@@AliceLynch You know what you’re right. I started typing that and thought, “Nah, I must be remembering it wrong. Wouldn’t it be a more feminine pronunciation?” Thanks!
I didn't see the movie when it was released but only a year later or so the German band Rammstein recreated that "Santanica Pandemonium" scene for the music video for their song "Engel", so when I first saw this movie I was like "Hey, it's that scene from the Rammstein video!" 😆 Looking forward to you doing the reaction to "Desperado"!
@@djsanti4446 Usual Suspects doesn't switch paths or genres, it just has a good twist. It doesn't matter what Dusk till Dawn was 'known as' it starts as a crime thriller and shifts to a B-Movie vamp flick.
@@theedgeinshow My daughter (14) said it is her lifetime goal just to get someone to ask her "Were they Psychos?" Would be her second F-bomb (that I know of). First was yelling "Snowballs??? Where's the FOOKING TWINKIES??" at her big brother in our local grocery store when she was 2. It's also how I learned they cracked the parental code and watched Zombieland.
I'm impressed. This had to be editing hell. 25:14 - "Aw, man. Not Sex Machine." I can't, Samantha! 🤣 30:14 - "Damn, Sex Machine got it so bad." The grieving for Sex Machine continues. 🤣
I came here to reply to that! I absolutely loved the intensity and seriousness given to calling out on behalf (at first) of Sex Machine, as if he were Ward Cleaver or Ozzie Nelson.
He's kinda the same character in every film lol. He just gets different scenarios each film, and yeah this scenario I agree is his top 3, including Oceans 11
The foot scene with Salma Hayek must have been the highest point in Quentin Tarantino's life! Also, considering the fact that Salma Hayek seemingly hasn't aged in the last 20-25 years, I think she may actually be a vampire.
The role that made George Clooney a movie star. Before he was really in small movie roles and on tv shows (like ER). This movie showed he IS that guy when it comes to being not just an actor but a movie star. Good looks, cool and very charismatic. It was all UP from here (well a little stumble with Batman & Robin)
Another great George Clooney movie which also has a fantastic ensemble cast is "Out of Sight" with Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, and Don Cheadle. A must watch if you both haven't seen it yet!!
I grew up with a huge crush on Juliette Lewis. She's in so much great stuff. She's great in Natural Born Killers, also written by QT, and Strange Days (a gritty near-cyberpunk sci-fi directed by Kathryn Bigelow)
Even though Sheriff Earl McGraw (Michael Parks) is killed in this film, Parks played the role again in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Death Proof (2007), and Planet Terror (2007).
I have heard that this movie and KB volumes I&II are supposed to be fictional movies in the Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs universe. As in, they are supposed to be what Jules, Vincent, Mia, MrPink, etc. watch for entertainment. I have no idea if its true, but it would explain the goofy tone of how the vampires meet their fate, and how Cheech shows up in different roles. It would also explain how KB resembles the TV pilot Mia dkscusses at the diner in PF.
Yes, QT directs one of the segments of Four Rooms, as does Robert Rodriguez. Great ensemble cast. I always feel like RR's segment feels like a dark version of Spy Kids 🤣🤣🤣
This was given an NC 17 rating for the graphic violence that had to be trimmed or removed but the graphic violent scenes can be found in either RUclips or the special Blu Ray edition. The vampires blood was made into a black/green substance to make them less human than the main characters.
Keep in mind at the point this was cast George Clooney was mostly a bit part actor. He had a small run in E/R (1985 Elliot Gould Show), Roseanne, and a show called Bodies of Evidence. Besides that he just was getting small single episode gigs. ER (1994-95) had just started to air its First Season when Dusk Till Dawn was in shooting and he has no clue that he was about to become part of the Hollywood A-List celebrity crowd. His work in this and ER propelled him forward into movies. Robert Kurtzman came up with the idea to do a classic late night gridhouse like horror flick with the great gory makeup and effects he used to love making himself. Robert Rodriguez was of course immediately down and the came to Quentin knowing his love for the same type of films and paid him in his first paid writing job. Quentin had already done Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction so of course Harvey was game. And Quentin pretty much just wrote them all characters for them to just have fun spending studio money. They pretty much just inserted every cool over the top idea they loved from dozens of films and rolled them into one. They pretty much all just had fun and it shows. That's what gives this movie that strange little quality you can't put your finger on.
There's a bit of foreshadowing when they first walk in the bar and the bartender (Danny Trejo) tries to turn them away because the bar is for bikers and truckers only. Drifters, or people who are always traveling, since when they disappear it would be hard to know exactly when or where, so their little operation stays on the down low. Also this is a great example of truly freakish, monstrous and not at all romanticized vampires.
For many of us, this was the first time we saw Salma Hayek. I remember me and my friends renting "Desperado" shortly after just because she was in it. She skyrocketed to number one on my most beautiful celebrity list, and I don't think I've still seen anyone looking better than she looked around the time those movies came out. (Minus the snake though. I'm like Indiana Jones, hate snakes.) And she still looks amazing.
I love that Sam had no idea what this is, almost 30 years after its release! One of my absolute favourites of your videos - a genuinely pure reaction! Sam’s face when the vampires show up was absolutely priceless. 😱😄
I highly recommend the From Dusk Till Dawn TV series based on the movie, which ran 3 seasons and 30 episodes. It shows the origins of the Gekko Brothers in flashback, what really happened to Jacob Fuller's wife, as well as the vampires and how they came to be.
