Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend El Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.
"Humanity's last hope… rests on a high power machine gun!"
Top Billed Cast
Rose McGowan
Cherry Darling
Freddy Rodríguez
Wray
Marley Shelton
Dr. Dakota Block
Josh Brolin
Dr. William Block
Jeff Fahey
J.T. Hague
Michael Biehn
Sheriff Hague
Bruce Willis
Lieutenant Muldoon
Rebel Rodriguez
Tony Block
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
W WuchakVerified TMDB Critic
2018-10-15
***Black comedy/thriller/horror about biochemically-birthed zombie outbreak in central Texas***
Created by writer/director Robert Rodriguez, “Planet Terror” was originally part of the double feature called “Grindhouse,” released in 2007. The other movie was “Death Proof” by Quentin Tarantino. Both were standalone stories, although vaguely connected. They were a deliberate attempt to recreate the experience of a double feature at a B movie house in the mid/late 60s-70s with the prints intentionally marred by scratches and blemishes or, in this flick, a whole reel supposedly miss...
T The Movie DioramaVerified TMDB Critic
2020-01-16
Planet Terror failed to terrorise with its blood-bubble bursting infestation. The first feature of Rodriguez/Tarantino’s homage to the “Grindhouse” exploitation genre, is one that exercises the practical magic of independently produced B-movies. No dramatic theatricality to be seen here, on the misty darkened roads of rural Texas where “Fergalicious” Fergie screams the countryside down whilst being devoured by infected military units. This is Planet Terror, baby. The only quality that matters is the amount of bloodshed that splatters onto the screen. Rodriguez may have directed, prod...
