The Tarantino film released as one half of the 2007 double feature Grindhouse was Death Proof.
Grindhouse paired Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof with Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. The theatrical presentation was designed to imitate the experience of watching exploitation movies in a run-down grindhouse theater, complete with damaged-film effects, fake trailers, advertisements, and abrupt presentation changes.
The double feature opened in the United States and Canada on April 6, 2007. Death Proof follows Stuntman Mike, played by Kurt Russell, a stunt driver who uses reinforced cars to attack women. Planet Terror, by contrast, is Rodriguez’s zombie-style horror film starring Rose McGowan and Freddy Rodriguez.
After Grindhouse performed poorly at the domestic box office, the two films were released separately in many international markets. Death Proof also received a longer standalone version, adding material that had been omitted from the abbreviated theatrical cut. Django Unchained and Kill Bill are Tarantino films, but neither was one of Grindhouse’s two features.