![]() Right out of the gate, the movie feels like a 1970s exploitation flick, or an updated western. The late actor was a true chameleon, playing anything from a redneck lawman to an 80-something year old Mexican pimp (“Kill Bill Vol. Michael Parks as Texas Ranger Earl McGraw. collapsible screen, and turned off the lights. To do this, I once again broke out my digital projector, unfurled my 7 ft. So, for this anniversary retrospective, I wanted to give the movie as close to a cinematic presentation as I could approximate at home. Even my wife ( who doesn’t do horror) appreciates it. “From Dusk Till Dawn” soon became a go-to action horror favorite of mine, and while I haven’t closely followed the sequels or the Amazon TV series, the 1996 film has, over the years, became a Halloween staple. Seth Gecko (George Clooney) is one angry motor scooter… This wildly divergent film almost felt like a two-films-in-one, or a double-feature, something Rodriguez and Tarantino would later attempt with the cinematic release of “Grindhouse” in 2007 ( which featured both “Planet Terror” and “Death Proof” on a double-bill, along with trailers for “Machete” “Thanksgiving,” and other then-nonexistent exploitation flicks). Renting the movie on laserdisc ( the clunky 12″ precursors to DVDs) is how I finally got to see “From Dusk Till Dawn.” The movie did a dramatic genre-reversal about halfway into its running time, switching from black humored, western/crime-drama to full horror at the flap of a bat wing. Contributing to its poor box office, I demurred and waited for its eventual home video release. However, none of my friends wanted to go–most of them weren’t into horror, as I was (and am). I was a bachelor in those days, and I sometimes went to movies by myself ( sometimes even catching midnight shows, if I couldn’t sleep), but based on my love of Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” I wanted to see this one with other people. “From Dusk Till Dawn” is based on the 1996 cult classic film of the same name, which Rodriguez directed based on a screenplay by longtime pal Quentin Tarantino in which he also starred alongside George Clooney, Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis.I still vividly remember trying to get my friends to come with me to see the new vampire/crime-drama flick from director Robert Rodriguez ( “Desperado” “Spy Kids”) and writer/actor Quentin Tarantino ( “Pulp Fiction,” “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” ) back in February of 1996. “He’s the guy you call when you want somebody really dead,” Trejo said. Trejo describes the character as “a cross between Machete and Marcia Brady.”Īlso read: Demi Lovato Joins 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series' for Season 2 New to the cast for Season 2 is Danny Trejo as “The Regulator,” whose special skill is that he can listen to what a person has heard if he eats their ear, or see what they’ve seen by gobbling down an eyeball. “Instead of making us all shiny and glowy or something like that.” “I thought it was really fun that Robert got that in the show and kind of leaned more into an uglier version of vampires,” said Eiza Gonzalez. ![]() “So going into Season 2, we’re seeing new partnerships.”Īlso read: 'From Dusk Till Dawn's' Danny Trejo Describes The Regulator as a 'Cross Between Machete and Marcia Brady' “Their days as a duo come to an end in Season 1,” Zane Holtz said of his character Richie Gecko’s partnership with his brother Seth, played by D.J. The cast of Robert Rodriguez‘s “From Dusk Till Dawn” sat down with TheWrap to talk about changes to the show for Season 2.Īt the Television Critics Association summer press tour last month, the stars of the show teased new directions for their characters in the El Rey horror series’ second year. ![]()
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