Characters of From Dusk Till Dawn

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[edit] Seth Gecko

Seth Gecko is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. He was portrayed by George Clooney. The character was also featured in the 2001 spin-off video game, From Dusk Till Dawn. However, he was not voiced by Clooney in the game.

Gecko and his brother Richie are two dangerous criminals on a wild crime spree. After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Geckos head South to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. After they face the bar's truly notorious vampire clientèle, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive.

In the spin-off video game, Seth has been condemned to death for the Titty Twister murders and is now in the Rising Sun high-security prison, a converted tanker floating off the coast of New Orleans.

A helicopter lands and drops off new inmates. Prison guards and the governor are murdered by the newcomers, who turn out to be vampires.

[edit] Richie Gecko

Richie Gecko is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. He was portrayed by Quentin Tarantino.

Richie Gecko is a deranged rapist and murderer who, along with his brother Seth, kidnaps a preacher and his two kids and flees for the safety of a remote nightclub in Mexico.

Unfortunately for the Geckos, the nightclub is anything but a safe haven; Richie is murdered by exotic dancer Santanico Pandemonium when she morphs into a horrible creature, jumps on Richie's back and sinks her fangs into his neck.

Later, Richie briefly comes back to life as a vampire. Seth kills him by jamming a table leg into his chest.

[edit] Jacob Fuller

Jacob Fuller is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. He was portrayed by Harvey Keitel.

Jacob Fuller and his two children, Kate and Scott, have been kidnapped by outlaws Seth and Richie Gecko. The Geckos demand that the family sneak the convicts across the border and into Mexico using Jacob's RV.

After doing this, the Geckos force the family to join them at the Titty Twister, where all hell breaks lose.

Jacob and his family are forced to team up with the outlaws in order to make it out alive. Sadly, Jacob is bitten, but manages to help the others battle the vampires for quite a bit of time before he changes. Upon changing, his son Scott then gets bitten by him and then killed.

[edit] Kate Fuller

Kate Fuller is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. She was portrayed by Juliette Lewis.

Kate is kidnapped, along with her father and brother, by the Gecko brothers. Immediately, Richie is smitten with her, albeit only with lustful intentions. When the vampires reveal themselves, Kate is quick to jump into action and help destroy the monstrosities.

Apart from Seth Gecko, Kate is the only person to make it out of the Titty Twister alive.

In the end, she is left with the camper (and money Set gave her) after Seth refuses to take her with him to El Ray.

[edit] Santanico Pandemonium

Santanico Pandemonium is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. She also appears in the 2000 prequel, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter. She was portrayed by Salma Hayek in the first film and Ara Celi in the third.

Santanico is the vampire queen and main attraction at the Titty Twister. She begins the vampires' feeding frenzy when she kills Richie Gecko in a spur-of-the-moment surge of bloodlust, triggered by his bleeding hand. She kills a second character in the Deleted Scenes section of the DVD. Santanico, in human form, sits on the lap of a dazed and wounded biker (played by Gregory Nicotero of KNB Effects). Holding his gaze for a moment, a second mouth that resembles a monstrous snake erupts from her mouth and bites his head off. She is killed by Seth Gecko, who shoots down a chandelier to impale her.

[edit] Earl McGraw

Main article: Earl McGraw

Earl McGraw is a fictional character in the 1996 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn. McGraw is a Texas Ranger who is killed by Richie Gecko in the opening scene of the film. Although the role is minor, it is of note due to the amount of films in which Michael Parks has portrayed McGraw: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Planet Terror, and Death Proof (2007).

[edit] From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

[edit] Buck

Buck is a fictional character from the 1999 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money. He was portrayed by Robert Patrick.

Buck is a bank robber who, with a group of friends goes south of the border in order pull off a bank robbery worth $1 million heist.

But when one of the key crooks wanders into the wrong bar and crosses the wrong vampire, one by one they develop a thirst for blood to match their hunger for the money.

Buck is forced, to join arch rival Sheriff Lawson in an action-packed, kill-or-be-killed battle to stop these evil creatures and save their own lives. Together they, and a Mexican deputy fight off the other four bank robbers and a cop turned into a vampire. Buck kills three, Lawson kills one, and the sun takes care of the last one. The deputy is killed in the battle and Buck escapes with the money and Lawson more or less let's him go.

[edit] Luther

Luther is a fictional character from the 1999 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money. He was portrayed by Duane Whitaker.

Luther, one of the five bank robbers, escapes to Mexico with blueprints for a million-dollar heist.

But on his way to the rendezvous point, he gets into an accident and stumbles upon the Titty Twister Bar. This little detour sets up the terror that awaits the outlaws and the officers on their trail. He's staked from behind by Buck while trying to get away.

[edit] From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

[edit] Johnny Madrid

Johnny Madrid is a fictional character from the 2000 horror film, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter. He was portrayed by Marco Leonardi.

Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny Madrid is on the run from the hangman with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side.

Along with Madrid's gang, Johnny and Esmeralda embark on an adventure filled with colourful and unsavoury characters who lead them straight into the fight of their lives.

[edit] Quixla

Main article: Quixla

Quixla is a fictional character from the 2000 prequel, From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter. She was portrayed by Sonia Braga in the third.

She is the Mother of Santanico Pandemonium and is the High Priestess Vampire of the future Titty Twister.

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