Planet Terror

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Planet Terror

R

2007

1h 26m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

11/09/2007

2/5

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.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

11/09/2007

Dire and dunderheaded.

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Andrew Pulver

Guardian

11/09/2007

3/5

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.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

07/01/2024

5/5

Gory, sleazy, sexy and disgusting in all the right ways, Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror is a pitch-perfect ode to '70s grindhouse films that never ceases to entertain.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

06/26/2024

3.5/5

A clever ode to Grindhouse films of the 60s and 70s, Robert Rodriguez leans heavily into gross-out fratboy humour, but gives all of the best roles to the badass women who survive the apocalypse long after the men have died off.

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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

03/10/2021

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

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Ian R

@RT23899272 Jun 22

Perhaps it's just me. Others seem to have enjoyed this movie as it is supposedly harks back to movies of the 1970's. I found it too tedious to enjoy. Nothing but blood. No story. I gave up when a girl, with a freshly amputated leg, was riding a Harley Davidson with one leg. This is the only movie with Josh Brolin in it I did not enjoy. I should have known Tarantino was involved in the production.

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Antonio B.

@AntonioBatt Jun 7

A fun Rodriguez movie that was pretty over the top. Even though it was also cheesy I enjoy that style film making and it was very entertaining. Machete Kills vibes, funny Tarantino and Russell roll. All around fun movie.

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Ry N.

@RyGuy Jun 1

An over the top action zombie comedy that exploits 70’s movies with damaged film effects and heavy gore.

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Daniel D

@DanielDuVall May 26

Robert Rodriguez created a movie that is exactly what you wanted it to be.

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Paolo F

@XKP-Producer May 6

Okay, it's a tribute to B-movies, but also C-movies, and even D-movies... but it's not a great tribute. You'll be nostalgic for seeing a movie like Django (the original), but otherwise you'll wish you'd chosen a different film. Ok, è un omaggio ai film di serie B, ma anche C e anche D... ma non è un grande omaggio. Vi prenderà la nostalgia di rivedere un film tipo Django (l'originale), ma per il resto desidererete di aver scelto un altro film.

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Eric C

@EricC2323 Dec 28

A+ for casting specially, Rose McGowan really hot. Of course, we know the full story now I still love her. Great scripts a lot of one liners. The Texas barbecue banter between the brothers. I give us a 10 out of 10. It’s the art of taking a C movie and making it in A movie. Tarantino‘s movie was also very good. If you choose to watch the grind house version of this movie. " that’s my jacket. I looked for it for two weeks."

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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
Producer: Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Quentin Tarantino, Erica Steinberg, Gabriel Roth, Eli Roth, Andy Gould, Rob Cotterill
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, Jeff Rendell, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright
Production Co: Big Talk Productions, A Band Apart, Troublemaker Studios, Dimension Films
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
Runtime: 1h 26m