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Horrorphile - December 2006

GRIND HOUSE teaser bait

December 15th 2006 04:15
Grind House movie teaser poster
With baited breath and much antici ………… pation! I await this double-whammy from Hollywood’s rogue cinephiles; Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Grind House doesn’t get released in the US until April 2007, and there is no Australasian dates announced at this stage. Still, there is a wild and wicked teaser trailer to wrap your tequila goggles around.


Grind House is a blatant homage to the exploitation B-movie thrillers of the 70s. It combines two feature-length segments into one double-bill designed to replicate the old grind house theatre-going experience which was especially popular in the sleazy downtown precincts of US cities like New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It even features fake trailers to non-existent exploitation flicks between the two main movies just like a classic double-feature bill.

I remember going to double-feature horror bills in my old hometown when I was a teenager, B movies like Blood Beach (1981) coupled with Galaxy of Terror (1982) or Inseminoid (1981) with Dead & Buried (1981).
Grind House - Death Proof poster
In Tarantino’s Death Proof, a psycho named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks and kills beautiful women using his souped-up vintage muscle car as his weapon of choice. In Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, a small-town sheriffs’ department, on a world not so different to our own, has to deal with an outbreak of murderous, infected people called “sickos.” A gun-legged woman named Cherry (Rose McGowan) and her martial arts-wielding partner take on the zombie army.
Grind House - Planet Terror poster
The trailer certainly captures the hack editing and grimy, saturated cinematography of those dodgy B movies, whether the actual movies themselves will look as weathered and choppy as the trailer suggests is hard to tell. More than likely Grind House will appeal greatly to those of us whom have enjoyed the guilty pleasures of such theatrical experiences, while the younger generation may very well find the whole package decidedly ill-conceived and downright annoying.
Stuntman Mike in his Death Proof car
Personally I just know it’s gonna rock’n’fuckin’roll like a point blank double-barreled blast from a sawn-off shotgun. Instant cult status, I reckon. And if it’s not your cup of cold blood and vomit, then tough fuckin’ titties.
Planet Terror's biker chicks



* trailer courtesy of iklipz.com and images courtesy of horror-movies.ca

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Comment by Cibbuano

December 15th 2006 05:40


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looks pretty sleazy - I can't wait!

I wish From Dusk Till Dawn was a little more ridiculous, though...

Comment by Sisi

December 15th 2006 09:14
Rose McGowan looks like Alyssa Milano in the un-enlarged version of that picture...I'm getting my Charmed sisters confused!

Comment by JohnDoe

December 15th 2006 23:37


Film & TV on DVD
Of course Im keen for this one, or it that two. Fun trailer that promises good trashy fun...

Comment by Bryn

December 16th 2006 02:46


Horrorphile
Cibby,
From Dusk Til Dawn a little more ridiculous?! Like it wasn't enough already? LOL. I think you'll find Grind House will fill that criteria amply.

Sisi,
Rose looks hot in this flick, even if she does only have one leg .... (the other is a machine gun) ... Alyssa, well, I've always had a hot spot for her too ...

JD,
"Good trashy fun" ... yup. In spades, my man, in spades.

Comment by Luke

December 16th 2006 04:16


Book Club
Old Movies
Cane Toad Warrior

it's gonna rule.

I'm a bit bummed that Stallone wasn't able to fit Death Proof into his schedule though... they would've been so sweet.

Comment by Ash

December 16th 2006 10:44


Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
I really am not a fan of horror movies but I read your blog with morbid fascination! I never watch the movies but I find it intriguing that they have such a close following. I would have nightmares!!!!!!!!!!! Alyssa Milano belongs in "Who`s the Boss?"

Comment by Damo

December 17th 2006 08:41


For the Sake of Argument
My Apologetics
Sawnoff leg with a gun onto. You don't see that everyday

Comment by Cibbuano

February 19th 2007 03:44


20/20 Filmsight
Science News
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
goddamn.

god-DAYAM!


Comment by Bryn

February 19th 2007 04:06


Horrorphile
Like a fat blunted cigar dipped in the blood of vampires .. this'll taste sickly sweet while the smoke waftin' through the twilight hour gets you stooooned.

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