The Blind Dead
05-14-2007, 11:26 AM
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them! I don't give a **** how crazy they are!"
Wise words of advice if ever I heard any.
As I sit here at my computer typing up this review, a cardboard tube sits on a table behind me. Inside that cardboard tube is a rolled up movie poster for the original From Dusk Till Dawn just waiting for me to buy a frame and hang it up on a wall. Just it being there though should be enough of a hint to tip you off to the fact that I'm a fan of this flick.
Long before Grindhouse was ever even a seed of an idea in the heads of its creators, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino collaborated on another experiment in the horror genre. The final product of that experiment was From Dusk Till Dawn, a film that adds up to be one bucking bronco of a ride. Its gory, badass, ultraviolent, instantly quotable, well-acted, and both fun and funny. Not to mention that its got a bevy of familiar faces (keep your eyes open for the John Saxon cameo early on), a horde of vicious monsters, more exposed breasts than you know what to do with, and, also, it just happens to be about cool as cool gets. From Dusk Till Dawn is also stupid, silly, and sleazy. And I mean that in a good way. To put it simply, From Dusk Till Dawn is more grindhouse than either Planet Terror or Death Proof, the two...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000816.html)
Wise words of advice if ever I heard any.
As I sit here at my computer typing up this review, a cardboard tube sits on a table behind me. Inside that cardboard tube is a rolled up movie poster for the original From Dusk Till Dawn just waiting for me to buy a frame and hang it up on a wall. Just it being there though should be enough of a hint to tip you off to the fact that I'm a fan of this flick.
Long before Grindhouse was ever even a seed of an idea in the heads of its creators, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino collaborated on another experiment in the horror genre. The final product of that experiment was From Dusk Till Dawn, a film that adds up to be one bucking bronco of a ride. Its gory, badass, ultraviolent, instantly quotable, well-acted, and both fun and funny. Not to mention that its got a bevy of familiar faces (keep your eyes open for the John Saxon cameo early on), a horde of vicious monsters, more exposed breasts than you know what to do with, and, also, it just happens to be about cool as cool gets. From Dusk Till Dawn is also stupid, silly, and sleazy. And I mean that in a good way. To put it simply, From Dusk Till Dawn is more grindhouse than either Planet Terror or Death Proof, the two...[READ MORE HERE] (http://www.joehorror.com/0000816.html)