From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

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• EightThirty .

  
  02/01/2012 (PS3, NETFLIX)

• xGary X

  
  A pair of ruthless bank robbers on the run to Mexico hijack an ex pastor and his children, only to be trapped in a strip joint full of vampires. The first collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Til Dawn is half twisted road movie, half schlock horror… More
  A pair of ruthless bank robbers on the run to Mexico hijack an ex pastor and his children, only to be trapped in a strip joint full of vampires. The first collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Til Dawn is half twisted road movie, half schlock horror with a wide streak of humour; Grindhouse beta in other words. It's also the film that made the male population finally understand what the ladies were on about when we collectively developed a huge man crush on Clooney whose fantastic performance as Seth Gecko turned him from soap star into Mr. Coolest Of The Cool. He's ably supported by Quentin as his psychotic and delusional baby brother and Harvey Keitel as the hard-assed preacher, as well as some cameos from Sex Machine from Dawn Of The Dead and Shaft himself. There's plenty of Tarantino's amusing hard-boiled dialogue and the action scenes are splatter at it's most frantic and funny. It may feel a little scizophrenic as it's essentially two stories stitched together, but both work brilliantly and it's a riot from beginning to end. One of my favourite vampire films and worth the admission price for Salma Hayek's jaw dropping burlesque turn alone. Ay carumba.

• Daniel L

  
  A ridiculously fun movie that starts out as Tarantino crime film that then quickly turns into a ravenous gore-fest of a vampire movie.

• Matt G

  
  A powerhouse of a film. One of the most cherished B-movies in the past four decades. Tarantino and Rodriguez collaborate and it is spectacular.

• John H

  
  Crazy, stupid fun. Nothing more.

• Ken S

  
  Wicked good time

• Unknown H

  
  I fell in love with this movie as a kid of about nine or ten, before I knew how pretentious Tarantino actually was. I think without my adult snobbery clouding my enjoyment, this movie cemented three things in my heart. A love of Harvey Keitel. An appreciation for makeshift vampire… More
  I fell in love with this movie as a kid of about nine or ten, before I knew how pretentious Tarantino actually was. I think without my adult snobbery clouding my enjoyment, this movie cemented three things in my heart. A love of Harvey Keitel. An appreciation for makeshift vampire killing weapons. And one stunning motherf***er of a soundtrack!

• Melvin W

  
  A pretty cool and fun movie. Quentin Tarantino isn't a great actor, but he is a lot of fun to watch. His screenplay and George Cloony's acting is what really set this movie apart. The movie works on two different levels. For one, the fist half of the movie is a great… More
  A pretty cool and fun movie. Quentin Tarantino isn't a great actor, but he is a lot of fun to watch. His screenplay and George Cloony's acting is what really set this movie apart. The movie works on two different levels. For one, the fist half of the movie is a great criminals on the run movie and the second half works fairly well as a vampire movie. It's funny, campy, and always entertaining. Robert Rodriguez did well with this movie.

• Kristijonas F

  
  Deliriously violent, super-cheesy, and just absolutely preposterous, From Dusk 'Till Dawn is also a pleasantly enjoyable exploitation fare. Although it is a tad disjointed - come on, it combines a bank-heist crime drama with a vampire gore-fest - the movie survives mostly due to… More
  Deliriously violent, super-cheesy, and just absolutely preposterous, From Dusk 'Till Dawn is also a pleasantly enjoyable exploitation fare. Although it is a tad disjointed - come on, it combines a bank-heist crime drama with a vampire gore-fest - the movie survives mostly due to George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino - and of course, the nude vampire strippers.

• paul o

  
  With a crime filled beginning towards a gory end, this is an unusual gem that shows off Quentin Tarotino's acting and writing. George Clooney makes the role fit for him with Harvey Keital being an awesome father. Its good but at sometimes it feels like director Robert Rodriguez… More
  With a crime filled beginning towards a gory end, this is an unusual gem that shows off Quentin Tarotino's acting and writing. George Clooney makes the role fit for him with Harvey Keital being an awesome father. Its good but at sometimes it feels like director Robert Rodriguez slacked off.

• Dean !

  
  When I first saw this i had no idea what it was about and it made the film even better for it. You have to see this, so much happens. Great action and a huge twist in the plot!

