Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL is more than a revenge saga—it’s a cinematic mixtape made from decades of genre films the director grew up loving.

In this seven-part limited series, we trace the bloodline of KILL BILL by digging into the movies that inspired it—from the spaghetti western grit of DEATH RIDES A HORSE to the icy elegance of LADY SNOWBLOOD, the grindhouse brutality of THRILLER: A CRUEL PICTURE to the unfinished martial arts masterpiece GAME OF DEATH. Along the way, we explore the legacy of Shaw Brothers Kung Fu films, the remix madness of SHOGUN ASSASSIN, and finally, the making of KILL BILL itself—from its origins on the set of PULP FICTION to its split release across two volumes.

This is the story behind the stories that made KILL BILL possible.