25 Greatest Easter Eggs From The Last 20 Years Of Horror
21. Planet Terror
Robert Rodriguezs zombie half of the Grindhouse double bill he co-directed with Quentin Tarantino has a couple of hidden connections scuppered away for eager Tarantino enthusiasts to ferret out. Included as a way of smashing to smithereens the fan theories that exclaim all of Tarantinos movies exist solely in one universe, this means... theres a cross over.
It all goes down like this. The first sighting of Wray (Freddy Rodriguez) we see him ask at the Bone Shack for a pack of smokes. When he is given the cigarettes, a shot reveals them to be Red Apple smokes. The same fictional brand Butch Coolidge buys from Marsellus club in Pulp Fiction. This small detail is a cool cinematic handshake between Tarantino and Rodriguez, executed in a cordial manner akin to fencers before they jab at each other.
The second hook-up is a very brief shot of Dakotas (Marley Shelton) notepad. Pause it just right and youll see her to-do list: Cereal for Tony, Crickets for Tonys pets, Kill Bill. If we have to spell out the connection here...