I remember seeing this movie as a kid and didnt know it was a vampire movie. As a horror fan, the shock and excitement i had when the script flipped was indescribable😂😂😂
Speaking of Desperado, please watch El Mariachi first! It's RR's directorial debut and the first entry in the Mariachi trilogy. Desperado is an Evil Dead 2 situation, part sequel/part remake with budget. The trilogy concludes with Once Upon A Time In Mexico.
Yes, I second this recommendation! If they're gonna start going through Robert Rodriguez's filmography, the Mariachi Trilogy is definitely the best place to start
Ooh boy its finally time for a weird flex! The uncut versions of From Dusk Till Dawn, Blade and Starship Troopers were all banned in my country and I had them all on VHS! I was such a king in school when this movie was popular. From Dusk Till Dawn is still one of my favorite movies! Seeing Clooney in such a role was very special and its a shame that he didn't get more chances for being such a bad ass!
So Tom Savini (the guy that plays secks machine) is also the biker dude that was in the original dawn of the dead. Dude has looked the same age for a good 30 years. He's also a legendary special effects artist. Dude has made some amazing stuff. There's an interview on YT with him.
I was 17 when this movie came out. The girl I was dating and I picked it up at Blockbuster. It was mostly just background noise while we made out. Then, all of a sudden, everyone was a vampire, and that pretty much ended that. We had to start the movie over and find out what the hell we had actually rented. 😂
"I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can" my favourite line in this. Clooney plays it dead serious as a career criminal, which helps sell the whole movie. We as the audience get a total right turn as the movie changes direction and becomes a full on monster movie at the end.
Back in 1996, all the trailers for this movie in TV, on home video, or in the theater gave away that this movie was about vampires. It was everywhere. So if you were alive or obviously old enough (at least 6 or 7 years old I guess), you would remember. Damn I feel so old about talking about something from the 90s like this, but I guess it is nearly 30 years ago. It won't be long before I have to tell people, "well back in 2009, that's how this movie was seen".
@@John-ct9zs You think you are OLD!! I can still remember audiences' reactions to: Jaws, The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, The Godfather, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Night of the Living Dead, Halloween, and many others when those movies first came out to the theater!!
QT - "Let's make a movie that's like the fuckin' Getaway with Steve McQueen first half and then it just becomes a batshit crazy vampire B movie second half." Robert Rodriguez - "K."
Tarantino has done television, as well. Not just the Dusk Till Dawn adaptation but he wrote my favorite two-part episode of CSI called "The Gravedigger". And probably met Clooney early on when Tarantino directed an episode of ER.
Sex Machine was played by Tom Savini who worked with George Romero doing make up effects for his films and also acted in many of them. The guy in the bar who he whipped away his beer is Greg Nicotero who also worked with Tom on make up effects in many films and also worked on the great werewolf film The Howling so seeing these two together in a scene was a great geek moment. Greg Nicotero is now known for his work on The Walking Dead as the effects manager and producer of the series.
I saw this in the theatre with a friend and at the time this movie had been marketed as a vampire flick. So it’s like 45 minutes in and I whisper to my buddy ‘isn’t this supposed to have vampires?’ It’s an hour in before there’s an inkling of a vampire. So great!
That's Tarantino for you. He throws away more potential Oscar's than anyone! I wonder what he's thinking sometimes. "I'm gonna create a cinematic masterpiece of action, crime and drama that will win all the Academy Awards with an all-star cast, and be remembered for generations to come as the benchmark of movie brilliance..." (halfway through) "Ah fvck it, I'm bored. Let's make it a comedy vampire flick instead. WOOHOO!!!" 😂😂😂
Back in 1996, all the trailers for this movie in TV, on home video, or in the theater gave away that this movie was about vampires. It was everywhere. So if you were alive or obviously old enough (at least 6 or 7 years old I guess), you would remember. Damn I feel so old about talking about something from the 90s like this, but I guess it is nearly 30 years ago. It won't be long before I have to tell people, "well back in 2009, that's how this movie was seen".
I still contend that the greatest Tarantino cameo is in a middleweight indie rom-com from the mid-90s called "Sleep With Me." He shows up as a rando during a party scene and explains the "true meaning" of the movie "Top Gun."
Juliette Lewis was also in the movie Whip It (2009) with Elliot Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden, and a lot of other familar actors. It's a really fun and heartfelt movie.
Exceptionally well played - it’s comparatively rare to get a genuine unsuspecting reaction to the vampire reveal. Even at release it seemed that most people knew about it in advance.
I can’t focus on the movie-on one side, we got TBR having the time of his life laughing his ass off, and on the other Samantha looks absolutely horrified. LOL I love it!
Fun fact: The band in this film was called Tito And The Tarantulas: the lead, Tito Larriva, used to have a punk band called The Plugz, and did several songs for the Mike Nesmith/Alex Cox film "Repo Man" (which you two really need to see...), and had a hit with a Spanish version of the song "Secret Agent Man". Oh - prior to 9/11, you didn't need a passport to travel to Canada or Mexico.
