Richard Gecko is a delusional, impulsive sex offender while Seth Gecko is an aggravated thief who plays by his own code of ethics and is tasked with caring for his younger brother, despite being scared of what he is capable of doing. Rather than playing on romantic notes, as vampire films tend to do, From Dusk Till Dawn puts two villains in the driver’s seat long before adding more redeemable players. It’s not everyday that you’re rooting for the bad guys, and the Gecko Brothers are some really bad guys. Threatening from the jump, the film’s initial few minutes does a great job in capturing viewer attention and laying out the wild, dangerous tone that runs throughout the cool narrative. Resulting in an explosive homage to Desperado and a wink to the film’s actual ending, it’s clear the Geckos mean business. Easily one of its best sequences, the opening of From Dusk Till Dawn begins with a casual drawl establishing the escape backstory, but carefully builds with hidden intensity before running into a chaotic shootout. Instead of starting at a more common check point, viewers are introduced to the Gecko Brothers on the run with an in-your-face introduction you hardly see coming unless you’ve seen the film before. There’s a lot of cold openings in the horror genre, but it’s rare to get a hot one.
What makes it so special? Knock one back and head on back to The Titty Twister. Combining a tense, western-style narrative, outrageous visuals, and tons of fun bits and pieces, From Dusk Till Dawn established a legacy a quarter century ago that lives on as a special kind of vampire epic.
Just when they think the coast is clear, the Geckos, Fullers, and a few other regulars find themselves trapped by a hive of hungry vampires that culminates into a raunchy, bloody fight for survival. While the manhunt ensues, the two thieves take the Fuller family hostage and use their RV to make their way to a bar in order to hide out overnight. The film follows two outlaw brothers, Seth and Richard Gecko, in their grand escape from Texas law as they aim to cross the border into Mexico. Directed by Robert Rodriguez, From Dusk Till Dawn stars George Clooney ( Ocean’s Eleven), Harvey Keitel ( Reservoir Dogs), Quentin Tarantino ( Pulp Fiction), Juliette Lewis ( Natural Born Killers), Ernest Liu ( Chimères), Tom Savini ( Night Of The Living Dead), Fred Williamson ( Black Caesar), and Salma Hayek ( Frida) alongside a slew of small parts played by Cheech Marin ( Up In Smoke), Danny Trejo ( Machete), Michael Parks ( Twin Peaks), John Saxon ( A Nightmare On Elm Street), Greg Nicotero ( The Walking Dead), and Kelly Preston ( Jerry Maguire). Vampire flicks make up their own edgy category in cinema and From Dusk Till Dawn still shines in a pretty unique light 25 years after its release.
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