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Butterfly Blues.

After closing out December with a look at Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3 (listen) and Sophia Takal’s Into the Dark entry “New Year, New You” (listen), we’re kicking off 2025 with a bang by concluding the Grindhouse double feature that we started last summer with Planet Terror (listen) and finally making our way to Quentin Tarantino‘s Death Proof (2007)!

In Death Proof, two separate groups of women (Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Zoë Bell, Rosario Dawson, Tracie Thoms and Mary Elizabeth Winstead) are stalked by a vicious serial killer named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell), who uses his “death proof” car to execute his murderous plans.

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Episode 316: Death Proof (2007)

Grab your belts and hop on the roof of that car because we’re discussing our very first Quentin Tarantino film in 2007’s pseudo-slasher/exploitation film Death Proof. Join us as we conclude the Grindhouse double feature that we started last year with Planet Terror.

From the debates about the film’s feminist messaging to Tarantino’s own disillusionment with the film, we have a lot to say! Plus: dialogue, dialogue and more dialogue, discussing the rest of the fake trailers, why Arlene/Butterfly (Vanessa Ferlito) is Joe’s favorite character and one Hell of a final shot.

Cross out Death Proof!

Coming up on Wednesday: We’re heading to prom a few months early to discuss Brian De Palma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s first novel Carrie!

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