Grindhouse (2007)
87%RT Audience Score: 87%
Awards & Nominations: 10 wins & 22 nominations
Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, improving upon its source material with feral intelligence
Grindhouse is like a wild ride through a haunted house, but instead of ghosts, you’re dodging bullets and exploding pustules. It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you’re looking for a good time and some shocking gore, this movie has got you covered. Plus, the fake trailers are hilarious and worth the price of admission alone. Just make sure you bring a strong stomach and a sense of humor.
Production Company(ies)
AGBO Hotdog Hands Ley Line Entertainment,
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Luling, Texas, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use
Year of Release
2007
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:SDDS DTS Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:3h 11m
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Language(s):English, Spanish
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Country of origin:United States, Canada
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 6, 2007 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2007
Genre(s)
Action/Horror
Keyword(s)
Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodríguez, Marley Shelton, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Naveen Andrews, Action, Horror, R, Gore, Drug Use, Strong Graphic Bloody Violence, Nudity, Pervasive Language, Some Sexuality, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg, $25.0M, Weinstein Co., Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS, Scope (2.35:1), reviewed by David Fear, Roger Ebert, Joe Morgenstern, Claudia Puig, Mark Rahner, Bruce Newman, directed by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, written by Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, produced by Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg, Grindhouse delivers exhilarating exploitation fare with wit and panache, Shaun of the Dead, The Descent, 28 Days Later, The Shining, Dawn of the Dead
Worldwide gross: $25,422,088
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $36,418,867
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,481
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 3,971,523
US/Canada gross: $25,037,897
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $35,868,488
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,210
US/Canada opening weekend: $11,596,613
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $16,612,936
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 741
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $67,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $95,982,049
Production budget ranking: 432
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $51,686,334
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$111,249,516
ROI to date (est.): -75%
ROI ranking: 1,845
Rose McGowan – Cherry
Freddy Rodríguez – Wray
Marley Shelton – Dakota
Sydney Tamiia Poitier – Jungle Julia
Naveen Andrews – Abby
Quentin Tarantino – Warren the Bartender
Jordan Ladd – Shanna
Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Lee
Rosario Dawson – Abernathy
Tracie Thoms – Kim
Zoë Bell – Herself/Stuntwoman
Vanessa Ferlito – Arlene
Tom Savini – Deputy Tolo
Michael Parks – Earl McGraw
Jeff Fahey – J.T.
Michael Bacall – Omar
Monica Staggs – Lanna Frank
Eli Roth – Dov
Omar Doom – Nate
Stacy Ferguson – Tammy
Electra Avellan – Babysitter Twin #1
Elise Avellan – Babysitter Twin #2
Quentin Tarantino – Director (Death Proof)
Robert Rodriguez – Director (Planet Terror)
Quentin Tarantino – Writer (Death Proof)
Robert Rodriguez – Writer (Planet Terror)
Robert Rodriguez – Producer
Quentin Tarantino – Producer
Elizabeth Avellan – Producer
Erica Steinberg – Producer
Director(s)
Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Writer(s)
Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Producer(s)
Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg
Film Festivals
Sundance, Cannes
Awards & Nominations
10 wins & 22 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (194) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (162) | Rotten (32)
November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
David Fear
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Grindhouse is both impressive and disappointing. From a technical and craft point of view it is first-rate; from its standing in the canon of the two directors, it is minor.
October 26, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
The whole thing runs a bit over three hours, goes by swiftly, contains countless film references and includes hilarious fake trailers.
April 9, 2007
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
TOP CRITIC
A rowdy jolt of quasi-nostalgic escapism.
April 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Claudia Puig
USA Today
TOP CRITIC
Shocking gore. Excessive violence. Gratuitous nudity. Exploding pustules. Hey, maybe your childhood was different than mine.
April 9, 2007 | Rating: 3.5/4
Mark Rahner
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
A weaponized adrenaline rush.
April 9, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
An outrageously entertaining, slam-bang double feature
June 5, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Mattie Lucas
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
The one thing that became evident to me, while watching Tarantino’s homage to sewer cinema, is that even while the flesh is melting and being blown apart with bullets, if the spirit is missing, there simply isn’t much point.
August 23, 2017
Dorothy Woodend
The Tyee (British Columbia)
Not just a movie but an event in its own right, Grindhouse is simply unmissable in its complete form.
October 14, 2012 | Rating: 5/5
Ali Gray
TheShiznit.co.uk
A paean to the exploitation films of the 70s, built more for titillation than story-telling, Grindhouse – especially the Rodriguez sequence – is nearly impossibly silly, not necessarily a bad thing, and is certainly not for everyone.
March 22, 2011 | Rating: 7.5/10
Joshua Starnes
ComingSoon.net
Grindhouse is a great experience, packed with fun, thrills, chills and gore galore.
October 21, 2010 | Rating: 8/10
R.L. Shaffer
IGN DVD
Delivers all the trashy, seat-squirming, eye-covering moments your fiercely racing heart craves. Forget about “guilty pleasures.” Call it a pleasure, and leave it at that.
June 9, 2010 | Rating: 7.5/10
Ian Buckwalter
DCist…
Plot
A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers’ favorite exploitation films. “Grindhouse” (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for “grinding out” non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. “Death Proof,” is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while “Planet Terror” shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the ’50s exploitation drive-in classics.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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