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.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 13 nominations
- Titty Twister Saxophonist
- (as Pete Atasanoff)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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.
- GoofsWhen Seth Gecko gets knocked across the bar by Satanico Pandemonium, you could briefly see the mat that he lands on before cutting away to a close-up of him landing on the ground.
- Quotes
Santanico Pandemonium: I'm not gonna drain you completely. You're gonna turn for me. You'll be my slave. You'll live for me. You'll eat bugs because I order it. Why? Because I don't think you're worthy of human blood. You'll feed on the blood of stray dogs. You'll be my foot stool. And at my command, you'll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you'll be my dog, your new name will be "Spot". Welcome to slavery.
Seth: No, thanks. I've already had a wife.
[shoots the rope holding the wooden chandelier, which impales her]
- 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into From Dusk Till Dawn: Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes (2000)
Review: How bout this? George Clooney in a different role? Yep. For once he tries something different.
From Dusk Till Dawn is something else. This is about two criminal brothers(Clooney and Tarantino)wind up taking a family hostage to make it across the Mexican border to a meeting point, a bar called the "Titty Twister". That's where the Gecko brothers are to meet another group of crooks.....at dawn. This bar is open from dusk till dawn....and is filled with vampires.
This movie starts off as something else at first. More like a gritty crime movie, then becomes a total spatter-fest. This isn't at all bad, just takes a total turn. The vampires here are a bunch of ugly as hell monsters. Think of the Evil Dead movies only the undead zombies and skeletons are vampires instead and that's the score with the very small supply of vampire slayers to take them on.
Like I say, if you are a fan of the Evil Dead movies, then this is the treat for you. It does not have the amount of silly humor like them, but has the gore nailed just right. The makeup effects are dead-on as well. This just happens to be more gritty than the Evil Dead.
The Last Word: I like it. Good for your October needs. Did I forget Salma Hayek and Cheech Marin? They are here as well. Good bloody fun.
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- Release date
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- Also known as
- Del crepúsculo al amanecer
- Filming locations
- Calico Dry Lake, California, USA(Titty Twister bar)
- Production companies
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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
- $25,839,496
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1