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Plot

In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko. After a string of robberies that left a river of blood in the Geckos' wake, the sadistic siblings head to Mexico to live the good life. To get over the border, they kidnap Jacob Fuller, a widowed preacher played by Harvey Keitel, and his two children, Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu). Once south of the border, the quintet park their RV at a rough-and-tumble trucker bar called The Titty Twister, where Seth and Richie are supposed to meet a local thug. After a couple of drinks, they realize that they're not in a typical bar, as the entire place begins to teem with vicious, blood-sucking vampires. With the odds stacked greatly against them, the Fullers and Geckos team together in hopes of defeating the creatures of the night. Makeup artist Tom Savini and blaxploitation star Fred Williamson appear as allies against the vampires, and Cheech Marin fills three different roles.
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence and gore, language and nudity.
Genre(s):
Action,Horror
Run Time:
107min.
Theatrical Release Date:
01/19/1996
DVD Release Date:
06/17/1998
Status:
In Theaters
Director(s):
Robert Rodriguez
Starring:
George Clooney , Harvey Keitel , Quentin Tarantino , Juliette Lewis , Cheech Marin
Themes:
Hostage Situations,Crime Gone Awry,Crime Sprees,Vampires
Tone:
Lurid,Frantic,Quirky,Visceral,Menacing,Tense,Campy
Keywords:
Mexico,bank-robbery,bar [pub],border [geographic],criminal,escape,escaped-convict,hide-out,hostage,monster,on-the-run,robbery,stripper,teenagers,undead,vampire
Language:
English