Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair will be released in theaters nationwide for the first time ever this December.
Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies, originally released in two volumes, will be re-released by Lionsgate as one complete film on December 5, 2025. Lionsgate said Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair removes the cliffhanger ending from Vol. 1 and the recap that began Vol. 2 and, perhaps of most interest to fans, adds a never-before-seen, seven-and-a-half-minute animated sequence.
Select presentations of the release will be in 70mm and 35mm, and it is anticipated that the film will play in all major markets, Lionsgate added.
Tarantino himself commented: “I wrote and directed it as one movie — and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”
Kill Bill Vol. 1 came out 22 years ago, on October 10, 2003, and is considered one of Tarantino’s best films. This love letter to the kung fu movies of old sees Uma Thurman’s The Bride go on a bloody revenge mission that’s packed with iconic lines, Hattori Hanzō swords, and gory decapitations. Vol. 2 followed in 2004 and resolved The Bride’s story with as much hard-hitting dialogue as action.
The late Michael Madsen’s scene-stealing performance as Bill’s brother, Budd, includes perhaps the best line from the films, one that often tops those Kill Bill best quotes lists you find on the internet: “That woman deserves her revenge and we deserve to die."
While you wait for Kill Bill to release in theaters, check out IGN's feature, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - 450 Gallons of Fake Blood and 9 Other Things You (Probably) Never Knew.
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