Sex Machine was played by Tom Savini, famous for his prosthetics/makeup work in a lot of classic '80s slasher/zombie movies -- he was a fantastic add to the cast of this movie.
Saw this movie shortly after it was available in video stores (it's like amazon prime video, but in a building...) and didnt know anything about it and didnt know who George Clooney even was. The twist in the middle was such a surprise, ridicolous and cool at the same time. Love this movie, it has not a single boring second in it. Pure entertainment for a fun movie night. And i love the chemistry between all characters.
I love this movie. It starts out as a "fugitives on the run" crime film to pull you in, then it suddenly turns left into splatterhouse vampire movie. One of the craziest plot turns you'll ever see. It comes out of nowhere and it's fucking brilliant.
Noice! Normally I watch through my subscriptions alphabetically, but as soon as I saw this I came running (well...clicking really). Such an excellent and unexpected movie, and possibly my favourite George Clooney performance. Cheers and Happy Weekend, Scmitts. 🥃☮❤
Definitely watch Desperado. Be sure to watch El Mariachi first, then Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico in that order. These were some of my favorite movies growing up.
Juliette Lewis came by her talent honestly. Her Father was great character actor Geoffrey Lewis. You would recognize him. He was in over 200 movie an t.v.
Can’t believe I saw this movie when I was 8 or younger hahah on vhs no less. 👌 great reaction guys. And of course you remember Selma in this and Desperado.
2 years ago they showed the movie in theaters and when Salma Hayek scene started, the crowd was cheering😂 Also, the son's shirt Precinct 13 is based on a John Carpenter film Assualt on Precinct 13.
I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to see someone who had zero idea what the plot was react to this… you guys are always great. Looking forward to more Fall of the… I’m not spelling all of that
Didn't know you guys reacted to True Romance. Gotta search for that vid. Hey, another really good Christian Slater movie you two should definitely watch is "Hard Rain" (1998). Amazing movie! It also stars Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and the incomparable legend, Betty White.
Juliette Lewis is in a really great drama called, #title "The Other Sister". Which also stars Diane Keaton, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Paulson, and Tom Skerritt.
Wow!!! YES!!! Now here is a reaction you don't see everyday 😳 what an awesome " Shock Drop " LFG 🔥 BTW, the song playing during the infamous Salma scene is by **Tito and Tarantula-"After Dark" ...rocking this tune for 25+ years lol 🥵 whole soundtrack for that matter, possibly only topped by you guessed it, " Desperado " 🎶
Since y'all opened up a can of Robert Rodriguez beans you should definitely check out "The Faculty". It's from 1998 and it's basically Scream and The thing rolled into one.
Awesome, that you reacted to this movie. This was an impressive one for me also in my early teens. Legendary! And I didn't know about the Vampires either. First it's a thriller then it turns into a splatter movie. Crazy. Desperado, The Faculty, Once Upon a Time in Mexico are good ones too from Rodriguez. And his best movie I think it Sin City, that's just a master piece of art!
Desperato is a great film. Not many know that it is actually the second film in a series. The first is El Mariachi and the third is called Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
There were also a number of movies that came with a 'Quentin Tarantino Presents' tag, which were movies to which he lent his name to help promote them, was directly involved, or released under his Rolling Thunder distribution company
Robert Rodriguez also directed Alita Battle Angel. An instant classic. Also, George Clooney was known for playing a good guy in the pre-gray’s anatomy hospital show, ER. He wanted to break away from his good guy image because he didn’t want to be typecasted in the future. It worked. Also guys, Robert Rodriguez directed Spy Kids so not all of his work is ultra violent
15:31 That's Cheech Marin, in his second of three roles in this movie. 18:34 Don't care what she really looks like, just give me five minutes before brutally murdering me. 😍 19:06 I'm not a fan of feet, but I'd make an exception for Salma Hayek.😛 19:45 Watching a great movie about a couple of outlaws, when suddenly....🧛🧛♀🦇 Samantha's reaction was everything I hoped for. 🤣 Clooney has three of my favourite lines in Cinematic History in this one movie: "Your best better get a hell of a lot fu**ing better, or you are gonna feel a hell of a lot fu**ing worse." "You can all live forever, or die this second, and I don't give a sh!t which." "Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fu** how crazy they are."
Unfortunately, back when this movie came out, the studio was dumb enough to give away the whole vampire thing in the trailers. This always made me mad, because the best way to first experience this movie is the way Samantha did: completely blind and knowing nothing about where it's going. Just thinking it's a criminals-on-the-run crime film, and nothing else. I envy people who get to experience that out-of-nowhere turn this movie takes. If you're lucky enough to go into this movie blind, it's definitely one of the most fun cinematic experiences you can have. Thankfully, enough time has passed that people can experience this film that way again. Was an absolute joy getting to watch Samantha's reaction during that part, and good job TBR not spoiling it for her. Tarantino and Rodriguez have collaborated a few times since this, but this still remains my favorite collabo of theirs. Just the perfect blend of both of their styles and cinematic sensibilities.
When writing From Dusk Till Dawn, Quentin Tarantino took inspiration from films like John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 in 1976, and the 1986 vampire movie Vamp with Grace Jones.
44:00 - at the time I worked in a video rental store, and I remember watching this movie and being totally surprised when it changes from a crime thriller to a vampire movie! So I think that nothing on the movie poster, cover and trailer said anything about that.
