From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999)

Set 100 years ago in Mexico, this horror/western is the story of the birth of the vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium.

Director:

P.J. Pesce

Writers:

Álvaro Rodríguez (screenplay) (as Alvaro Rodriguez), Álvaro Rodríguez (story) (as Alvaro Rodriguez)

Stars:

Marco Leonardi, Michael Parks, Temuera Morrison

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marco Leonardi	...	Johnny Madrid
Michael Parks	...	Ambrose Bierce
Temuera Morrison	...	The Hangman
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Mary Newlie
Ara Celi	...	Esmeralda
Lennie Loftin	...	John Newlie
Sônia Braga	...	Quixtla (as Sonia Braga)
Orlando Jones	...	Ezra Traylor
Danny Trejo	...	Razor Charlie
Jordana Spiro	...	Reece
Kevin Smith	...	Joaquin
Terence Bridgett	...	Chato
Mickey Giacomazzi	...	Erasmo
Ivan D. Lucas	...	Shotgun
Tom Berto	...	Stagecoach Driver

Storyline

"Prequel" to the first From Dusk Till Dawn is set in Mexico in the early 1900's which begins with the escape of Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, from the gallows who then kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda, with a little help from Reece, a female outlaw from the U.S. With the hangman and a local posse on their trail, Johnny meets with his gang who all rob a stagecoach which contains American author Ambrose Bierce along with newlywed couple John and Mary Newlie. As night falls, all parties coincidentally seek shelter in an isolated inn/whorehouse which is run by vampires led by the high priestess Quixtla who targets Esmeralda. Esmeralda is revealed to be the half-human, half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium, whom the vampires want as their heir in which all the humans must join forces if they are to survive the night from the vicious blood-suckers.

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Plot Keywords:

outlaw | wild west | whipping | horror western | vampire | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence/gore, sexuality/nudity and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Buena Vista Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Hangman's Daughter

Filming Locations:

Cedarberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape province, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, A Band Apart, Los Hooligans Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Parks, who plays Ambrose Bierce, also appeared in the original From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), playing a completely different character. His real life son, James Parks, had a small role in Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999).

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Goofs

When Johnny and Esmeralda are riding to entrance of abandoned inn, the lights (electrical) of some city far at a horizon are clearly visible.

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Quotes

Pancho Villa: Any last words?
Ambrose Bierce: Death is the end of pain - the last pain.

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Crazy Credits

There's an extra scene involving Ambrose after the end credits finish.

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Alternate Versions

This has been release to DVD thought the Scandinavian regions and it is now uncut with a time of 90.13 mins (PAL), by a company 'Egmont Entertainment'. This is message from somebody who picked this up in Finland. All are subtitled in four Scandinavian languages, and I bought my disks in Finland, and they have Finnish-language covers (in Sweden, the covers are Swedish-language, and so on). The Finnish title for the trilogy is H?m?r?st? aamunkoittoon, and is indicated as "K/F 18" rated on the backcover.

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Connections

References The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

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Soundtracks

Esmeralda
(Main Title Music)
Written by P.J. Pesce and Peter Atanasoff
Performed by P.J. Pesce (acoustic guitar lt.), Peter Atanasoff (electric guitar rt.) and baby-o (tambourine and strings)

User Reviews

All in all, quite an impressive piece of work.

After seeing the PATHETIC From Dusk Til Dawn 2, wasn't expecting much , but I was pleasantly surprised. I won't spoil the movie for anyone but this story (which is actually the prequel to the excellent original From Dusk Til Dawn) is well written and well directed. Great production values, very interesting characters, decent plot, ASTONISHING action sequences.

And WHAT A CAST! Michael Parks is amazing as Ambrose Bierce, Temura Morrison is terrifying as the Hangman--and then you've got Marco Leonardi, Sonya Braga, Rebecca Gayheart, and Orlando Jones! All in all, quite an impressive piece of work.