![]() ![]() ![]() Tarantino cast her after meeting her through working with Travolta on Pulp Fiction. The newscaster was played by Kelly Preston (the late wife of John Travolta). In order to avoid an NC-17 rating, dark green blood was used for vampires, so there was no limit on how much the movie could show.ĩ. However, the studio put it in the trailer, so Robert Rodriguez felt like he had to included it.Ĩ. When Satanico Pandemonium says “Welcome to slavery” to Seth, George Clooney’s famous, “No thanks, I already had a wife” was ad-libbed and never intended to be in the final movie. Its plot deals with a nun having visions and sexual fantasies about Satan.ħ. Her character’s name Satanico Pandemonium came from a 1975 Mexican horror film of the same name. The decision to use a non-union crew was very controversial, due to the larger budget of the project. It remains one of the most iconic scenes in the whole movie.ĥ. Rodriguez threatened to hire Madonna to replace her, so she eventually agreed to do the scene, albeit with the help of counseling. Salma Hayek was absolutely terrified of snakes, and didn’t want to do the scene. So ultimately, Tarantino’s friend and collaborator Robert Rodriguez took the job.Ĥ. He then offered to Robert Kurtzman, but he couldn’t commit. However he wanted to focus more on playing the role of Richie. Tarantino considered directing the film himself. Initially, it was meant to be a feature length Tales from the Crypt story, as a follow up to Demon Knight.ģ. ‘The original idea for the movie came from makeup legend Robert Kurtzman, who hired Quentin Tarantino to write the script.Ģ. So, in honor of its 25 th anniversary, we thought it would be fitting to look at 25 fun facts about From Dusk Till Dawn!ġ. It spends roughly half the runtime as a tense crime thriller, and then we the audience are caught just as off guard as the characters when it becomes a vampire horror film. Perhaps no movie has pulled this switch off better than 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn. Many slashers start out as teen comedies, then the killing begins. The kidnappers and their victims go inside to await a rendezvous for a money drop, and that's when the vampire plot begins.Horror movies are the only ones that almost have to pretend to be a different genre for the first act, before the horror sets in. The doorman is played by Cheech Marin, who also plays two other roles, popping up to often he doesn't need the vampire plot to qualify as undead. In Mexico, the mobile home wheels up to the Titty Twister, a scroungy strip joint with a bizarre decor (this goes next door to Jack Rabbit Slim's in the Tarantino Mall). Rodriguez doesn't make it very real, though, wisely handling the death of a harmless bank teller in flashes too quick to be seen, since more detail would sink the macabre mix of violence and humor. His son thinks he knows better: "Dad - I watch the reality shows!" The charm of the dialog in these scenes has a lot of competition from the state-of-the-art mayhem, which leaves blood and brains spattered everywhere. The minister is inclined to cooperate with the desperadoes. Now the minister and his kids are heading south in a mobile home the Gekkos hope to hide in while crossing the border. The minister has left the church after the death of his wife, leaving an opening for another of Tarantino's passages of theological dialog. Holed up in a sleazebag motel, they take hostages: a former Baptist minister ( Harvey Keitel) and his children ( Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). Richard has helped Seth break out of prison, and now they're heading for the Mexican border with the bank loot, and Richard, who is a rabid loony, is blasting everyone in sight, including innocent bystanders. They've robbed a bank and left a trail of dead and wounded (all toted up by a TV news reporter's digital carnage readout). After the title sequence, we get to know the central characters, Seth and Richard Gekko ( George Clooney and Tarantino). Those who liked the shoot-outs in Rodriguez's " El Mariachi" and " Desperado" will like the second half, which is non-stop mayhem in a scuzzy bikers' and truckers' strip joint, with lots of vampires, exploding eyeballs, cascading guts, and a weapon made out of a powered wooden stake (I guess you could call it a Pneumatic Vampire Drill). Those who loved the invention of Tarantino's dialog in " Pulp Fiction" will like the first half, especially a brilliant pre-title sequence featuring Michael Parks as a Texas Ranger who creates a whole world out of a little dialogue. ![]() Actually, a lot of people will hate half of the movie and like the other half.
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