Grindhouse get an R

It’s just a couple of weeks before the hordes of old-school horror fans finally get to sink their teeth into the massively anticipated Tarantino/Rodriguez double feature GRINDHOUSE. And it seems safe to say we’ll get our money’s worth.

For starters, the flick package has been granted an ‘R’ rating for “strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use”, which is a compelling enough argument to see any movie, really. It’s not known how much (or any) of the reportedly controversial footage, such as an obese man eating a baby, needed to be excised from the finished film, but regardless of the edits we’ll see it in uncut glory when the DVD arrives later in the year.

Also, the total running time for the whole magilla (two full movies and several faux trailers) is a whopping 3 hours and 5 minutes.

And just in case you didn’t know, here’s the official synopsis: Grindhouse – noun – A downtown movie theater – in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace of the ’30s and ’40s – known for “grinding out” non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies. From groundbreaking directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez comes the ultimate film experience: a double-bill of thrillers that will recall both filmmakers’ favorite exploitation films. “Grindhouse” will be presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. Tarantino’s film, “Death Proof,” is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while Rodriguez’s film explores an alien world eerily familiar to ours in “Planet Terror.” Welcome to the Grindhouse – it’ll tear you in two.