From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 16
A pulpy crime drama/vampire film hybrid, From Dusk Till Dawn is an uneven but often deliriously enjoyable B-movie.
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
A pulpy crime drama/vampire film hybrid, From Dusk Till Dawn is an uneven but often deliriously enjoyable B-movie.
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Movie Info
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. After 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
Jan 19, 1996 Wide
Jun 16, 1998
Dimension Films
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Cast
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George Clooney
Seth Gecko -
Harvey Keitel
Jacob Fuller -
Quentin Tarantino
Richard Gecko -
Juliette Lewis
Kate Fuller -
Cheech Marin
Border Guard, Carlos, C... -
Fred Williamson
Frost -
Maria Diaz
Bar Dancer -
Aimee Graham
Blonde Hostage -
John Hawkes
Pete Bottoms -
Brenda Hillhouse
Hostage Gloria -
Heidi McNeal
Blonde Hostage -
Mike Moroff
Manny -
Kelly Preston
Newscaster Kelly Houge -
Danny Trejo
Razor Charlie -
Marc Lawrence I
Old Timer -
Michael Parks
Texas Ranger Earl McGra... -
Tom Savini
Sex Machine -
John Saxon
FBI Agent Stanley Chase -
Tito Larriva
Titty Twister Guitarist... -
Veena Bidasha
Bar Dancer -
Salma Hayek
Santanico Pandemonium -
Ernest Liu
Scott Fuller -
Chad Dowdell
Man at Bar (uncredited) -
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All Critics (44) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (16) | DVD (18)
Imagine two movies plucked from opposite sides of the video store.
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 boys.
On a mindless exploitation level this is pretty good, but on other levels it seems to make promises that it fails to deliver on.
A tired, humorless pastiche of various exploitation genres that is not the least bit imaginative in its campy deconstruction of conventions.
Rodriguez has a lot of fun dreaming up cool ways to kill people (he's making this his life's work), but he also gets something resembling a performance from Tarantino and transforms Clooney into a full-fledged movie star.
Top CriticMr. 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.
Based on an early Tarantino script, Rodriguez' movie is an incoherent B-pic, in which the sensibilities of the two filmmakers clash.
It is a shame to see so much good talent giving such low-yield results.
Energetic low-budget vampire nonsense from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
If you're going to like it, you already know it.
Nihilistic and initally unpleasant ... Once the vampires appear (unfortunately about 60 minutes too late), the movie becomes uproarious entertaiment with the most intense humans vs. vampires showdown since 1985's Fright Night.
Like a Cheesecake Blizzard: It's a pulpy mess loaded with empty calories, but it's so divine that once you start, you can't help but shovel it into your mouth until the last drop, brain freeze and diet be damned.
These guys were going for a B-movie feel, lots of blood, lots of guts, lots of tits and ass, and lots of fun, and for the most part, they achieved their goals.
This is a B-movie, albeit a largish budget B-movie, but with an undeniable B-movie spirit.
Ask yourself "am I the kind of person who finds topless vampire strippers a source of constant amusement?" Only those who answer an enthusiastic "YES!" need apply.
I can think of worse things to sit through than an orgy of bullets, exploding corpses, and stripper vampires.
This film is 'exploitation' in more than one sense of the word.
A weird double-bill in itself: Part one's a crime drama, part two vampire splatter flick. It's an awkward pairing, but there's fun to be had.
You got to admire how Rodriguez balances elements of action, comedy, horror, thriller, road movie and Western in the same film!
Audience Reviews for From Dusk Till Dawn
Super Reviewer
The movie is bloody, silly, funny, and very entertaining. The special effects are crap, but I didn't mind it considering the year the film was made. Tarantino and Clooney are a great match in my opinion. I thought they were great together. I really liked Juliette Lewis in this as well. Some of the acting was really bad and cheesy, but I guess it was supposed to be considering how silly it all was. I would have actually liked this more if it stayed a thriller instead of a vampire flick. But it was still a fun watch. I would see this again."
Super Reviewer
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- Carlos: So, what, were they psychos, or...
- Seth Gecko: Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!
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- Seth Gecko: OK vampire killers, lets kill some fucking vampires!
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- Richard Gecko: That's what I call a show!
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- Kate Fuller: Richie, would you me a favor and eat my pussy for me? Please?
- Richard Gecko: Uhhh, sure...
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- Kate Fuller: Are you okay?
- Seth Gecko: 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.
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- 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 Gecko: No, thanks. I've already had a wife.
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