
Seth also returns to the hotel with Big Kahuna Burgers, which were used in Pulp Fiction and mentioned in Death Proof. Chango Beer and Sex Machine's codpiece gun are references to Rodriguez's 1995 film Desperado. The "El Rey" hideout in Mexico was borrowed from The Getaway, a 1958 crime novel by Jim Thompson.Įarl McGraw became a recurring character in Rodriguez and Tarantino's works, later appearing in Kill Bill, Planet Terror and Death Proof. Universal Pictures originally considered Tarantino's screenplay for From Dusk till Dawn as the follow-up to Demon Knight and the second in a proposed Tales from the Crypt film trilogy, but ultimately produced another vampire film, Bordello of Blood, instead. Special make-up effects creator Greg Nicotero appears as Sex Machine's buddy.įrom Dusk till Dawn was conceived by Robert Kurtzman, who hired Tarantino to write the script as his first paid writing assignment. Tito & Tarantula as The Titty Twister House Band.Kelly Preston as Newscaster Kelly Houge.Michael Parks as Texas Ranger Earl McGraw.


The others are reborn as vampires, including Richie, forcing the survivors to kill them all.

Only Seth, Jacob, Kate, Scott, a biker named Sex Machine, and Frost - a Vietnam veteran - survive. Richie is bitten by a stripper, Santanico Pandemonium, and dies, but Seth manages to kill her by shooting at a chandelier above her that impales her. When Richie complains to Seth that this is too high, Seth tells him it is non-negotiable.ĭuring a bar fight, the bar employees reveal themselves as vampires and kill most of the patrons. Carlos will escort them to sanctuary at " El Rey", a place of safety for fugitives from justice whose admission fee is 30 percent of everything they have. In Mexico, they arrive at the Titty Twister, a strip club in the desert, where the Gecko brothers will be met by their contact, Carlos, at dawn. They stop at the inn and are kidnapped by the Gecko brothers, who force the Fuller family to smuggle them over the Mexican border. Jacob Fuller, a pastor experiencing a crisis of faith brought on by the death of his wife, is on vacation with his teenage children Kate and Scott in their RV. At an inn room where they are hiding out, Seth returns from getting food to find Richie has raped and murdered a bank clerk they had taken hostage, much to his anger. They inadvertently destroy the building as they leave. Fugitive bank robber brothers Seth and Richie Gecko hold up a liquor store, killing clerk Pete Bottoms and Texas Ranger Earl McGraw in a shootout.
