The Blind Dead
05-14-2007, 11:24 AM
I’m a big fan of the original From Dusk Till Dawn. So when I found myself strolling down the horror aisle from my local Blockbuster and saw the straight-to-DVD sequel sitting on the shelf, I just HAD to rent it. I knew damn well what I was getting myself into. I figured the movie would be absolute shit. How could you follow up From Dusk Till Dawn? That movie was AWESOME! Straight-to-DVD sequels in franchises that should’ve never become franchise pretty much always suck. I was expecting a crapfest when I picked this mother up. But I HAD to pick it up because, hey, it’s From Dusk Till Dawn, baby! And, man, I was actually pretty damn glad I picked it up. My expectations were flat-out W-R-O-N-G. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money is actually quite a helluva film. Not perfect, but immensely satisfying, nevertheless.
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money smartly takes the story in a new direction while still maintaining the "outlaws vs. outlaw vampires" formula you expect to see when you watch a Dusk Till Dawn movie. Dusk 2 tells the story of a big-time Mexican bank heist which sends our protagonists on the run and right into the path of our oh-so-familiar bloodsuckers. One of the criminals gets bitten by a vamp and, later on, things start to get messy when the body count rises and fangs start sprouting from characters left and right. The story has a certain John Carpenter’s The Thing quality...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000817.html)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money smartly takes the story in a new direction while still maintaining the "outlaws vs. outlaw vampires" formula you expect to see when you watch a Dusk Till Dawn movie. Dusk 2 tells the story of a big-time Mexican bank heist which sends our protagonists on the run and right into the path of our oh-so-familiar bloodsuckers. One of the criminals gets bitten by a vamp and, later on, things start to get messy when the body count rises and fangs start sprouting from characters left and right. The story has a certain John Carpenter’s The Thing quality...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000817.html)