• Phil H

  
  Excellent movie, starts of as a nasty violent criminal story as the Gecko's escape prison, but then turns into an amazingly gorey and sexy vamp flick. Much like 'Desperado' the film is silly and over the top but the unique vampire characters and look of the film makes… More
  Excellent movie, starts of as a nasty violent criminal story as the Gecko's escape prison, but then turns into an amazingly gorey and sexy vamp flick. Much like 'Desperado' the film is silly and over the top but the unique vampire characters and look of the film makes it stand out from the rest. Hayek is stunning and drop dead gorgeous as are the other female neck biters and the rest is a classic all star Rodriguez line up, er yes Mr Trejo is in it hehe. The action is kinda cheesey but it works well and does the job much like the effects which range from abit naff to pretty good in places, plenty of blood and limbs flying about the place, Clooney and Rodriguez's best work by far and the soundtrack rocks.

• Manu G

  
  This is typical Quentin Tarantino style and who else to direct but Robert Rodriguez, simply mindblowing! Too many crazy stuff in this movie to give it more than 3 stars. A sheriff pulls up to an isolated liquor store in Texas called Bennys World of Liquor. Once inside he speaks… More
  This is typical Quentin Tarantino style and who else to direct but Robert Rodriguez, simply mindblowing! Too many crazy stuff in this movie to give it more than 3 stars. A sheriff pulls up to an isolated liquor store in Texas called Bennys World of Liquor. Once inside he speaks with the shopkeeper. He then goes to use the restroom. As soon as he is inside the bathroom, The Gecko Brothers, Seth [George Clooney] and Richie [Quentin Tarantino] appear with two hostages and gun pointed at the shopkeeper apparently in the store the whole time. Seth threatens the shopkeeper and tells him to be cool. The sheriff returns shortly after and goes to pay. While talking to the shopkeeper, Richie kills the sheriff with a point blank shot to the head. Seth and Richie argue because Richie claims the shopkeeper mouthed Help Us. As the shopkeeper yells to defend himself, Richie shoots him in the shoulder. Seth and Richie argue and Seth decides to leave. As they are leaving the shopkeeper jumps up and shoots Richie in his hand. They all start shooting and the gunfight. The hostages escape and the fight is ended when Seth throws a lit toilet paper roll dosed with light fluid at the shopkeeper who was covered in alcohol killing him. They leave as the liquor store explodes. The brothers then check into a motel with their one remaining hostage and they discuss their plan to flee to Mexico and meet Seths contact, Carlos [Cheech Marin] for sanctuary. A news story is shown about the Grecko brothers and they atrocities. Seth returns to the motel to discover that Richie had raped and murdered the hostage. Seth scolds Richie. The brothers then run into Pastor Jake Fuller [Harvey Keitel], his two kids Kate [Juliette Lewis] and Scott [Ernest Liu]. They kidnap the family and hijack their R.V. forcing them to drive to Mexico. The group is stopped at the border and the R.V. is searched but the brothers are hiding in the bathroom with Kate. They eventually make it through and on into Mexico. Soon after they enter Mexico, they arrive at an eccentric bar called The Titty Twister. Seth gets into a fight with the bouncer [Cheech Marin] and they all go inside. Once inside, they have a few drinks and enjoy the girls dancing on the tables. Soon Santanico Pandemonium [Salma Hayek] performs. Towards the end of her act, the bouncer returns and tells the bartender and the other what happened. When they confront the group, Richie pulls out a gun and one of the bartenders stabs his already shot hand to the table and another gunfight ensues. The brothers come out on top again and Seth goes to look at Richies badly wounded hand as Santanico sees the puddle of blood on the table. She then transforms into a hideous beast-like vampire and attacks Richie, biting him on the neck. Seth shoots Santanico off of Richie, but Richie dies soon after. Not long after the bouncer and the bartenders rise from the dead in the same beast-like vampire state and them and all the dancers, who are also vampires, lock the door and begin brutally feeding on the bar patrons. Seth, the family and a couple of bar patrons manage to kill almost all the vampires. Seth goes to find his brothers body as the remaining bar patrons realizes the vampire band is still there. As the group goes to attack, they disappear. Seth says his final farewells to Richie but before he can finish, Richie turns into a vampire as well and attacks Seth who manages to get away. They share a moment looking at each other and Seth then decides he must kill Richie and he does. Seth begins to drink heavily as the remaining group starts to hear a swarm of bats surrounding the bar. The group then realizes that the killed bar patrons are turning into vampires as well and must fight them off. While staking the remaining vampires, one of the surviving bar patrons named Sex Machine is biting in the arm but hides it from the others. The survivors regroup and plan on what to do next. It is not long before Sex Machine begins to transform. He then sneaks up and attacks the other surviving bar patron, Frost [Fred Williamson] biting him in the neck. Sex Machine then moves onto Jake, biting him in the arm. Frost, still in human form, confronts Sex Machine and they begin to fight ending when Frost throws Sex Machine through a window, opening the way for the swam of vampire bats to come in and Frost also transforms. Seth and the kids then run and hide in a back room of the bar. Jake bandages his arm and makes a cross out of a bat and a shotgun and makes his way back to the remaining group. They then prepare to make a last stand against the remaining vampires. Before they go into battle, Jacob forces his children to swear they will kill him when he turns into a vampire and the reluctantly do. During the battle, Seth confronts Sex Machine for the final time and is almost killed but he is saved at the last minutes but Kate. The vampire Frost then confronts Jake and Jake kills him with his cross shotgun. Right after he kills Frost, he then too turns into a vampire and attacks his son Scott, biting him in the neck. Scott then kills his father and is swarmed by vampires. He then begs his sister Kate to kill him and eventually she shoots him which results in small blast killing the vampires around him. Now only Seth and Kate remain to fight off the vampires. They are completely out number and it seems all is lost when rays of sunlight start to come through cracks hurting the vampires. They then hear Carlos banging on the door and eventually he breaks through as Seth and Kate run out. The vampires begin exploding and the bar itself explodes as they are running away. Seth and Carlos negotiate a deal for the money and Carlos gives Seth a sports car. Seth tells Kate to go home and he drives off, following Carlos onto El Rey. Then the camera shot zooms out to reveal that the bar is actually the top portion of a very large ancient Aztec ziggurat.

