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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.
''<s> Thunder Bolt</s> Death Proof'' - A stuntman plays on his small fame to hit on girls, then kills them with his car. Little did he realize that a few of his second bunch of victims are stuntwomen... and among them is [[Zoe Bell]] (playing herself), who also doubled for [[Uma Thurman]] in ''[[
''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]].
* ''[[Machete]]'' -- "Mexploitation film" in which a day laborer, played by Danny Trejo, becomes a hitman; also directed by Rodriguez. Has [[Defictionalization|been turned into an actual movie]].
* ''Werewolf Women of the SS'' -- [[Exactly What It Says
* ''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
* ''Thanksgiving'' -- A [[Gorn|gore-soaked]] [[Slasher Movies|slasher movie]] featuring a killer pilgrim, brought to you by [[Eli Roth]]. Ends with a shot of the killer [[Crosses the Line Twice|raping a Thanksgiving turkey]].
And in some select theaters:
* ''[[Hobo
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=== These films contain examples of: ===
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** Cherry's numerous "useless skills" - she finds a use for almost all of them by the end of the film
* [[Creator Cameo]] - Quentin Tarantino appears in both movies (He technically didn't direct Planet Terror, but Robert Rodriguez has stated he was a large part of the creative process). Rodriguez also appears as one of the terrorists selling the biochemicals (the guys who gang up on the other guy and cut his balls off) at the beginning, IIRC.
* [[Death
* [[Defictionalization]] - Rodriguez's ''Machete'' was released in late 2010, and ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' is due to be released in 2011. Rob Zombie is also giving strong consideration to do a full length version of ''Werewolf Women of the SS''.
** ''Grindhouse 2'' would supposedly be ''Don't'' and ''Thanksgiving'', with new fake trailers as well.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: The owner of the go go dancing club.
** {{spoiler|Stuntman Mike proves himself to little more than a bully, and as such a coward.}}
* [[Doomed
* [[Everythings Cuter With Kittens]]: To remind viewers that these films are X-rated.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]] / [[Evil Laugh]]: {{spoiler|[[Nicolas Cage]] as... [[Fu Manchu]]!}}
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* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] - The films go to great lengths to give that authentic 1970s grindhouse feel, such as fake trailers, grainy footage, missing reels, jumping scenes, burned film, terrible synthesized music, an ad for a Tex-Mex restaurant which is supposedly next door to the theater you are watching the movie in, etc.
** 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.
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Abby. {{spoiler|She disapproves of Kim's gun and complains when they are going to do a stunt. After Stuntman Mike pissed her off enough, she suggested killing him. Later it is actually her who kicks his head in}}.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]] - The end; [[Kurt Russell]] gets knocked around by [[Zoe Bell]], [[Rosario Dawson]], and [[Tracie Thoms]], until Zoe roundhouses him on his ass, and Rosario ax-kicks his head in.
* [[Death
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: More like {{spoiler|an entire decoy cast!}}
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: The entire first half makes you ask when something, ''anything'' is actually going to happen.
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* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Shaped Like Itself]]: - "Why's he called ''Stuntman Mike''?" "'Cause he's a stuntman."
* [[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]].
* [[Soft Spoken Sadist]]: Stuntman Mike.
* [[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.
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* [[This Is a Sentence Bitch]]: Virtually all of Kim's dialogue.
* [[Trunk Shot]]: A Tarantino trademark, played with: it's a shot of Kim and Zoe from under the hood.
* [[What Happened to
=== Planet Terror ===
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* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: El Wray is just about the shortest person in the whole movie. And yet, many an ass is kicked.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: Dr. Dakota Block gives a gun to her child, when she leaves him alone in a car. {{spoiler|He shoots himself in the face ([[I Just Shot Marvin in
* [[Rocket Jump]]: Cherry does this with her grenade launcher leg. One of the only non-videogame characters to perform this move.
* [[Rule of Cool]]
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