From Dusk Till Dawn

Two criminal brothers, Seth and Richard Gecko, are on the run after a violent crime and grab a stranded family to help them cross the border. Driving into Mexico, they stop at a rundown stretch and slip into a sleazy cantina that promises a place to hide. What starts as a tense standoff between fugitives, hostages, and local thugs suddenly shifts when the bar's patrons reveal far darker, supernatural tendencies. Loyalties change, violence spikes, and survival becomes the only plan anyone can trust as the night's chaos forces criminals and civilians to react in ways they never expected.

From Dusk Till Dawn was directed by Robert Rodriguez and released in 1996. The concept came from a collaboration between Quentin Tarantino and special effects veteran Robert Kurtzman, blending Tarantino's tough dialogue with Rodriguez's kinetic visual style and pulpy energy.

It made a solid commercial return, recovering its production costs and finding a wider audience through home video and cable. The film's unusual mixture of genres helped it maintain earnings beyond theaters, turning a midlevel release into a profitable property.

Over time the movie became a cult favorite, partly because of its abrupt shift from crime thriller to supernatural horror. Memorable sequences set in the vampire-filled cantina stuck with viewers, and the property later expanded into comics, sequels, and a television series that extended the story for devoted fans worldwide.

Critics were mixed to positive, reflected in a solid audience rating near 7.03 out of 10 from thousands of voters. Performances by Clooney, Tarantino, Keitel, and Lewis earned attention, and the film keeps returning to themes of survival, family tension, and the collision between crime and monstrous forces and style.