"He's so animated!" Sex Machine is played by actor/stuntman/FX tech Tom Savini. Robert Rodriguez packs his movies with his idols when he can, and Tom is definitely on the list (note the cameo by horror icon John Saxon). Savini also appears in RR's Planet Terror.
This is one of my top 5 movies ever. It´s sooo entertaining, good music, funny, enjoyable as hell!!! Gecko bros´are incredibly charismathic! And Salma´s dance OMG... all the film it´s a masterpiece.
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Samantha: "OH MY GOD ARE THEY FUCKING VAMPIRES!?" That is worth the price of admission right there
IKR?
LOL! ...word
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As soon as you said, "there's one part that stuck with me as a boy," we all knew exactly what you were talking about. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Santanica Pandemonio!!!”
@@AliceLynch You know what you’re right. I started typing that and thought, “Nah, I must be remembering it wrong. Wouldn’t it be a more feminine pronunciation?” Thanks!
I didn't see the movie when it was released but only a year later or so the German band Rammstein recreated that "Santanica Pandemonium" scene for the music video for their song "Engel", so when I first saw this movie I was like "Hey, it's that scene from the Rammstein video!" 😆 Looking forward to you doing the reaction to "Desperado"!
"Danny Trejo looks so young!"
He's 52 in this movie 😆
What he looks 26 years old.
Danny Trejo was born old
^^^^^^ you got my daughter cracking up picturing an old Trejo baby
Danny Trejo never be young :D
He looks like a particularly precocious 12 year old.
This movie took the hardest left turn in all cinematic history.
A story by an EFX artist and a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino.. great mix apparently haha
when this came out it was known as a vampire film. what left turn?
@@djsanti4446Not everyone remembers 28 year old previews. But yeah, that's definitely how it was advertised.
@@djsanti4446 Usual Suspects doesn't switch paths or genres, it just has a good twist. It doesn't matter what Dusk till Dawn was 'known as' it starts as a crime thriller and shifts to a B-Movie vamp flick.
Some would say Sunshine did.
"Psychos DO NOT EXPLODE WHEN SUNLIGHT HITS THEM!" LMFAO. It's always been my favorite line in this movie.
I literally came to make this same exact comment. My wife and I say this ALL the time for no reason.
Might be my ATF line, especially with the "IDGAF how crazy they are!!"afterwards 🤣🤣🤣
@@theedgeinshow My daughter (14) said it is her lifetime goal just to get someone to ask her "Were they Psychos?" Would be her second F-bomb (that I know of). First was yelling "Snowballs??? Where's the FOOKING TWINKIES??" at her big brother in our local grocery store when she was 2. It's also how I learned they cracked the parental code and watched Zombieland.
My favourite line in any movie.
I don't care how crazy they are!
The minute Sam says "not Sex Machine!!" was the absolute BEST!
"He doesn't look Japanese. He looks Chinese."
Seth: *"Excuse me all to hell."*
- Clooney makes zero jokes but is still somehow hilarious to me 😂😂😂
I'm impressed. This had to be editing hell.
25:14 - "Aw, man. Not Sex Machine." I can't, Samantha! 🤣
30:14 - "Damn, Sex Machine got it so bad." The grieving for Sex Machine continues. 🤣
"Four Rooms" (1995) is another great Tarantino / Rodriguez directing collab that often gets overlooked.
... indeed, highly recommended
“Not sex machine!” 😂😂😂😂
I came here to reply to that! I absolutely loved the intensity and seriousness given to calling out on behalf (at first) of Sex Machine, as if he were Ward Cleaver or Ozzie Nelson.
"Dayyum, Sex Machine got it so bad"
Sentences you never thought you'd say
My favorite quote didn't make the edit. Vampire Selma Hayek: "Welcome to slavery." Clooney: "No thanks, I've already had a wife.”
and i love that the tv show give us the character of the wife.
Starts off as a crime movie and then turns to a horror movie. I love it. Also, they used green blood for the Vampires to avoid the censors
Didn't really help. 😆
Sam's reaction when the vampires show up is why I watch this channel.
The guy playing Sex Machine is Tom Savini who did the special effects for Friday the 13th
Maybe its just me, but he looks like Dante from Clerks.
@@thefallenfaith1986 OMG he does.
@@thefallenfaith1986 I can see that.
He does special FX for a lot of movies. He's actually in The Perks of Being a Wallflower as the shop teacher. A more "normal" role to see him in.
And X of the living dead movies.
When it comes to Rodriguez, you guys need to watch El Mariachi and Desperado. Especially Desperado. Flawless, stylish action movie
you forgot Once Upon a Time in Mexico to wrap up the mariachi trilogy
Desperado is an all-time classic action-comedy.
Tarantino makes an appearence on Desperado
@djplou the main actor of Mariachi is also in Desperado.
Yes i
Still my favorite George Clooney character. Seth Gecko had zero fucks to offer.
He's kinda the same character in every film lol. He just gets different scenarios each film, and yeah this scenario I agree is his top 3, including Oceans 11
Hilarious character that never even smiles. Easily his most quotable role.
@@clevelandcbi I'd say his most quotable is Return of the Killer Tomatoes.
@@paulpolpiboon9535Burn After Reading doesn't have much of that Clooney charm.
