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A 2007 double feature film by [[Robert Rodriguez]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]], intentionally sending up the 1970s [[B-Movie|B-Movies]] that played in theaters, complete with the cute little coming attraction and in-betweener cartoons.

 

 

''Planet Terror'' - A military transaction turns chaotic as a poison gas is released onto a rural town of Texas. There, the unknowing civilians turn into blood-thirsty zombies. The only people who can stop them is a Go-Go-Dancer with a gun for a leg, her expert gunman ex boyfriend, the crazy babysitter twins, a [[Heroic BSOD|shellshocked]] doctor, a [[Jerkass]] cop, a crusty sheriff, a scientist obsessed with balls, and a whole bunch of other trailer-park freaks deep in the Heart of Texas.

 

Also contained a variety of [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie|fake movie trailers]]. All of these trailers either have been, are in the process of, or being considered [[Defictionalization|getting made into an actual feature film]].

* ''Werewolf Women of the SS'' -- [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Directed by Rob Zombie. {{spoiler|With [[Nicolas Cage]] [[One-Scene Wonder|as]]... [[Fu Manchu]]!}}

* ''Don't'' -- [[Video Nasties]]-style Britsploitation [[Screamer Trailer]] directed by [[Edgar Wright]], with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Matthew McFadyen, [[The League of Gentlemen|Mark Gatiss]], Jason Isaacs and narration by [[Arrested Development (TV series)|Will Arnett]]. The main joke of the trailer is that it's the American trailer for a British horror film, and the distributors, in order to prevent the audience from finding out that it's British, have cut the trailer so that none of the characters are heard speaking and we get no idea of the plot. The name of the trailer was reportedly inspired by Video Nasty ''[[Don't Go in the House]]'', or any number of other films from the late seventies/early eighties "Don't" fad.

And in some select theaters:

* ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]'' -- [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Hobo takes the law into his own hands. Made by a couple of independent filmmakers from [[Canada|Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]]. This one was also [[Defictionalization|turned into]] [[Hobo with a Shotgun|a full-length movie]]. Many other indie trailers were made and considered at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and although this was the one featured in the film, a lot of the others (visible on [[YouTube]]) are pretty good, too.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[Anyone Can Die]]

* [[Author Appeal]] - Tarantino once more indulges his foot fetish.

** [[Rose McGowan]]'s dance scene at the beginning of ''[[Planet Terror]]'' would just be [[Fan Service]], except that she and Rodriguez became a couple shortly after this movie came out.

* [[The Baroness]]: ''Werewolf Women of the SS''

* [[Bertha in The Attic]]: Possibly part of the plot to ''Don't''

** [[Bubble Boy|After find out her crush didn't need the hyperbolic chamber after all]], [[Marley Shelton|Chloe]] decided to become a doctor.

** After her time with [[The Specials]], [[Jordan Ladd|Nightbird]] moved to Austin and became a full time partier.

* [[The Ketchup Test]] - In the ''Thanksgiving'' trailer.

* [[Large Ham]] - [[Nicolas Cage|Guess]] [[Fu Manchu|who?]] "THIS... is my '''MECCA!!!''' ''[[Evil Laugh|Muahhahahaha!!]]''

* [[One-Scene Wonder]] - A few, such as [[Moe|Marcy]], and later [[Memetic Molester|Jasper]] in ''Death Proof''.

** And {{spoiler|[[Nicolas Cage]]}} as--[[Overused Running Gag|oh, forget it]].

** In one scene of ''Planet Terror'', a large crane is clearly visible. Rodriguez considered removing it by computer, but then decided that leaving it visible would be much more grindhouse.

* [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]]: Several of them!

* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Used during Thanksgiving to introduce the pilgrim killer during the parade.

* [[Recurring Character]]: Dakota Block appears in both films, as does her father, Sheriff Earl McGraw, who has appeared in various other films by Tarantino and Rodriguez.

