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"Planet Terror" isn't really an homage to grindhouse. The first two thirds of the film are Rodriguez's emulation of both George Romero (think The Crazies more than Dawn or Night Of The Living Dead) and John Carpenter (Assault On Precinct 13 , Halloween, Escape From New York, The Fog, The Thing)...

Rodriguez does a good job evoking 70s Carpenter - it's even more clear in the Comic Con footage (wait till you hear the synth score). I think more than anything, these two films are gonna play like love letters to Carpenter. You also got the impression at Comic Con - by the crowd's orgasmic...

He mentioned the double feature concept at Comic Con.