Thursday, August 10, 2006

Can't wait for Grindhouse

From EW, "With killer cars and crazy prosthetic legs, Grindhouse, a pair of pictures from directors Tarantino and Rodriguez, is one of next year's most-anticipated collaborations. Due out in April, the two movies, each a blood-and-guts tribute to '70s exploitation flicks, will be separated by sensational trailers for fake B movies. Below, we've got the goods on the real films.

THE GUN In Rodriguez's zombie-esque feature Planet Terror, Rose McGowan's go-go dancer-turned-amputee sports a unique fake limb (top, right). The poster's aged look, Rodriguez says, was achieved by the high-tech means of ''dragging it around a parking lot.''

THE VEHICLE ''It's a slasher movie with a car instead of a knife,'' says Rodriguez of Tarantino's Death Proof, which stars Kurt Russell as a psychotic stuntman. ''We did that poster [top left] as a silk screen. We wanted to imply an alternate film universe.''

THE NEEDLE The director is tight-lipped about why actress Marley Shelton is holding a hypodermic needle in another Terror poster (left). But he's more verbose on the subject of Grindhouse sequels: ''Yeah, there may be a couple. One might be kung fu. One sexploitation. They're a blast to make!'"

3 comments:

Octopunk said...

ALL of that looks great. Wahoo. I love the Planet Terror posters. And I love Rose McGowan. Not enough to have ever watched Charmed, but she's razor fine.

50PageMcGee said...

her leg is a gun? that's a terribly inconvenient murder weapon. god, where do i begin? first off, there's the walking problem: she's got one of two choices, hop on one leg or drag the muzzle on the ground all day. option one makes it impossible for her to sneak up on anyone, option two opens up the possibility that she'll dent the muzzle or accidentally get a rock or something lodged in the barrel, increasing the likelihood of a backfire. second, it makes no difference that she's sexy rose mcgowan -- nobody's going to be swayed by her hotness. at most you'd get caught staring for a second or two thinking, "damn, that chick with no leg is kind of hot," before moving on to someone who had all her parts. so if she's going to kill anyone, it'll be entirely because of rampage and, trust me, those rampage chicks don't stay hot for very long.

Octopunk said...

Everything you said is wrong, except that thing about getting a rock lodged in the barrel. Hot chicks with replaced limbs are the new thing, boyee, and my new woman is gonna slap you silly with her spatula hand the second you raise your head.

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