** "On Cable" meaning "Only on movie channels"; on MTV, where the "Missing Reels" were, they simply cut to a commercial.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Ehrm, come on, you expected this to be a less gory and less perverted filled with sexual references {{spoiler|including mutating penis}}? It's an exploitation movie, you know. Most of these were '''that''' cheesy back in 70s-80s, you know.

** There's a shout out in "Planet Terror" to "Death Proof": a DJ on the radio dedicates a song to {{spoiler|Jungle Julia, in honor of her death}}

** If you watch closely, Dakota in ''Planet Terror'' has a small notepad listing stuff to do. The last thing in that list? ''[[Kill Bill]]''. Her husband is Dr. ''William'' Block...

** And, possibly, will be played half-straight when it will be a separate movie.

** [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday]]

* [[Death by Sex]]: Inverted. The first girls, in spite of acting all wild, are actually pretty uptight about sex (especially Arlene/Butterfly), and they die. The second group, on the other hand, are very open about their sex lives, and they not only survive, they kill the bad guy!

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: More like {{spoiler|an entire decoy cast!}}

* [[Food Porn]] - Come on, admit it. If you didn't get a craving for nachos after watching the nacho scene in ''Death Proof'', you're '''lying'''.

* [[Foot Focus]] - Plenty of it, as usual in Tarantino films. It's even [[Lampshaded]].

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Stuntman Mike has a large scar running down his face. He's something of a bastard. He also sarcastically claims he [[Cut Himself Shaving]].

* [[Halfway Plot Switch]]: Halfway through, the movie is filmed with a very different style, {{spoiler|with very different characters}}, in a very different place. It was almost like watching a sequel in the middle of the first movie!

* [[Hot Amazon]] - [[Zoe Bell]], for starters.

* [[Jabba Table Manners]] - Watching Stuntman Mike [[Establishing Character Moment|noisily and messily slurping down his plate of nachos in his ''introduction'']] is enough to tell you that this guy is going to be a creep.

* [[Loud Gulp]] - Lee actually says "Gulp" when she realizes her friends have left her with mister Redneck Rapist.

* [[Market-Based Title]] - "Death Proof" was apparently released as "Thunder Bolt" in some markets, as suggested by the title card that appears for a split second before the "correct" title is superimposed.

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: Mike whines and cries and blubbers like a baby after being shot in the arm. Possibly [[Truth in Television]] as bullet wounds that merely graze the skin hurt more due to the higher concentration of nerve endings there.

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Tarantino said that he wrote Kim essentially as a [[Distaff Counterpart|female version]] of [[Samuel L. Jackson]].

* [[Stock Scream]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio The Wilhelm Scream] is heard in Death Proof after Stuntman Mike runs over the first car.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Driving in the middle of the night, drunk, high out of their minds, blasting loud music, and sticking their legs out of the windows, they were practically begging for an accident.

* [[Trunk Shot]]: A Tarantino trademark, played with: it's a shot of Kim and Zoe from under the hood.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Lee is left behind with Jasper, the redneck who owns the Dodge. We never find out what happened to her, or what happened when the girls returned the ruined car.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Cherry unleashes a choice one at El Wray

* [[Combat Stilettos]] - Cherry, on her good leg.

* [[The Danza]]: Skip the club owner is played by Skip, Robert Rodriguez' realtor.

* [[Deliberately Cute Child]] - Played by Robert Rodriguez' son, Rebel. Sadly, {{spoiler|[[Infant Immortality]] is averted.}}

* [[Staking the Loved One]]: Earl does this to his wife.

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Subverted: {{spoiler|The groups' only way of escape is via a helicopter on the other side of a military base filled with zombified soldiers. Abby (Naveen Andrews, aka Sayid from ''[[Lost]]'') sternly says "Follow me!"; the music starts pumping, you think you're in for the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]... and as soon as he peers around the corner, [[Reality Ensues|his head gets blown to pieces.]]}}

** You know what they say... {{spoiler|[[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]}}

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Muldoon just wanted to find a cure for himself and his men}}.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: El Wray on a pocketbike.

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