@@paulpolpiboon9535also out for sight.
Cheech Marin is so versatile he played three characters.
People really don't give him enough credit for his acting chops.
Hell yeah to Desperado!!!! 🔥🔥🔥Easily one of the best shoot-em-ups Ive seen. And Salma....😍😍
The foot scene with Salma Hayek must have been the highest point in Quentin Tarantino's life!
Also, considering the fact that Salma Hayek seemingly hasn't aged in the last 20-25 years, I think she may actually be a vampire.
Still, a hot scene, ngl... 😅🤭
Can't blame Tarantino.
But she HAS aged
@@DLites151Yet she STILL fine AF.
Halle, Salma, Aniston, Connelly.... I told my son 50+ year old women did NOT look like that when I was his age.
This might be the only time no straight man can blame Tarantino for what he did in that Salma Hayek scene
Yeah I'll pass having some chick shoving her foot in my mouth....yuck.
Very true.
I'm happy to see that the studio vampires released their claim on you're reaction ❤
The role that made George Clooney a movie star. Before he was really in small movie roles and on tv shows (like ER). This movie showed he IS that guy when it comes to being not just an actor but a movie star. Good looks, cool and very charismatic. It was all UP from here (well a little stumble with Batman & Robin)
Another great George Clooney movie which also has a fantastic ensemble cast is "Out of Sight" with Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, and Don Cheadle.
A must watch if you both haven't seen it yet!!
I grew up with a huge crush on Juliette Lewis. She's in so much great stuff.
She's great in Natural Born Killers, also written by QT, and Strange Days (a gritty near-cyberpunk sci-fi directed by Kathryn Bigelow)
Strange Days in an awesome, and highly underrated film.
Been in love with her since Christmas Vacation
Also in Cape Fear.
Even though Sheriff Earl McGraw (Michael Parks) is killed in this film, Parks played the role again in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Death Proof (2007), and Planet Terror (2007).
Always remember him from an old (short lived) TV series called 'Then came Bronson.'
Parks is such a fantastic actor.
I have heard that this movie and KB volumes I&II are supposed to be fictional movies in the Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs universe. As in, they are supposed to be what Jules, Vincent, Mia, MrPink, etc. watch for entertainment.
I have no idea if its true, but it would explain the goofy tone of how the vampires meet their fate, and how Cheech shows up in different roles. It would also explain how KB resembles the TV pilot Mia dkscusses at the diner in PF.
@@DSmith264 I loved that show when I was a kid. I thought he was so cool with his leather jacket and motorcycle.
Samantha's reaction at the turn in this movie was hilarious 😂
Robert Rodriguez directed Sin City also
No, there's another Tarantino involved project out there: Four Rooms. He shows up in Desperado, too.
I keep waiting for someone, ANYONE to react to Four Rooms! Tim Roth’s finest film hands down!
Yes, QT directs one of the segments of Four Rooms, as does Robert Rodriguez. Great ensemble cast. I always feel like RR's segment feels like a dark version of Spy Kids 🤣🤣🤣
@@davidmcleod5133 Right? It's one of those forgotten movies on RUclips.
@@LordVolkov Rodriguez's short literally became Spy Kids. It's the origin, per Rodriguez himself.
Best bar joke ever in Desperado
This was given an NC 17 rating for the graphic violence that had to be trimmed or removed but the graphic violent scenes can be found in either RUclips or the special Blu Ray edition.
The vampires blood was made into a black/green substance to make them less human than the main characters.
19:03
RODRIGUEZ: "Hey, Quentin! I said CUT five minutes ago!"
TARANTINO: "Hey, let's try that again; that take didn't feel right..."
Keep in mind at the point this was cast George Clooney was mostly a bit part actor. He had a small run in E/R (1985 Elliot Gould Show), Roseanne, and a show called Bodies of Evidence. Besides that he just was getting small single episode gigs. ER (1994-95) had just started to air its First Season when Dusk Till Dawn was in shooting and he has no clue that he was about to become part of the Hollywood A-List celebrity crowd. His work in this and ER propelled him forward into movies.
Robert Kurtzman came up with the idea to do a classic late night gridhouse like horror flick with the great gory makeup and effects he used to love making himself. Robert Rodriguez was of course immediately down and the came to Quentin knowing his love for the same type of films and paid him in his first paid writing job. Quentin had already done Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction so of course Harvey was game. And Quentin pretty much just wrote them all characters for them to just have fun spending studio money. They pretty much just inserted every cool over the top idea they loved from dozens of films and rolled them into one. They pretty much all just had fun and it shows. That's what gives this movie that strange little quality you can't put your finger on.
There's a bit of foreshadowing when they first walk in the bar and the bartender (Danny Trejo) tries to turn them away because the bar is for bikers and truckers only. Drifters, or people who are always traveling, since when they disappear it would be hard to know exactly when or where, so their little operation stays on the down low.
Also this is a great example of truly freakish, monstrous and not at all romanticized vampires.
The Strain also has a great 'monstrous vampire' design 👍
@@LordVolkovnd 30 days of night
@@LordVolkov The Master and The Olders were truly monsters.
