One of the Funnest Horrorr Films Out there

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2010)

From the creative minds of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino comes this odd flick. I stumbled across it on TV and was fairly intrigued so I watched the encore presentation. I was actually pretty thrilled by it. The movie starts off with the guise of a genuine Tarantino flick, with great dialogue and the tense atmosphere of a tense crime thriller you could say. With acting presence of George Clooney, Tarantino himself, Harvey Keitel, and Juliette Lewis, it flows quite nicely. Plus, f*ckin Tom Savini!!! Film scholars and fans of horror will nod their heads in agreement. Then enter the lusciously delicious Salma Hayek, and from then on you are thrust into an entirely different film. It's this transition I believe that throws many off, but it works due to the performances and the thrill of the action.
The film loses its sense of seriousness to a degree, but it serves up quite a bit of bloody, gruesome yet funny action. For what it is, the film is very entertaining and very different from what you usually get. I was excited to hear there were two sequels, but they're as dismal as the usual trash. "From Dusk till Dawn" is a truly unique horror experience.