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The infected of Planet Terror

FilmInfected, still aliveScience gone wrong2000 to 2009

Planet Terror pits small-town Texans against mutated, zombie-like victims of a military chemical and a rogue army unit. The creatures are a deliberate throwback to 1970s and 1980s exploitation films. Most critics thought it the stronger half of Grindhouse.123

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First appeared
2007
Released 2007
Source work
Planet Terror (2007)
Robert Rodriguez
Age rating
R (US); 18 (UK)
Made in
USA
What causes it
Science gone wrong
A biochemical gas called DC2 is released in rural Texas.
How you become one
Breathing the gas makes townspeople mutate.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2007

Released 2007

field notes

What the sources say

1

Constant inhalation of the gas delays the mutation in those already exposed123

2

Some people are immune, which points to a cure123

3

Released as half of the Grindhouse double bill with Death Proof123

4

Made to look like a damaged 1970s print, complete with a missing reel123

5

The heroine's amputated leg is replaced with an assault rifle123

6

Lenzi's Nightmare City is cited as a major influence on it123

Sources

  1. Planet Terror - Wikipedia
  2. Nightmare City - Wikipedia
  3. Planet Terror - Rotten Tomatoes

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Same era: 2000 to 2009

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