Quentin Tarantino scripted and Directed by Robert Rodriguez,
From Dusk till Dawn is a genre
mashing, deeply violent, sometimes funny crime-horror-drama-comedy that pulls
you close with a left jab before knocking you unconscious with a right hook.
Two bank robbing brothers (George Clooney & Quentin Tarantino) are on the
run in Texas,
heading to the Mexican border. Along the way they take a Preacher (Harvey
Keitel) and his children (Juliette Lewis & Ernest Liu) hostage in their RV.
Once in Mexico
the criminals head to a bar where they wait out the night for their connection
to take them to a safe house. The bar turns into a blood bath though as the
robbers and their captives’ battle to survive an onslaught from ravenous
vampires.
Famous for its violence, unusual script and Salma Hayek’s
toe whiskey, From Dusk till Dawn is a
fast faced, comedic horror which takes the audience by surprise following a
Tarantino-esque opening forty-five minutes. Its use of animatronics and
physical effects also takes it back to the 1980s and before the use of computer
generated special effects. Rodriguez combines the two methods to create some
realistic looking creatures but always maintains a slapstick element to the
effects and comedy.