For many of us, this was the first time we saw Salma Hayek. I remember me and my friends renting "Desperado" shortly after just because she was in it. She skyrocketed to number one on my most beautiful celebrity list, and I don't think I've still seen anyone looking better than she looked around the time those movies came out. (Minus the snake though. I'm like Indiana Jones, hate snakes.) And she still looks amazing.
I love that Sam had no idea what this is, almost 30 years after its release! One of my absolute favourites of your videos - a genuinely pure reaction! Sam’s face when the vampires show up was absolutely priceless. 😱😄
I highly recommend the From Dusk Till Dawn TV series based on the movie, which ran 3 seasons and 30 episodes. It shows the origins of the Gekko Brothers in flashback, what really happened to Jacob Fuller's wife, as well as the vampires and how they came to be.
I loved it.
FUN FACT: The bank teller hostage is also Butch's mom from "Pulp Fiction".
Also, she was Tarantino's acting coach.
knew I recognised her from somewhere "up hisass"
@@ojgoldstein Not her proudest work I imagine.
@@ashleyneku5432He played creepy pretty well, though.
I remember seeing this movie as a kid and didnt know it was a vampire movie. As a horror fan, the shock and excitement i had when the script flipped was indescribable😂😂😂
Speaking of Desperado, please watch El Mariachi first! It's RR's directorial debut and the first entry in the Mariachi trilogy. Desperado is an Evil Dead 2 situation, part sequel/part remake with budget. The trilogy concludes with Once Upon A Time In Mexico.
Yes, I second this recommendation! If they're gonna start going through Robert Rodriguez's filmography, the Mariachi Trilogy is definitely the best place to start
Ooh boy its finally time for a weird flex! The uncut versions of From Dusk Till Dawn, Blade and Starship Troopers were all banned in my country and I had them all on VHS!
I was such a king in school when this movie was popular.
From Dusk Till Dawn is still one of my favorite movies! Seeing Clooney in such a role was very special and its a shame that he didn't get more chances for being such a bad ass!
So Tom Savini (the guy that plays secks machine) is also the biker dude that was in the original dawn of the dead. Dude has looked the same age for a good 30 years. He's also a legendary special effects artist. Dude has made some amazing stuff. There's an interview on YT with him.
I'm just gonna say that Salma Hayek dance is one of the things that truly shaped me...
...when I was in primary school.
Good god she's amazing
She is still absolutely stunning to this day too. Insane.
I had a thing for her when I first saw her but have no interest in her now.
I was 17 when this movie came out. The girl I was dating and I picked it up at Blockbuster. It was mostly just background noise while we made out.
Then, all of a sudden, everyone was a vampire, and that pretty much ended that. We had to start the movie over and find out what the hell we had actually rented. 😂
This is my favorite George Clooney movie.
EASILY. Makes zero jokes but is still so quotable and hilarious.
"I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can" my favourite line in this. Clooney plays it dead serious as a career criminal, which helps sell the whole movie. We as the audience get a total right turn as the movie changes direction and becomes a full on monster movie at the end.
Back in 1996, all the trailers for this movie in TV, on home video, or in the theater gave away that this movie was about vampires. It was everywhere. So if you were alive or obviously old enough (at least 6 or 7 years old I guess), you would remember. Damn I feel so old about talking about something from the 90s like this, but I guess it is nearly 30 years ago. It won't be long before I have to tell people, "well back in 2009, that's how this movie was seen".
@@John-ct9zs You think you are OLD!! I can still remember audiences' reactions to: Jaws, The Exorcist, The Omen, Poltergeist, The Godfather, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Night of the Living Dead, Halloween, and many others when those movies first came out to the theater!!
Impressionable age and Salma Hayek in Dusk till Dawn. I think we know why Desperado stuck in your memory as well...
QT - "Let's make a movie that's like the fuckin' Getaway with Steve McQueen first half and then it just becomes a batshit crazy vampire B movie second half."
Robert Rodriguez - "K."
Brilliant idea
"Ankle biter."
There's actually a movie about dwarf vampires called Ankle Biters.
The tagline is Three Feet Tall, Two Inch Fangs.
I now Have to go and find this film...
I need a bag of either Acapulco Gold or something like that to watch it. It helped with Troll and Troll 2.
Tarantino has done television, as well. Not just the Dusk Till Dawn adaptation but he wrote my favorite two-part episode of CSI called "The Gravedigger". And probably met Clooney early on when Tarantino directed an episode of ER.
Sex Machine was played by Tom Savini who worked with George Romero doing make up effects for his films and also acted in many of them. The guy in the bar who he whipped away his beer is Greg Nicotero who also worked with Tom on make up effects in many films and also worked on the great werewolf film The Howling so seeing these two together in a scene was a great geek moment. Greg Nicotero is now known for his work on The Walking Dead as the effects manager and producer of the series.
Samanthas reaction was so good. I knew this would be so surprising and what male wouldn't have the Salma dance scene burned into their memory.😂😂😂😂
I saw this in the theatre with a friend and at the time this movie had been marketed as a vampire flick. So it’s like 45 minutes in and I whisper to my buddy ‘isn’t this supposed to have vampires?’
It’s an hour in before there’s an inkling of a vampire. So great!
Ooh! Can't wait for you guys to get to "Natural Born Killers"! That movie is a wild ride from start to finish!
