What It’s About: The two most violent bank robbers in American history, Seth (Clooney) and Richard (Tarantino) Gecko, are fleeing to Mexico leaving a trail of destruction and death in their wake. He’s like a coiled snake throughout the entire film. He is so reserved in his lunacy and yet we see, and squirm at the sight of, the end result of his emotional disturbance. The surprise performance in the film, believe it or not, is Quentin Tarantino. In addition to B-movie mainstays like Fred Williamson, John Saxon, and even effects wizards Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero, the film also stars headliners like Harvey Keitel, Salma Hayek, and George Clooney.
Who’s In It: From Dusk Till Dawn has one hell of a cast, and you can feel Tarantino’s influence in the appearances of cult movie icons. This would not be the last collaboration between these two as they each contributed one half of 2007’s Grindhouse. From Dusk Till Dawn is often erroneously credited as a Quentin Tarantino film, but while Tarantino did in fact write the script, he was not in the director’s chair for this one. It was his first feature film after Desperado. Who Made It: From Dusk Till Dawn was directed by Robert Rodriguez.
It turns out I love From Dusk Till Dawn and I highly encourage you consider adding it to your queue. Something about it seemed like it wouldn’t appeal to me-but as soon as it hit Netflix Instant, I gave it a spin and am thrilled that I did. This would seem the perfect time of year to revisit our favorites, but one film that I avoided for many years within the vampire subset was 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. There is no shortage of vampire films in existence, and indeed, even Netflix offers a wide variety of bloodsucker options on their instant streaming service.