Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results.
- Director
- Writers
- Robert Kurtzman(story)
- Quentin Tarantino(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Robert Kurtzman(story)
- Quentin Tarantino(screenplay)
- Stars
- Awards
- 7 wins & 13 nominations
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- Robert Kurtzman(story)
- Quentin Tarantino(screenplay)
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Storyline
After a bank heist in Abilene with several casualties, the bank robber Seth Gecko and his psychopath and rapist brother Richard Gecko continue their crime spree in a convenience store in the middle of the desert while heading to Mexico with a hostage. They decide to stop for a while in a low-budget motel. Meanwhile the former minister Jacob Fuller is traveling on vacation with his son Scott and his daughter Kate in a RV. Jacob lost his faith after the death of his beloved wife in a car accident and quit his position of pastor of his community and stops for the night in the same motel Seth and Richard are lodged. When Seth sees the recreational vehicle, he abducts Jacob and his family to help his brother and him to cross the Mexico border, promising to release them on the next morning. They head to the truck drivers and bikers bar Titty Twister where Seth will meet with his partner Carlos in the dawn. When they are watching the dancer Santanico Pandemonium, Seth and Richard fight with three bodyguards. But soon they discover that the bar is a coven of vampires and they need to fight until dawn to leave the place alive. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Taglines
- A terrifying evil has been unleashed. And five strangers are our only hope to stop it.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe humorous line, "No thanks, I've already had a wife", was improvised by George Clooney. Director Robert Rodriguez never intended it to be in the final cut, but after the studio included the line in a trailer, he felt obligated to include it in the film.
- GoofsDuring the fight in the Titty Twister bar, Seth's 6-shooter fires more than six shots. This is a Robert Rodriguez director-trademark.
- Crazy creditsErnest Liu's opening credit is run off the screen by Seth and Richard's car.
- Alternate versionsThe Special edition laserdisc contains scenes that were cut out of the film due to graphic violence: the vampire feast (dinner is served) is extended and one part has a girl popping a pimple on a guy. There's another scene in which Sex Machine kills off two more vampires and takes a picture of one of them.
Top review
Robbers and Preachers and Vampires, oh my!
Anyone trying to do a 'serious review' of this movie needs to lighten up. George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino are the Gecko brothers, two bad, bad men on their way to Mexico. Along the way they pick up a preacher played by Harvey Keitel and his two kids. They're supposed to meet a partner at a bar called The Titty Twister, and once they get there madness ensues. From there it takes a turn that many seem to find infuriating but I personally find highly entertaining. It's humming along like a typical Tarantino picture, and then- BOOM. Out of nowhere, it becomes all too clear that these two bad, bad men are not by a longshot the baddest in *this* bar. All of this can- and *will*, given the right attitude on the part of the viewers- read as a loving high-five to 70s zombie flicks, a homage to the campy fun of those movies. The tough guy dialog continues throughout, the gore level is astounding, and we see via Kate- the preacher's daughter, played by Juliette Lewis- that sometimes a p***ed-off virgin with a crossbow can more than hold her own. On top of that, it has a hella-cool biker-bar soundtrack and Salma Hayek in a bikini. What's not to like?
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- great_sphinx_42
- Mar 19, 2001
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Từ Bình Minh Tới Hoàng Hôn
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,836,616
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,240,805
- Jan 21, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $25,837,111
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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