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{{GHmenu}}''Grindhouse'' is a theatrical experience created by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and Quentin Tarantino, comprised of a double bill of their two movies [[Planet Terror]] and [[Death Proof]], along with a number of fake trailers and other visual additions that aim at recreating the theater-going experience of the 70s.
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'''''Grindhouse''''' is a 2007 double feature created by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and Quentin Tarantino, comprised of their two movies [[Planet Terror]] and [[Death Proof]], along with a number of fake trailers and other visual additions that aim at recreating the grindhouse/drive-in theater-going experience of the 60s and 70s.
 
* '''[[Exclusive Grindhouse coverage]]''' (interviews, articles, pictures...)
* '''[[Exclusive Grindhouse coverage]]''' (interviews, articles, pictures...)
* '''grindhouse (n).''' A theater playing back-to-back movies exploiting sex, violence and other extreme subject matter.
* '''grindhouse (n).''' A theater playing back-to-back movies exploiting sex, violence and other extreme subject matter.
* '''MPAA rating quote:''' "This movie is '''rated R''' for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, terror, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use."
* '''MPAA rating quote:''' "This movie is '''rated R''' for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, terror, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use."


== An Introduction to Grindhouse ==
====An Introduction to Grindhouse====
This old school "'''Grindhouse'''" double feature was inspired by a classic exploitation poster for a double bill of the ''American International Pictures'' films: '''Drag Strip Girl''' and '''Rock All Night'''. Both [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]] owned a copy of this poster and Robert was inspired by it to do two genre features back to back with Quentin. Quentin has been a longtime fan/collector of 70s Grindhouse genre films himself. While growing up in LA he would spend many nights at drive-ins and inner city "grindhouses" watching kung fu triple bills, Italian horror films, Crime films and other wild and crazy genre films. For the last decade he has held his own film festivals in Austin, Texas where he shows many classic Exploitation films from his personal collection. Most Grindhouse genre films were heavily promoted and they often had very colorful and attractive theatrical trailers and posters. Often times the films themselves were not as exciting as the posters which were created to give an outrageous scope to the films storyline and characters. In regards to Grindhouse, Tarantino states: "We're going to make 2 sleazy Grindhouse movies that deliver on their posters!". Longtime fans of Grindhouse films, most notably modern day film geeks who missed the heyday of the Grindhouse experience will be able to get a taste for what it was like to buy a ticket for a double feature of graphically intoxicating feature films that were shown either on NYC's 42nd Street, Downtown LA or in other city's across the country.
This old school "'''Grindhouse'''" double feature was inspired by a classic exploitation poster for a double bill of the ''American International Pictures'' films: '''Drag Strip Girl''' and '''Rock All Night'''. Both [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]] owned a copy of this poster and Robert was inspired by it to do two genre features back to back with Quentin. Quentin has been a longtime fan/collector of 70s Grindhouse genre films himself. While growing up in LA he would spend many nights at drive-ins and inner city "grindhouses" watching kung fu triple bills, Italian horror films, Crime films and other wild and crazy genre films. For the last decade he has held his own film festivals in Austin, Texas where he shows many classic Exploitation films from his personal collection. Most Grindhouse genre films were heavily promoted and they often had very colorful and attractive theatrical trailers and posters. Often, due to their low budgets, the films themselves were not as exciting as the posters which were created to give an outrageous scope to the films storyline and characters. In regards to Grindhouse, Tarantino states: "We're going to make 2 sleazy Grindhouse movies that deliver on their posters!". Longtime fans of Grindhouse films, most notably modern day film geeks who missed the heyday of the Grindhouse experience will be able to get a taste for what it was like to buy a ticket for a double feature of graphically intoxicating feature films that were shown either on NYC's 42nd Street, Downtown LA or in other city's across the country.


''Grind House'' is Rodriguez's [[Planet Terror]], a subgenre zombie movie (Infected peee-ople!!), followed by Tarantino's [[Death Proof]], a Southern Fried slasher-car chase-girl gang film. In some countries, the films will are released separately, with Planet Terror extended by 20 minutes, and Death Proof extended by 30 minutes. The extended footage can also be seen on DVD.
====The Films====
''Grind House'' is Rodriguez's [[Planet Terror]], a subgenre zombie movie (Infected peee-ople!!), followed by Tarantino's [[Death Proof]], a Southern Fried slasher-car chase-girl gang film. In some countries, the films will are released separately, with Planet Terror extended by 20 minutes, and Death Proof extended by 30 minutes. The extended footage can also be seen on DVD and Blu Ray.  


== How the Films are Connected ==
====How the Films are Connected====
[[Image: Cinema1.jpg|200px|left]]'''[[Planet Terror]]''' and '''[[Death Proof]]''' are separate films, and they come one after the other, not one inside the other.
[[Image: Cinema1.jpg|200px|left]]'''[[Planet Terror]]''' and '''[[Death Proof]]''' are separate films, and they come one after the other, not one inside the other.