• Coxxie M

  
  stupid looking vampires. but thats really not the point of this movie. if you watch this to see vampires, then im sure you liked the Descent 2 too. i just realized i used about two too many "twos" while typing that sentence. i need a life. i think ill go to a baseball… More
  stupid looking vampires. but thats really not the point of this movie. if you watch this to see vampires, then im sure you liked the Descent 2 too. i just realized i used about two too many "twos" while typing that sentence. i need a life. i think ill go to a baseball game...

• Mark W

  
  Before their collaboration on the Grindhouse double-bill, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez joined up to do this crime/horror picture. Both Tarantino and Rodriguez's choice actors also join the show, with the inclusion of a pre-stardom George Clooney. Seth and Richie Gecko… More
  Before their collaboration on the Grindhouse double-bill, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez joined up to do this crime/horror picture. Both Tarantino and Rodriguez's choice actors also join the show, with the inclusion of a pre-stardom George Clooney. Seth and Richie Gecko (Clooney & Tarantino) are two murderous bank robbers on the run and fleeing for safety to a nightclub in Mexico called the "Titty Twister" which is reportedly a safe haven for criminals. To get there they kidnap a preacher and his kids who are travelling in their motor home but once they reach the club they soon realise that when the sun goes down, they have more to deal with at the hands (or teeth) of bloodthirtsy vampires. If this sounds rediculous or over-the-top then thats because it is. The film starts in true Tarantino fashion with the two criminals dressed in black suits similiar to "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" and spouting equally impressive dialogue. This however, changes abruptly about half way in and becomes nothing more than an "Evil Dead" like horror B-movie, obviously the work of Rodriguez. As much as this is quite fun, I found that it jarred with what had went previously and the transition was not a very smooth one. It's like two different films cut and pasted together, which is a shame really, because the first half of the film is up there with Tarantino's best stuff. I would have much preffered it if he had just completed the film in that similiar style. What i was most impressed with was the effortless performance of a cool-headed but dangerous killer from George Clooney, who at this time in his career was just fresh from his E.R. scrubs. He is absolutely brilliant and this was just the beginning of several fitting performances from Clooney in the future. There's no denying that is an enjoyable gore fest with wonderful dialogue but I couldn't help but wonder what might have been.