That's Tarantino for you. He throws away more potential Oscar's than anyone! I wonder what he's thinking sometimes. "I'm gonna create a cinematic masterpiece of action, crime and drama that will win all the Academy Awards with an all-star cast, and be remembered for generations to come as the benchmark of movie brilliance..." (halfway through) "Ah fvck it, I'm bored. Let's make it a comedy vampire flick instead. WOOHOO!!!" 😂😂😂
"What do you think i want, you mean old bastard?? I want a fucking room!!"
- Ive been hoping for a grouchy guy at a hotel desk for almost 30 years now
When your expecting this movie to be a mix between Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers, they decided to add vampires to the mix.
It really does start off with an NBK feel, albeit way more tame 😅, until the vampires show up.
I had a friend who hated it because of the shift to vampires in the middle of the movie. He was hoping for more Pulp Fiction lol
16:14 "at least there's some sense of security being in a public place now." -Daniel
"is it???" -Sam
the look on Sam's face! 😆
Back in 1996, all the trailers for this movie in TV, on home video, or in the theater gave away that this movie was about vampires. It was everywhere. So if you were alive or obviously old enough (at least 6 or 7 years old I guess), you would remember. Damn I feel so old about talking about something from the 90s like this, but I guess it is nearly 30 years ago. It won't be long before I have to tell people, "well back in 2009, that's how this movie was seen".
Oh I loved the look on your face when it was starting to turn into a vampire movie, you knew it was coming but Sam didn’t!!!
I saw this in the theater when it was released and had no idea going in that it was a vampire movie, It still makes me laugh when the reveal happens.
*"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them; I don't give a fock how crazy they are!!!*
- Easily one of my ATF lines
If you try to run, I've got six little friends and they can all run faster than you can.
That line comes from the 1965 Disney Movie That Darn Cat.
I love how you were so concerned “Oh no, Sex Machine!” Hahaha😂
I still contend that the greatest Tarantino cameo is in a middleweight indie rom-com from the mid-90s called "Sleep With Me." He shows up as a rando during a party scene and explains the "true meaning" of the movie "Top Gun."
"Destiny turns on the radio" is another good one.
Juliette Lewis was also in the movie Whip It (2009) with Elliot Page, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden, and a lot of other familar actors. It's a really fun and heartfelt movie.
Exceptionally well played - it’s comparatively rare to get a genuine unsuspecting reaction to the vampire reveal. Even at release it seemed that most people knew about it in advance.
I can’t focus on the movie-on one side, we got TBR having the time of his life laughing his ass off, and on the other Samantha looks absolutely horrified. LOL I love it!
Fun fact:
The band in this film was called Tito And The Tarantulas: the lead, Tito Larriva, used to have a punk band called The Plugz, and did several songs for the Mike Nesmith/Alex Cox film "Repo Man" (which you two really need to see...), and had a hit with a Spanish version of the song "Secret Agent Man".
Oh - prior to 9/11, you didn't need a passport to travel to Canada or Mexico.
Sex Machine was played by Tom Savini, famous for his prosthetics/makeup work in a lot of classic '80s slasher/zombie movies -- he was a fantastic add to the cast of this movie.
The guy that pulled A knife on him is Greg Nicotero who did sfx work on The Walking Dead.
@@Necrowolf81 Greg was trained by tom on day of the dead
Saw this movie shortly after it was available in video stores (it's like amazon prime video, but in a building...) and didnt know anything about it and didnt know who George Clooney even was. The twist in the middle was such a surprise, ridicolous and cool at the same time. Love this movie, it has not a single boring second in it. Pure entertainment for a fun movie night. And i love the chemistry between all characters.
This was a fantastic reaction! Probably one of your best. Samantha's face during this was hilarious.
I love this movie. It starts out as a "fugitives on the run" crime film to pull you in, then it suddenly turns left into splatterhouse vampire movie. One of the craziest plot turns you'll ever see. It comes out of nowhere and it's fucking brilliant.
If you haven't seen Sin City, that is also Robert Rodriguez, with Quentin Tarantino as a guest director.
I knew the movie experience was something special when Samantha was almost speechless instead of the usual "I loved it." after finishing the movie.😃
Noice! Normally I watch through my subscriptions alphabetically, but as soon as I saw this I came running (well...clicking really).
Such an excellent and unexpected movie, and possibly my favourite George Clooney performance.
Cheers and Happy Weekend, Scmitts. 🥃☮❤
The opening 10 minutes of this movie is incredible. I love how it changes gears halfway through, but this movie is so much fun.
Hard left and slams on the gas. Love it.
Definitely watch Desperado. Be sure to watch El Mariachi first, then Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico in that order. These were some of my favorite movies growing up.
16:00 "What a selection" 😅
17:00 "What a lively place..." So wholesome ♥️
24:30 "Ankle biter" 😅
“Everybody be cool.
You.
BE COOL.”
Another great line.
@@matthewdooley7855Taken from Tim Roth, in Reservoir Dogs.
Samathas reaction to realizing it was a vampire movie was just *chefs kiss.
Juliette Lewis came by her talent honestly. Her Father was great character actor Geoffrey Lewis. You would recognize him. He was in over 200 movie an t.v.
Can’t believe I saw this movie when I was 8 or younger hahah on vhs no less. 👌 great reaction guys. And of course you remember Selma in this and Desperado.
