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.

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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Emiliano Basile

EscribiendoCine

02/28/2023

6/10

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]

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Paolo F

@XKP-Producer 2d

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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Leaburn O

@RT35452347 Aug 25

I shouldn’t enjoy this one but I do. Acting is hammy but good. Produced very well and special effects are actually very decent. More than a slight nod to the Evil Dead but Rose McGowan takes it to higher levels by looking incredible throughout. Watched on DVD.

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Edy K

@RT25228530 Aug 1

This film is amazing action packed and it’s sexy full of dark humor and it literally the best grind-house film Robert Rodrigues is amazing and absurd🔥🔥🔥

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Jul 30

Planet Terror (2007) is a cheesy and boring movie that I watched, the zombies in this story seem more like disgusting and repulsive creatures. There might even be an interesting scene in the final act, but this not help at all.

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Jolin S

@RT79409888 Jul 29

B-MOVIE BUFF Couldn’t agree more. This homage to 60’s grindhouse gore that we would fill up the drive-in parking lot to get together with and party all night long was a real trip to the past. You really need to treat yourself to this one and have an old time trip down memory lane. I wish drive-ins would make a comeback so today’s teenagers could get a taste of good old fashioned fun at the movies.

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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