On a scale of 1 to 10 based on the movies inappropriate themes this would fall into 20. This is probably the most violent Tarantino film ever. NEVER SHOW THIS TO A 5 YEAR OLD
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Planet Terror
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Not age appropriate for kids under 16, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 17. -
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Common Sense says
Rodriguez's gory zombie Grindhouse tale.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 17–18
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What Parents Need to Know
About Planet Terror
Parents need to know that this tongue-in-cheek zombie gorefest celebrates and partially re-creates the brutal sex-and-action "exploitation" movies that played in bad-neighborhood theaters from the 1960s through the '80s. That means it luxuriates in blood-soaked violence and sexually suggestive sleaze and has loads of swearing, carnage, and erotica (though actual nudity is brief). It's a campy takeoff, but the humor is quite gruesome, not the goofy silliness found in Scary Movie-type parodies.
Read our full review by Charles Cassady Jr.
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the movie's intentionally shocking material. Why would the ultra-violence and butchery of this film be considered entertaining? At what point do viewers become desensitized to this type of barrage of violence and gore? Is the excess meant to be funny? Do you think films like this one only appeal to a certain audience? Who is that audience, and why are they drawn to material like this? Are the vintage '60s and '70s exploitation movies that this one was inspired by still relevant today? How would you characterize the women in the movie? Are they victims or heroines? How does their sexuality work for and against them?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
NOT 4 KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
Robert you cool-cat!
WE LOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS FILM!!! me and my 13 yearold watched it, and we are amazed on how good it is! i might show it to my ten yearold, but it does contain extremely, brutal, graphic, gross-out violence involving alot of blood spurting from wounds, hands breaking, decapitated heads, and guts! not to much sex or nudity, there is a few really really brief nudity involving a fake trailer called machete where we some boobs and nipples for like 5 seconds! and another pair of boobs that if you blink you will miss them, so tell your children to blink when a go-go dancer is done dancing! Oh yea! and you see a girl dance sexually in the opening credits for kinda a long period of time (no nudity is show), there is also one scene when is a girl is about to get raped, but is saved! and a really short sex scene with no nudity!this is defenently a guy movie! but this film is a great zombie film! watch it with your buddies and your kids, but make sure to be next to them to tell them to close their eyes through some scenes. GREAT FILM!
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
I remember seeing this as a double feature along with Death Proof in theaters and i remember it being probaly the best theater experinces i ever had! Out of the 2 films this one is deffintly the better one. As fake as it is, it's deffintly one of the goriest movies i've ever seen. There is loads of bloody violence including graphic shootings, muitalations (including one graphic one where a mans testicals are cut off and we later see what it looks like afterwords), stabbings etc etc. There is also some sexual content including nudity and a breif sex scene that isnt too graphic and is cut off half way through as a joke. There is some strong language too. There is also a fake trailer before the movie called Machete that shows some bloody violence and breif nudity in it. While you cant get the double feature on DVD you can watch it on some prenium movie channels on T.V. such as Starz and Encore and its also on Netflix. If you dont get either of those i deffintly reccomend checking this out if you like zombie or action horror movies. And if you do see it as a double feature do be prepared to see some more graphic violence and nudity in the 3 other fake trailers that play before Death Proof pertically in the funny but rather disturbing Thanksgiving trailer.
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Spectacular zombie flick is fine for teens
This movie is very very good, it has a good plot, awsome action, and an alstar cast, it has some issues though: 1. Lots of blood and guts, but it's sooooo fake that the only one who ould think it's real is an 8 year old, humans and zombies are shot, stabed, beheaded and more, a boy shoots himself acidentily, peoples balls are cut off (off screen). 2. The opening credits are cherry doing a ver exotic and sugustive dance, brief nudity, a sex scene is inturuted by a missing reel. 3. F--k and S--t are utered as well as others, but not nearly as much as in "Death proof". SO overall this is a fun action movie for teens.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Best movie in the World!!!!!!
Just because this movie is extremely graphic and gory is no reason not to see this movie. They drop the F-bomb a few too many times, but other than that the only thing to watch out for is violence. A Little nudity, but an absolutely spectacular movie. 14 + can watch it.
- I rate this title on for age 17 and give it
cockass
i liked this movie a lot!! atleast it had the machette trailer.that was funny! i liked the movie because it was action packed and filled with blood.but it got me hungry seeing his ribs.they looked tasty! i thought it was weird that the mexican guy carries people balls. eewwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
fun, very fun
this movie was way over the top was gore, but you could tell it was fake. also this movie was really fun to watch.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Planet Terror
Easily the funniest horror film ever made, Planet Terror is an absolutely crazy and entertaining ride. I totally disagree with CSM's review of this film...yes, there's a LOT of blood and gore to be found here, but it's all so incredibly over-the-top and silly that at a point it's not even gross anymore. Undoubtedly not everyone will enjoy this zombie flick, but I loved it. I'd also highly recommend Death Proof, the other half of Grindhouse.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
The BEST movie I have seen in ALL my Life! (Not Joking.)
This movie is clearly excellent. I really thought that Quentin was gonna make the better movie with "Planet Terror" but it was totally the opposite! I really would give "Planet Terror" 10 stars if there was. GREAT movie for mature teens and adults.
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| 100% | of parents say it's too violent |
| 100% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 100% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 33% | of parents say it gives kids positive messages |
| 33% | of parents say there are good role models |
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