Here is what IMDB.co has to say about Planet Terror:

“After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the night as the so-called “sickos” threaten to take over the whole town and the world. Written by Anonymous

In Texas, the gang leaded by the black market dealer Abby faces a group of renegade militaries leaded by Captain Muldoon in an abandoned military base. During their shootout, Abby shoots a recipient of biological weapon, releasing an experimental highly-contagious gas that turns humans to flesh-eating zombies. Meanwhile, in the local hospital, Dr. Block sees an epidemic with many patients with the same nasty symptoms. When the outbreak affects most of the local population, a group of people with immunity leaded by the mechanic Wray, Sheriff Hague, the stripper Cherry and the Dr. Dakota, fight to survive and become the last hope to save the world. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In a rural town in Texas, go-go dancer Cherry Darling (with a leg/machine gun), decides to quit her low-paying job and find another use for her numerous ‘useless’ talents. Cherry’s ex-boyfriend, El Wray, at the Bone Shack, a restaurant owned by J.T. Hague, a group of military officials, led by the demented Lt. Muldoon, are making a business transaction with a scientist named Abby for a deadly biochemical agent known as DC2 codename “Project Terror”, but when Muldoon learns Abby has an extra supply on hand, he attempts to take Abby hostage and Abby intentionally releases the gas into the air. As gun-legged Cherry Darling and one man wrecking crew El Wray try to save the world from a horde of flesh-eating zombies. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}”

Ana, a nurse comes home has sex with her husband, Louis and goes asleep for the night without watching the TV news about the zombies. The next morning, a young girl comes into their house and bites her husband, Louis in the neck. Ana is obviously terrified by the whole and tries to help him, but then Louis tries to attack her. She gets away into her car and then crashes into a tree. She is eventually helped by a police sergeant and they walk away from the accident together. Then they run into a pregnant couple and a jack-of-all trades named Michael.

They decided the safest place to go is the shopping mall where they meet some security officers from the mall. They were skeptical at first in helping them, but they eventually knew they need all of the help that they can get.

In the mall, they all confront zombies. It is a exciting battle.

I would give the movie 8 out of 10 stars.

I’ve always liked his films.  The have a gritty, down-and-dirty feel to them.  I think his films are typically more about the psychological effects of horror on its victims than it is simply about blood and guts.  I think too many filmmakers today spend too much time trying to make the goriest, nastiest films they can, when in fact they should focus a little more on the actors and how their characters would really feel in the situation they are facing.

If you look at all of the great horror movies: Psycho, Night of the Living Dead, Poltergeist, The Exorcist etc. – when you are watching those movies you really feel for the characters.  What makes them so scary is that you start to look at the movie from the character’s point of view and start to feel the terror they are portraying.

Now movies like the later Nightmare on Elm Street movies might be fun, but you never get into the characters the way you did in the first one.  Or stupid movies like Demons or Killer Colows from Outerspace.

One of the movies that I think that did the best job of putting you in touch with the actors and characters was IT by Stephen King.  That is the same reason that book ranks up there as one of my all-time favorites.  I tend to read sci-fi and watch horror, but occassionally I cross the line and read horror as well including: Stephen King and Dean Koontz (of which my all time favorite book is Odd Thomas – now there is a character worth getting in to).

Anyway the next time you watch a scary movie – think about if you are scared because of tricks like spooky music and things popping out at you, or whether you are really scared because you FEEL the terror that the character is going through.

Just my little rant for the day – I’ll write a full review on Night of the Living Dead once we finish watching it – I’ve seen it a couple of times before and have it on disc, but its been awhile.