and favorable media buzz. Costing $ 53 million to produce, Grindhouse opened poorly with "a disappointing $ 11.5 million" in

18602-445: Was composed by Robert Rodriguez. Inspiration for his score came from John Carpenter , whose music was often played on set. A cover version of the Dead Kennedys ' " Too Drunk to Fuck " performed by Nouvelle Vague was also featured in the film. A soundtrack album was released on April 3, 2007, alongside the soundtrack for Death Proof . Planet Terror was released in the United States and Canada alongside Death Proof as part of

18744-476: Was divided. He gave Grindhouse as a whole two and a half stars out of four, awarding Planet Terror two stars and Death Proof three stars. Ebert also noted the irony of grindhouse films largely being superseded by many big-budget, R-rated, mainstream films that included a great deal of nudity and graphic violence. Critics generally enjoyed the fake trailers. Geoff Pevere of the Toronto Star wrote that

18886-439: Was eventually cast in the role of a customer in the opening sequence of Sin City . Bruce Willis had appeared in both Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Rodriguez's Sin City , in addition to having a cameo appearance in a segment Tarantino directed for the anthology film Four Rooms . Tom Savini had previously acted in From Dusk Till Dawn , which was written by Tarantino and directed by Rodriguez. Michael Parks reprises

19028-570: Was like, "This is a small movie about cars. It's a really fun summer project."   ... With The Faculty it was like, "You guys, this is gonna be huge. Look at all these successes around us," like She's All That and Scream . ...   And then it turned out it wasn't so huge. We thought it was gonna be massive   ... But it was a cult classic so that's really cool. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , The Faculty holds an approval rating of 58% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.70/10. The site's critics consensus called

19170-505: Was on set a lot. He had notes and adjustments to our performances and he changed lines every once in a while. Of course, he always deferred to Robert on Planet Terror and vice versa for Death Proof . So it's really both of their brainchild." Tarantino has stated, "I can't imagine doing Grindhouse with any other director in the way me and Robert did it because I just had complete faith and trust in him. So much so that we didn't actually see each other's movie completed until three weeks before

19312-406: Was released on Blu-ray Disc in October 2010. Planet Terror is rated 77% on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes based on 30 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "A cool and hip grindhouse throwback, Planet Terror is an unpredictable zombie thrillride." Grindhouse (film) Grindhouse is a 2007 American double bill . It consists of two films, Planet Terror ,

19454-535: Was released on DVD in Canada from Alliance Atlantis . All of the extras from the previous individual DVD releases were included, however none of the extras from the Special Edition Blu-ray were included. Bill Moseley stated at FanExpo on August 27, 2010, that the Blu-ray would also include a 5-minute version of Werewolf Women of the SS . In 2010, Rodriguez wrote and co-directed a feature-length adaptation of his fake trailer, Machete . Many of

19596-425: Was released on DVD on October 16, 2007, in a two-disc special edition featuring the extended version of the film presented in a "flat" 1.78:1 screen ratio (the theatrical version in Grindhouse was matted to 2.35:1), audio commentary with Rodriguez, an audience reaction track, several behind the scenes featurettes about casting and special effects, and a "10 Minute Film School" segment, in which Rodriguez confirmed that

19738-429: Was released theatrically on April 6, 2007, to positive reviews for its tone, thrills, and tribute to exploitation cinema. However, Grindhouse was a commercial failure, grossing $ 25.4 million on a $ 53–67 million budget. Due to underperforming at the domestic box office, Planet Terror and Death Proof were released separately in other countries. Initial home media releases also separated Planet Terror and Death Proof ;

19880-405: Was saying, 'Oh, it's got a missing reel in it. But it's really interesting because after the missing reel, you don't know if he slept with a girl or he didn't because she says he did and he says that he didn't. It leaves you guessing, and the movie still works with 20 minutes gone out of it.' I thought, 'Oh, my God, that's what we've got to do. We've got to have a missing reel!' I'm going to use it in

20022-405: Was saying, 'Oh, it's got a missing reel in it. But it's really interesting because after the missing reel, you don't know if he slept with a girl or he didn't because she says he did and he says that he didn't. It leaves you guessing, and the movie still works with 20 minutes gone out of it.' I thought, 'Oh, my God, that's what we’ve got to do. We've got to have a missing reel!' I'm going to use it in

20164-579: Was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 60th Cannes Film Festival . Tarantino is quoted as saying, "It works great as a double feature, but I'm just as excited if not more excited about actually having the world see Death Proof unfiltered. ... It will be the first time everyone sees Death Proof by itself, including me." Grindhouse is rated R in the United States for "strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language , some sexuality , nudity , and drug use ". Shortly after,

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