• Jeff "

  
  From Dusk Till Dawn is an awesome vampire film that blends awesome action with terrifying scares. The film stars George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino as the wanted Gecko Brothers, they take a family hostage and drive across the border to Mexico, and hold up in a bar, and then they… More
  From Dusk Till Dawn is an awesome vampire film that blends awesome action with terrifying scares. The film stars George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino as the wanted Gecko Brothers, they take a family hostage and drive across the border to Mexico, and hold up in a bar, and then they meet the real late night clientèle. From Dusk Till Dawn is a superbly crafted action Horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and based on a script written by Quentin Tarantino, you know you're in for one wild, and crazy ride. This the best vampire film of the mid 90's, as the Blade films a few years later brought the vampire genre to a whole new low, but with this film it did salvage the genre and is a very well made and awesome film to watch. The best vampire film with loads of action, skip the Blade films, this is the one to watch.

• Martin S

  
  Well I can honestly tell you one thing....I did not see that twist coming. A good movie. But Tarantino is much better than the movie. Did he impress or what? I certanly think he did

• Conner R

  
  This movie went beyond crazy. It goes from a story about robbers to a story about bloodthirsty vampire strippers. The performances were all perfectly over the top and the dialogue was pretty toned down from the average Tarantino script. Only Robert Rodriguez could have pulled this off… More
  This movie went beyond crazy. It goes from a story about robbers to a story about bloodthirsty vampire strippers. The performances were all perfectly over the top and the dialogue was pretty toned down from the average Tarantino script. Only Robert Rodriguez could have pulled this off with such style.

• Eric S

  
  I think this is an underrated little vampire film with brilliant special effects by makeup artist Tom Savini. The story is of two dangerous criminals on the run from the Texas police and FBI after a crime spree in the Southwest. Their plan is to meet a man named Carlos who offers… More
  I think this is an underrated little vampire film with brilliant special effects by makeup artist Tom Savini. The story is of two dangerous criminals on the run from the Texas police and FBI after a crime spree in the Southwest. Their plan is to meet a man named Carlos who offers sanctuary for criminals on the lamb in "El Ray", but they need to get through the border patrol in Mexico. They kidnap a father(Harvey Keitel) and his two children(Juliette Lewis, Ernest Liu) to take them aboard their motor home to the "Titty Twister", a sleazy, out of the way bar which is the rendezvous point. The Gecko brothers, Seth and Ritchie are portrayed by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, with the screenplay being written by Tarantino. Salma Hayek really steals the show as Satanico Pandemonium with her incredible, sensual dance that is unparalleled by any other actress. I believe Salma alone makes this film, but the effects and action are entertaining enough to check out if you haven't seen it, and are into dark, gritty vampire films. Comedian Cheech Marin portrays three characters in this one adding the necessary humor, and Tom Savini plays the rough and tough, bullwhip cracking biker who goes by the name of Sex Machine.

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  Summary~ The notorious Gecko Brothers, two of America's most dangerous criminals, are on the run from the Texas police and the FBI after a crime spree through the Southwest. Across the border in Mexico, the mysterious Carlos offers sanctuary to criminals on the lam, but first… More
  Summary~ The notorious Gecko Brothers, two of America's most dangerous criminals, are on the run from the Texas police and the FBI after a crime spree through the Southwest. Across the border in Mexico, the mysterious Carlos offers sanctuary to criminals on the lam, but first they must slip past the border patrol. Enter the Fuller family: Jacob, a minister who has lost his faith and his children, the vulnerable teenage Kate and her younger brother Scott, on a road trip in their new R.V. The Gecko Brothers kidnap the Fullers and high-tail it to freedom with the promise to let the family go once they hook up with their criminal connection in Mexico. The rendezvous point is the Titty Twister, the wildest bar this side of the Rio Grande. The night is full of seductive promise as the group settles back to wait for Carlos and his boys to arrive at sunrise. But unbeknownst to the brothers or their hostages, the management and staff of this particular establishment have a taste for blood--in the vampire sense. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dusk Till Dawn to me, is to vampire movies, what Shaun Of The Dead is to zombie movies. Just a really good silly and funny vampire movie. Loved the cast. Juliette Lewis was great, loved George Clooney and Tarantino. It has to be one of my favorite vampire flicks.

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