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The films are also connected by a DJ playing a song in tribute to [[Jungle Julia]] during Planet Terror. This implies that they both take place in Texas and Planet Terror takes place AFTER Death Proof. NOTE: Death Proof's second half takes place in Tennessee.
The films are also connected by a DJ playing a song in tribute to [[Jungle Julia]] during Planet Terror. This implies that they both take place in Texas and Planet Terror takes place AFTER Death Proof. NOTE: Death Proof's second half takes place in Tennessee.


== The Grind House Experience ==
====The Authentic Grindhouse Experience====
The Grindhouse Double Feature experience contains age restriction cartoons, fast food ads ([[Acuna Boys Tex-Mex Food]]), alternate studio and film title cards (Rodriguez International Pictures, Dimension Films) that put the two films in a supercool retro 70s atmosphere. The fake trailer for the film [[Machete]] plays before Planet Terror and the other three trailers ([[Don't]], [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Werewolf Women of the SS]]) play before Death Proof begins. To find out more about the trailers, see "Trailers" in the Menu to the right.
The "QT/RR Back To Back" Grindhouse Double Feature contains age restriction cartoons, fast food ads ([[Acuna Boys Tex-Mex Food]]), alternate studio and film title cards (Rodriguez International Pictures, Dimension Films) that put the two films in a supercool retro 70s atmosphere. The fake trailer for the film [[Machete]] plays before Planet Terror and the other three trailers ([[Don't]], [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Werewolf Women of the SS]]) play before Death Proof begins. To find out more about the trailers, see "Trailers" in the Menu to the right.
 


'''Links''':
====External Links====
* [http://www.grindhousemovie.net Official Site and Trailer]
* [http://www.grindhousemovie.net Official Site and Trailer]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462322/releaseinfo Release Dates]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462322/releaseinfo Release Dates]

Revision as of 15:20, 5 September 2015

Grindhouse is a 2007 double feature created by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, comprised of their two movies Planet Terror and Death Proof, along with a number of fake trailers and other visual additions that aim at recreating the grindhouse/drive-in theater-going experience of the 60s and 70s.

  • Exclusive Grindhouse coverage (interviews, articles, pictures...)
  • grindhouse (n). A theater playing back-to-back movies exploiting sex, violence and other extreme subject matter.
  • MPAA rating quote: "This movie is rated R for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, terror, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use."

An Introduction to Grindhouse

This old school "Grindhouse" double feature was inspired by a classic exploitation poster for a double bill of the American International Pictures films: Drag Strip Girl and Rock All Night. Both Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino owned a copy of this poster and Robert was inspired by it to do two genre features back to back with Quentin. Quentin has been a longtime fan/collector of 70s Grindhouse genre films himself. While growing up in LA he would spend many nights at drive-ins and inner city "grindhouses" watching kung fu triple bills, Italian horror films, Crime films and other wild and crazy genre films. For the last decade he has held his own film festivals in Austin, Texas where he shows many classic Exploitation films from his personal collection. Most Grindhouse genre films were heavily promoted and they often had very colorful and attractive theatrical trailers and posters. Often, due to their low budgets, the films themselves were not as exciting as the posters which were created to give an outrageous scope to the films storyline and characters. In regards to Grindhouse, Tarantino states: "We're going to make 2 sleazy Grindhouse movies that deliver on their posters!". Longtime fans of Grindhouse films, most notably modern day film geeks who missed the heyday of the Grindhouse experience will be able to get a taste for what it was like to buy a ticket for a double feature of graphically intoxicating feature films that were shown either on NYC's 42nd Street, Downtown LA or in other city's across the country.

The Films

Grind House is Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a subgenre zombie movie (Infected peee-ople!!), followed by Tarantino's Death Proof, a Southern Fried slasher-car chase-girl gang film. In some countries, the films will are released separately, with Planet Terror extended by 20 minutes, and Death Proof extended by 30 minutes. The extended footage can also be seen on DVD and Blu Ray.

How the Films are Connected

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Planet Terror and Death Proof are separate films, and they come one after the other, not one inside the other.

Two of the McGraws (Earl & Dakota) and The Crazy Babysitter Twins in Planet Terror are characters who can transcend Tarantino and Rodriguez's film Universes like The Wolf (Harvey Keitel) was in Pulp Fiction. They can appear in the Movie Movie Universe (From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror) and The Realer Than Real World Universe (Death Proof).

The films are also connected by a DJ playing a song in tribute to Jungle Julia during Planet Terror. This implies that they both take place in Texas and Planet Terror takes place AFTER Death Proof. NOTE: Death Proof's second half takes place in Tennessee.

The Authentic Grindhouse Experience

The "QT/RR Back To Back" Grindhouse Double Feature contains age restriction cartoons, fast food ads (Acuna Boys Tex-Mex Food), alternate studio and film title cards (Rodriguez International Pictures, Dimension Films) that put the two films in a supercool retro 70s atmosphere. The fake trailer for the film Machete plays before Planet Terror and the other three trailers (Don't, Thanksgiving and Werewolf Women of the SS) play before Death Proof begins. To find out more about the trailers, see "Trailers" in the Menu to the right.

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