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.
Practical Effects
Missing reels, cigarette burns, scratches—all intentional damage.
Stunts
Zoë Bell on the car hood. Real danger, real insanity.
Direction
Two autists competing to be the most unhinged.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
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")
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Lee Montgomery (segment "Death Proof")
Michael Biehn
Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")
Tracie Thoms
Kim (segment "Death Proof")
Jordan Ladd
Shanna (segment "Death Proof") / Judy (segment "Thanksgiving")
Bruce Willis
Muldoon (segment "Planet Terror")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The theatrical release flopped so hard they split the films for home release—destroying the entire artistic point.
Death Proof's car chase was shot entirely practically with Zoë Bell, a real stuntwoman playing herself, on the hood at 100mph.
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