Planet Terror

R

2007

1 hr. 26 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

77%

30 Reviews

Tomatometer

77%

100,000+ Ratings

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An ordinary evening in a small Texas town becomes a grisly nightmare when a horde of flesh-eating zombies goes on the prowl. Cherry (Rose McGowan), a go-go dancer, and Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), 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 the bullets fly.

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Critics Consensus

A cool and hip grindhouse throwback, Planet Terror is an unpredictable zombie thrillride.

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Jules N

Beaucoup trop stylé la jambe mitraillette

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Audience Member

I watch this movie at least once per year. The kind of movie you watch at midnight with great snacks. It’s so over the top, violent, trashy, witty, funny guilty pleasure type of movie. There is a rumor that there could be a sequel after all these years and I’m all for it!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Johnathon W

Fun tribute to the grind house era of movies thanks to a cast and crew that know the exact kind of movie they are making. The actors are all excellent and having a ball in their balls, especially Freddy Rodriguez as Rey, who makes a credible turn as an action star, while Rose McQowan's Cherry morph's from a damsel in distress to pure badass. Behind the camera, director Robert Rodriguez crafts a fun action/horror film with cheesy effects, hilarious dialogue and over the top action. This a true tribute to grind house movies, with the scratchy film and even missing reel. Just a fun watch from beginning to end that is not just as good as those grind house movies but as good as you remember them.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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KB B

I liked it a little better than Death proof but I'd never bother watching it again. Watch if there's nothing else on.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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nick s

I hope Willis got a good payday. This is a real b grade horror movie and I don't quite get what it was trying to achieve. I'm sure they had fun making it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Jerod S

Planet Terror is a genre I don't get...but if you're into guns for legs and zombie boils...

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/23

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Robert Rodriguez

Director

Rose McGowan

Cherry

Freddy Rodríguez

Wray

Josh Brolin

Block

Marley Shelton

Dakota

Michael Biehn

Sheriff Hague

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Won't make any friends outside of B-movie aficionados, and even they might tire of laughing at all the cheapo gore being thrown around.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 9, 2007

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Dire and dunderheaded.

Nov 9, 2007

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

McGowan is a suitably slinky presence as the lead avenger with a machine gun for a leg; blood and pus regularly fill the screen as Rodriguez lets rip with gleeful abandon.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 9, 2007

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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

Planet Terror is pure adrenaline... simple entertainment for fans of these kinds of films that only promised two things: sex and blood. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Feb 28, 2023

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

It's the ideal amalgamation of horror, comedy, and outright randomness that makes Planet Terror iconic.

Mar 10, 2021

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Chris Bumbray

IONCINEMA.com

Rodriguez just wants viewers to have a good time, and it comes across in the film -- which is an extremely affectionate homage to seventies exploitation films.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 21, 2020

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Synopsis

An ordinary evening in a small Texas town becomes a grisly nightmare when a horde of flesh-eating zombies goes on the prowl. Cherry (Rose McGowan), a go-go dancer, and Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), 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 the bullets fly.

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Executive Producer: Sandra Condito, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Production Co: Troublemaker Studios, A Band Apart
Rating: R (Gore|Drug Use|Strong Graphic Bloody Violence|Nudity|Pervasive Language|Some Sexuality)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016

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