History Film / FromDuskTillDawn

* AndShowItToYou: Played with when a vampire's heart gets ripped out but it keeps on coming, until its disembodied heart is ''impaled with a pencil''.

The movie got two DirectToVideo sequels, though they share none of the creative cast and don't follow any of the characters introduced in the first film, with the only connecting thread being the vampire bar/lair, The Titty Twister:

!!''From Dusk Till Dawn'' provide examples of:

''From Dusk Till Dawn'' is a trilogy of films, started in 1996. The first film in the series was directed by Creator/RobertRodriguez, written by Creator/QuentinTarantino and starring Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/QuentinTarantino, Creator/HarveyKeitel, and Creator/JulietteLewis.

The plot centers around the Gecko brothers, two dyed-in-the-wool criminals on the run from the police after a prison break. Causing death and destruction wherever they go, they eventually manage to sneak past the border with Mexico by taking a pastor and his two teenage children hostage in their RV. They go to a trucker bar, the Titty Twister, to spend the night as they wait for their rendezvous. What happens at this point is that what should be a very sudden and unexpected GenreShift occurs when it turns out that the bar is a front for a clan of vampires, and they have to fight for their survival through the night (hence the title). Of course, this has become [[ItWasHisSled widely]] [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoiled]] and as such, loses most of its effect (in fact, many a person probably rented the film and wondered where the hell the vampires were for the first half).

The series got two DirectToVideo sequels, though sharing none of the creative cast and not following any of the characters introduced in the first film, with the only connecting thread being the vampire bar/lair, The Titty Twister.

There's also the documentary ''Full Tilt Boogie'' which details the making of the first movie in addition to showing the cast and crew just messing around.

There was also a PC videogame.

!!These films provide examples of:

* AndShowItToYou: Played with in the first film, when a vampire's heart gets ripped out but it keeps on coming, until its disembodied heart is ''impaled with a pencil''.

* ImpaledPalm: Richie gets a bullet through his palm by Pete Bottoms. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother, and the injury remains a RunningGag until his death, culminating [[spoiler:when Santanico bites him]].

* ImpaledPalm: Richie gets a bullet through his palm by Pete Bottoms. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother, and the injury remains subject to a RunningGag until his death, culminating when Santanico bites him.

* ImpaledPalm: Richie gets a bullet through his palm by Pete Bottoms. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother, and the injury remains a RunningGag until his death, culminating when Santanico bites him.

* ImpaledPalm: Richie gets a bullet through his palm by Pete Bottoms. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother.

* AlmightyJanitor: Pete the store clerk puts up a better fight than many of the vampires.

* RodentsOfUnusualSize: [[spoiler: After having his head ripped off, Sex Machine turns into a horrible wererat.]]

* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: Frost]] has an ''enormous'' one after he's turned into a vampire by [[spoiler: Sex Machine]].

* StakingTheLovedOne: [[spoiler: "Richie, here is the peace in death that I could not give you in life."]]

* RockMeAsmodeus: The satanic musicians in the bar, with guitars made of living flesh.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Richie after being bitten by Santanico.]]

* InfernalRetaliation: The clerk at the beginning. It's quite awesome.
* InnocentBystander: The poor bank teller

* VirusVictimSymptoms: Played for laughs with Sex Machine's reactions to his sudden vampirism.

* BlackComedy: The film features and is written by Tarantino. This is pretty much part and parcel with his style. Of particular note is the opening scene - they [[spoiler: set the liquor-store clerk on fire, he dives out from behind the counter shooting at them... only to collapse in a popcorn display, his flaming corpse setting the kernels popping.]]

* ImpaledPalm: Richie gets a bullet through his palm. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother.

* ImpaledPalm: Richie Gekko gets a bullet through his palm. In one scene, he looks through it at his brother.

* NewOldWest: It's basically another "fight-in-a-saloon" movie, but with Mexicans. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent And vampires.]]

* NobleDemon: Seth Gecko. He even declines taking Kate with him in the end feeling a tad guilty for being the reason her family is dead.

* LargeHam: [[WorldOfHam Pretty much everybody]] gets to ham it up in this.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Advertising promoted the movie as a vampire hunting movie, though the movie doesn't let the audience know this until the third act.

* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler: Sex Machine]] hides his condition long enough to turn and attack the survivors.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: One of the premier examples of this trope, though it was sadly [[ItWasHisSled spoiled thoroughly]]. In fact, the original name of the trope was just the name of this movie. There were actually theater-goers who said, ''out loud'', at the point of the switch, "Wait, [[GenreBusting what the hell kind of movie is this]]?!"[[note]]Which is doubly strange, considering that the genre shift is more of a non-spoiler, as it was HEAVILY advertised as a creature feature as far back as the earliest trailers and promotional materials.[[/note]]

The series got two DirectToVideo sequels, though sharing none of the creative cast and not following any of the characters introduced in the first film with the only connecting thread being the vampire bar/lair, The Titty Twister.

The plot centers around the Gecko brothers, two dyed-in-the-wool criminals on the run from the police after a prison break. Causing death and destruction wherever they go, they eventually manage to sneak past the Mexican border by taking a father and his two kids hostage. They go to a trucker bar, the Titty Twister, to spend the night as they wait for their rendezvous. What happens at this point is that what should be a very sudden and unexpected GenreShift occurs when it turns out that the bar is a front for a clan of vampires and they have to fight for their survival through the night (hence the title). Of course, this has become [[ItWasHisSled widely]] [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil spoiled]] and as such, loses most of its effect (in fact, many a person probably rented the film and wondered where the hell the vampires were for the first half).

* HalfwayPlotSwitch:
** One of the premier ones, sadly [[ItWasHisSled spoiled thoroughly]]. In fact, the original name of the trope was just the name of this movie. There were actually theater-goers who said, ''out loud'', at the point of the switch, "Wait, [[GenreBusting what the hell kind of movie is this]]?!"[[note]]Which is doubly strange, considering that the genre shift is more of a non-spoiler, as it was HEAVILY advertised as a creature feature as far back as the earliest trailers and promotional materials.[[/note]]

* DevilButNoGod: Discussed bit ultimately averted. Seth restores Jacob's faith by telling him that, if the vampires are the spawn of Satan, then that must mean there's a Hell -- which means there must also be a Heaven.

* LampshadeHanging and MadeOfPlasticine: Vampires have super-strength, but take hits like monsters made of Play-Doh, as noted by the cast.

** One of the premier ones, sadly [[ItWasHisSled spoiled thoroughly]]. In fact, the original name of the trope was just the name of this movie. There were actually theatre-goers who said, ''out loud'', at the point of the switch, "Wait, [[GenreBusting what the hell kind of movie is this]]?!"
** Which is doubly strange, considering that the genre shift is more of a non-spoiler as it was HEAVILY advertised as a creature feature as far back as the earliest trailers and promotional materials.

* FanService:

--> Fuck you, everybody! Good night! [[MadeOfExplodium KABOOM!!]]
* EasilyForgiven: Seth Gecko's reaction to his brother having raped and murdered their hostage while he was gone quickly fades from disgusted to 'don't do that again' and then hugs him and forgives him... sort of justified because we're apparently ''supposed'' to be shocked at the mildness of his reaction. It is also used to show [[ThickerThanWater Seth's blind love for his brother]], as well as the fact that Seth is likewise a psychopath, if not a rapist.

* EvilVersusEvil: A duo of robbers and murderers versus bloodsucking undead.

** Also, a 34-year-old (at the time) George Clooney in his most attractive form.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Ritchie after being bitten by Santanico.]]

** Michael Parks appears in the beginning as Texas Ranger Earl [=McGraw=], a recurring character of Rodriguez's and Tarantino's who also shows up in ''Film/KillBill'' and both films in ''Film/{{Grindhouse}}''. He dies here, but it's anyone's guess whether this indicates ''From Dusk Till Dawn'' takes place after the other films.

* BigBad: Strange, semi-subverted example. Santanico clearly seems to be the leader of the vampires but [[IncrediblyLamePun she bites it]] half way through and the situation becomes one more similar to a zombie movie (only with vampires) with the vampires as a mob of faceless undead monsters.