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In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko. Af... read more read more...ter a string of robberies that left a river of blood in the Geckos' wake, the sadistic siblings head to Mexico to live the good life. To get over the border, they kidnap Jacob Fuller, a widowed preacher played by Harvey Keitel, and his two children, Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu). Once south of the border, the quintet park their RV at a rough-and-tumble trucker bar called The Titty Twister, where Seth and Richie are supposed to meet a local thug. After a couple of drinks, they realize that they're not in a typical bar, as the entire place begins to teem with vicious, blood-sucking vampires. With the odds stacked greatly against them, the Fullers and Geckos team together in hopes of defeating the creatures of the night. Makeup artist Tom Savini and blaxploitation star Fred Williamson appear as allies against the vampires, and Cheech Marin fills three different roles. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez

Release Date: January 19, 1996

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DVD Release Date: June 16, 1998

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  • EightThirty
    January 2, 2012
    EightThirty
    02/01/2012 (PS3, NETFLIX)
  • garyX
    November 14, 2011
    garyX
    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 hor... read moreror 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.
  • fb100002535597619
    October 2, 2011
    fb100002535597619
    A ridiculously fun movie that starts out as Tarantino crime film that then quickly turns into a ravenous gore-fest of a vampire movie.
  • CreedsDelight
    September 22, 2011
    CreedsDelight
    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.
  • aSpaceCowboy
    August 29, 2011
    aSpaceCowboy
    Crazy, stupid fun. Nothing more.
  • kenstachnik
    August 27, 2011
    kenstachnik
    Wicked good time
  • theunknownhobo
    July 17, 2011
    theunknownhobo
    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 vampir... read moree killing weapons. And one stunning motherf***er of a soundtrack!
  • blkbomb
    June 1, 2011
    blkbomb
    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... read more 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.
  • fb732260458
    May 19, 2011
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    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 ... read moreGeorge Clooney and Quentin Tarantino - and of course, the nude vampire strippers.
  • paulkoh110
    January 15, 2011
    paulkoh110
    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 s... read morelacked off.

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Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman
November 18, 2008
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Imagine two movies plucked from opposite sides of the video store. Full Review

Todd McCarthy
November 18, 2008
Todd McCarthy, Variety

A deliriously trashy, exuberantly vulgar, lavishly appointed exploitation picture, this weird combo of road-kill movie and martial-arts vampire gorefest is made to order for the stimulation of teenage... Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 18, 2008
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

On a mindless exploitation level this is pretty good, but on other levels it seems to make promises that it fails to deliver on. Full Review

Hal Hinson
November 18, 2008
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

A tired, humorless pastiche of various exploitation genres that is not the least bit imaginative in its campy deconstruction of conventions.

Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

Mr. Rodriguez demonstrates his talents more clearly than ever -- he's visually inventive, quick-witted and a fabulous editor -- while still hampering himself with sophomoric material. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

The picture shows what happens when a writer (Tarantino) and a director (Rodriguez) come together and reinforce each other's worst tendencies and misconceptions. Full Review

Andy Seiler
January 1, 2000
Andy Seiler, USA Today

As the bloodsuckers attack our 'heroes' again and again, you feel like you're watching a video game -- from dusk to dawn.

James Berardinelli
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

It's great fun, but certainly not great art. Full Review

Joe Baltake
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

The sickest, most perverted movie within memory. Guiltily, I liked it. But what the hell is it? Full Review

Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

The movie, which treats you with contempt for even watching it, is a monument to its own lack of imagination.

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    • Seth Gecko: So which are you? Are you a faithless preacher or are you a mean motherfucking servant of God?
    • Jacob Fuller: I'm a mean mmmm mmmm servant of God.
    • Seth Gecko: Hello, Gloria, I'm Seth. That's my brother Richie. Let's cut to the chase. I'm going to ask you one question, and all I want is a yes or no answer. Do you want to live through this?
    • Hostage Gloria: Yes.
    • Seth Gecko: Good. Rule #1: No noise. No questions. If you make a noise... [He pulls out his gun] Mister .44 makes a noise. If you ask a question, Mister .44 answers it. Now are you absolutely, positively clear about Rule #1?
    • Hostage Gloria: Yes.
    • Seth Gecko: Rule #2: You do what we say when we say it. If you don't, see Rule #1. Rule #3: Don't you ever try and fucking run on us, [He puts his gun to her head, she closes her eyes] because I got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can. Open your eyes. [She does]
    • Kate Fuller: Where are you taking us?
    • Richard Gecko: Mexico.
    • Kate Fuller: What's in Mexico?
    • Richard Gecko: Mexicans.
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  • quote :Peachy, Kate. The world's my oyster, except for the fact that I just rammed a wooden stake in my brother's heart because he turned into a vampire, even though I don't believe in vampires. Aside from that unfortunate business, everything's hunky-dory.   Answer »
  • What movie by Robert Rodriguez is this dialogue from? KATE: Excuse me? RICHIE: What? KATE: Where are you taking us? RICHIE: Mexico. KATE: What's in Mexico? RICHIE: Mexicans.  Answer »
  • Kate: "Are you okay?" Seth: "Peachy, Kate. The world's my oyster, except for the fact that I just rammed a wooden stake in my brother's heart because he turned into a vampire, even though I don't believe in vampires. Aside from that unfortunate business, everything's hunky-dory."  Answer »
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