'Go home, Kate. I may be a bastard, but I'm not a f-ing bastard.'
It's fucking.
El Mariachi, Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico! The Mariachi trilogy you gotta see em all!
2 years ago they showed the movie in theaters and when Salma Hayek scene started, the crowd was cheering😂 Also, the son's shirt Precinct 13 is based on a John Carpenter film Assualt on Precinct 13.
I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to see someone who had zero idea what the plot was react to this… you guys are always great. Looking forward to more Fall of the… I’m not spelling all of that
Didn't know you guys reacted to True Romance. Gotta search for that vid. Hey, another really good Christian Slater movie you two should definitely watch is "Hard Rain" (1998). Amazing movie! It also stars Morgan Freeman, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, and the incomparable legend, Betty White.
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@@TBRSchmitt - Thanks!! 😁
Juliette Lewis is in a really great drama called, #title "The Other Sister". Which also stars Diane Keaton, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Paulson, and Tom Skerritt.
Wow!!! YES!!! Now here is a reaction you don't see everyday 😳 what an awesome " Shock Drop " LFG 🔥 BTW, the song playing during the infamous Salma scene is by **Tito and Tarantula-"After Dark" ...rocking this tune for 25+ years lol 🥵 whole soundtrack for that matter, possibly only topped by you guessed it, " Desperado " 🎶
Love this movie! I saw the movie theater next to my house was playing this one night last week, I was SO tempted to go
Since y'all opened up a can of Robert Rodriguez beans you should definitely check out "The Faculty". It's from 1998 and it's basically Scream and The thing rolled into one.
Awesome, that you reacted to this movie. This was an impressive one for me also in my early teens. Legendary! And I didn't know about the Vampires either. First it's a thriller then it turns into a splatter movie. Crazy. Desperado, The Faculty, Once Upon a Time in Mexico are good ones too from Rodriguez. And his best movie I think it Sin City, that's just a master piece of art!
Soon as i seen the Thumbnail i said. oh, she not not ready! lol
Desperato is a great film. Not many know that it is actually the second film in a series. The first is El Mariachi and the third is called Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
There were also a number of movies that came with a 'Quentin Tarantino Presents' tag, which were movies to which he lent his name to help promote them, was directly involved, or released under his Rolling Thunder distribution company
Modesty Blaise comes to mind.
Robert Rodriguez also directed Alita Battle Angel. An instant classic. Also, George Clooney was known for playing a good guy in the pre-gray’s anatomy hospital show, ER. He wanted to break away from his good guy image because he didn’t want to be typecasted in the future. It worked. Also guys, Robert Rodriguez directed Spy Kids so not all of his work is ultra violent
15:31 That's Cheech Marin, in his second of three roles in this movie.
18:34 Don't care what she really looks like, just give me five minutes before brutally murdering me. 😍
19:06 I'm not a fan of feet, but I'd make an exception for Salma Hayek.😛
19:45 Watching a great movie about a couple of outlaws, when suddenly....🧛🧛♀🦇 Samantha's reaction was everything I hoped for. 🤣
Clooney has three of my favourite lines in Cinematic History in this one movie:
"Your best better get a hell of a lot fu**ing better, or you are gonna feel a hell of a lot fu**ing worse."
"You can all live forever, or die this second, and I don't give a sh!t which."
"Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fu** how crazy they are."
Growing up, I thought that "I would drink her bathwater" was the dumbest expression. After seeing Desperado and this, it suddenly made perfect sense.
@@clevelandcbi I'm not sure that anyone in the history of The Multi-Verse has been as hot as Salma Hayek in Desperado.
Unfortunately, back when this movie came out, the studio was dumb enough to give away the whole vampire thing in the trailers. This always made me mad, because the best way to first experience this movie is the way Samantha did: completely blind and knowing nothing about where it's going. Just thinking it's a criminals-on-the-run crime film, and nothing else. I envy people who get to experience that out-of-nowhere turn this movie takes. If you're lucky enough to go into this movie blind, it's definitely one of the most fun cinematic experiences you can have. Thankfully, enough time has passed that people can experience this film that way again. Was an absolute joy getting to watch Samantha's reaction during that part, and good job TBR not spoiling it for her.
Tarantino and Rodriguez have collaborated a few times since this, but this still remains my favorite collabo of theirs. Just the perfect blend of both of their styles and cinematic sensibilities.
When writing From Dusk Till Dawn, Quentin Tarantino took inspiration from films like John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 in 1976, and the 1986 vampire movie Vamp with Grace Jones.
44:00 - at the time I worked in a video rental store, and I remember watching this movie and being totally surprised when it changes from a crime thriller to a vampire movie! So I think that nothing on the movie poster, cover and trailer said anything about that.
"He's so animated!"
Sex Machine is played by actor/stuntman/FX tech Tom Savini. Robert Rodriguez packs his movies with his idols when he can, and Tom is definitely on the list (note the cameo by horror icon John Saxon). Savini also appears in RR's Planet Terror.
You missed Greg Nicotero, the guy that pulled A knife on him. He is a sfx guy most notable for working on The Walking Dead.
This is one of my top 5 movies ever. It´s sooo entertaining, good music, funny, enjoyable as hell!!! Gecko bros´are incredibly charismathic! And Salma´s dance OMG... all the film it´s a masterpiece.