Planet Terror (DVD)

Now that Quentin Tarantinos star is fading somewhat its inevitable that his big mate Robert Rodriguez's is benefiting from that in the new millennium in the same sort of film genre at the multiplexes. So it made sense for the two geeks to team up and try and get Quentin back on top after a few flops, simultaneously having a dart at Grindhouse tribute flicks last year. I wasn't quite sure what Grindhouse was when I heard the phrase but it apparently relates to 70s exploitation films, perhaps a little bit too much sex and violence for the censors and so shunned by mainstream cinemas, shunted off to fleapit theatres that pretty much played anything, the place where Quentin ...

When a shady business deal goes bad, a group of rogue military men release an experimental bio-weapon into the environment. As the contagion spreads, hordes of local people are transformed into bloodthirsty zombies, intent on feasting on everyone in sight. It's left to a small group of survivors to fight their way through the infected and hope that they can stay alive long enough to escape the contagion zone. But there are some who want them to remain exactly where they are..... When the double-bill movie Grindhouse was released in US cinemas last year, takings were so poor that studio executives were quickly prompted to review their strategy for worldwide ...

Planet Terror is a spoof movie in the guise of the zombie flesh eating horror flick. It is a kind of tribute by Director Robert Rodriguez to all his favourite B-movies. The story is told of a small town whose inhabitants become infected by an experimental bio-nerve gas after it is accidentally released at a remote US military base in Texas. Those exposed to it become flesh eating, mutating zombie like creatures. The infection is further passed on by those unfortunate enough to get a nasty zombie bite. For some reason, the zombies seem to prefer sucking the brains out of their victims first... mm lovely. There is plenty of gore, fountains of blood and dripping ...