Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.
Kurt Russell
as Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
Rose McGowan
as Pam (segment "Death Proof") / Cherry (segment "Planet Terror")
Zoë Bell
as Herself (segment "Death Proof")
Freddy Rodríguez
as Wray (segment "Planet Terror")
Rosario Dawson
as Abernathy (segment "Death Proof")
Marley Shelton
as Dr. Dakota Block (McGraw) (segment "Death Proof") / Dakota (segment "Planet Terror")
Vanessa Ferlito
as Butterfly (segment "Death Proof")
Josh Brolin
as Block (segment "Planet Terror")
Sydney Tamiia Poitier
as Jungle Julia (segment "Death Proof")
Jeff Fahey
as JT (segment "Planet Terror")
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
as Lee Montgomery (segment "Death Proof")
Michael Biehn
as Sheriff Hague (segment "Planet Terror")
