Grindhouse
2007 Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth …
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A Rodriguez/Tarantino Double Feature
Two full length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez put together as a two film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
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This is basically just a round-up of Grindhouse on a whole, including all the magnificent trailers included in the full release. So in the complete Grindhouse edition are five fake trailers from five renowned directors, two of which have already been adapted into films.
Herein, I will give you my take on each of these rather sterling short films. Without further ado;
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“This is my bacon! Muhahahahahahaha!”
-Fu Manchu (Nicolas Cage)
(P.S. I’m not too sure if that’s what he says. Mecca? Bedtime? Vision? I don't know.)Werewolf Women of the S.S.
In Death Camp 13, the Nazi’s form a diabolical plot to create an army of Super Werewolf Soldiers! Starring Udo Kier, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Mosley and…
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I watched this double feature in a packed theater where people were laughing and cheering throughout. It was a absolute blast and one of the best times I've ever had at the movies. I prefer Death Proof to Planet Terror but they are both good and it was fun to see them in throwback double feature style.
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The fake Machete trailer is not as fun now that MACHETE is an actual not good movie.
I'd like some of that Acuna Brothers Tex-Mex. Looks sweaty and delicious!
Rob Zombie should not make that SS Werewolves movie, but *should* make a Fu Manchu movie starring Nicolas Cage.
Eli Roth should make a THANKSGIVING movie, or literally *any* movie.
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If one were to properly accommodate this cheering homage of exploitation cinema, take a piss beforehand, grab a pack of VB, invite some close mates and indulge in the blood-soaked sex and gore experience that is the 190 minute Grindhouse. And for most this may seem optional, but to me it works best with no intermissions whatsoever. After seeing Planet Terror and Death Proof as singular movies on two different occasions, I've realized now that there's a far more measured fluidity with how it breezes in this intended format. Outrageous, overblown phony trailer Machete joyously kicks things off, to the cheesy "Our Feature Presentation" and even at the halfway mark Werewolf Women of the S.S, Don't and Thanksgiving are delightfully…
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Ridiculous and stylized, but oh so fun to watch. Definitely not for those who can't take gore or violence. Death Proof definitely appealed to me more than Planet Terror, but both were good. Definitely worth the three hour run time.
(2007 rating & review; in hindsight, I still love Death Proof but Planet Terror can go DIAF)
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The linked-up Grindhouse double feature was a disaster for the Weinstein Company, but for those of us who wish they'd been around for the old days, where you had intermissions and multiple movies for low prices in sketchy theaters, it was a fantasy brought to life. Just an enjoyable experience, made all the better by the quality of Planet Terror (not that Death Proof was awful, just not that good).
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GRINDHOUSE is the ultimate example of a film being greater than the sum of its parts. Each of the two films is not as strong on their own (and in director's cut form) as they are packaged together in a double feature. But better than 3D or any other means of creating an "experience" in a movie theatre, Grindhouse creates a fun experience by making the theatre you were sitting in (or, judging by the box office for the film, the theatre you didn't sit in) an alternate version of the past in which you're seeing two movies that couldn't have existed but somehow do. Because of that experience, born out of Tarantino and Rodriguez's fanboy love, Grindhouse remains one of the best times I ever had in a theatre.
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This double feature was great until the two hour mark; tarantino's movie was terribly paced and tasteless beyond belief. The previews in between films are absolute gems. Especially Thanksgiving.
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The fake Machete trailer is not as fun now that MACHETE is an actual not good movie.
I'd like some of that Acuna Brothers Tex-Mex. Looks sweaty and delicious!
Rob Zombie should not make that SS Werewolves movie, but *should* make a Fu Manchu movie starring Nicolas Cage.
Eli Roth should make a THANKSGIVING movie, or literally *any* movie.
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You know, by themselves, Planet Terror and Death Proof are pretty much crap. But seeing them together, with a few hilarious fake trailers, it just elevates the experience into something really fun.
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planet error and the trailers made up for QT's misfire
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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If one were to properly accommodate this cheering homage of exploitation cinema, take a piss beforehand, grab a pack of VB, invite some close mates and indulge in the blood-soaked sex and gore experience that is the 190 minute Grindhouse. And for most this may seem optional, but to me it works best with no intermissions whatsoever. After seeing Planet Terror and Death Proof as singular movies on two different occasions, I've realized now that there's a far more measured fluidity with how it breezes in this intended format. Outrageous, overblown phony trailer Machete joyously kicks things off, to the cheesy "Our Feature Presentation" and even at the halfway mark Werewolf Women of the S.S, Don't and Thanksgiving are delightfully…
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Absolutely loved Planet Terror and all of the trailers but, for me, Death Proof didn't fit with my expectations of what this highly anticipated cinema experience was supposed to be.
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Ridiculous and stylized, but oh so fun to watch. Definitely not for those who can't take gore or violence. Death Proof definitely appealed to me more than Planet Terror, but both were good. Definitely worth the three hour run time.
(2007 rating & review; in hindsight, I still love Death Proof but Planet Terror can go DIAF)