Planet Terror

The Badass Babes of Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Planet Terror’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

Trace Thurman Bruce Willis, Freddy Rodriguez, Grindhouse, Horror Queers, Horror Queers Podcast, Marley Shelton, Planet Terror, Podcasts, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rose McGowan

Oh, balls. After concluding June with discussions of the wacky space antics (and commando drag queens) of Leprechaun 4: In Space (listen) and the underseen-but-very-good trans vampire film Bit (listen), we’re heading into grindhouse cinema with Robert Rodriguez‘s first half of the Grindhouse double-bill: Planet Terror (2007)! In the film, an experimental bio-weapon is released that turns the […]

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Five Zombie Comedies to Stream This Week

Meagan Navarro Dead Heat, featured, Fido, Movies, One Cut of the Dead, Planet Terror, Stay Home Watch Horror, The Return of the Living Dead, topnews

Zombies often take the horror-comedy to a new level. In their shambling quest to mine humor from the most horrific circumstances, zombie comedies invert the apocalyptic nihilism that an outbreak of the undead tends to elicit. They also subvert the expectations of zombie horror, frequently going meta to poke fun at some of the most […]

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‘Grindhouse’ – Revisiting the Influential Box Office Failure With Via Vision’s New Blu-ray Release

Alex DiVincenzo Death Proof, Eli Roth, Grindhouse, Home Video, Planet Terror, Quentin Tarantino, Reviews, Robert Rodriguez, Thanksgiving

Grindhouse is one of the most influential box office failures of the 21st century. Despite grossing a paltry $25.4 million at the box office on a budget of around $60 million, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s 2007 love letter to exploitation cinema has managed to spawn four spin-off movies — Machete, Machete Kills, Hobo with […]

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‘The Last of Us’: Pedro Pascal and Five Other Great Latino Horror Heroes

Felix Vasquez Jr Ash vs. Evil Dead, Editorials, El Santo, Movies, Planet Terror, Scream, Scream VI, the last of us, The Walking Dead

HBO has secured another ratings hit with their new video game adaptation “The Last of Us,” and while it’s as exciting and epic as the original video game, it also has the distinction of having a Latino leading man. Chilean actor Pedro Pascal plays the protagonist Joel, who is tasked with trekking across the horrific […]

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Faux-Grindhouse at its Finest: Celebrating 10 Years of ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’!

Luiz H. C. Death Proof, Editorials, featured, Grindhouse, Hobo With a Shotgun, Jason Eisener, Longform, Movies, Planet Terror, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rutger Hauer, topnews

Nostalgia is a curious thing, especially when it comes to film. Multi-media empires have been built on filmmakers revamping the entertainment of their youth for new audiences, but it’s extremely difficult for modern productions to capture the spirit of older movies without turning into exaggerated parodies. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and […]

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