From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter

Poster for From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Directed by P.J. Pesce
Produced by Quentin Tarantino
Robert Rodríguez
Lawrence Bender
Written by Story:
Álvaro Rodríguez
Robert Rodríguez
Screenplay:
Álvaro Rodríguez
Starring Marco Leonardi
Michael Parks
Temuera Morrison
Rebecca Gayheart
Music by Nathan Barr
Cinematography Michael Bonvillain
Editing by Lawrence A. Maddox
Release date(s) Flag of the United States 2000
Running time 94 min.
Language English
Preceded by From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
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From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter is a 2000 United States horror movie, a prequel to From Dusk Till Dawn. It was released straight to video and nominated for the Best Home Video Release Saturn Award.

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[edit] Plot

Set in Mexico in the early 1900s which begins with the escape of Johnny Madrid, a dangerous local outlaw, from the gallows who then kidnaps his hangman's beautiful daughter, Esmeralda, played by Ara Celi in the role originated by Salma Hayek, with a little help from Reece, a female outlaw from the U.S. With the hangman and a local posse on their trail, Johnny meets with his gang who all rob a stagecoach which contains American author Ambrose Bierce, along with newlywed couple John and Mary Newlie. As night falls, all parties coincidently seek shelter in an isolated inn/whorehouse which is run by vampires led by the high priestess Quixtla who targets Esmeralda. Esmeralda is revealed to be the half-human, half-vampire princess Santanico Pandemonium, whom the vampires want as their heir, and with whom all the humans must join forces if they are to survive the night from the vicious blood-suckers.

[edit] Cast

Actor Role
Marco Leonardi Johnny Madrid
Ara Celi Esmeralda/Santanico Pandemonium
Michael Parks Ambrose Bierce
Jordana Spiro Cathrine Reece
Temuera Morrison The Hangman
Lennie Loftin John Newlie
Rebecca Gayheart Mary Newlie
Danny Trejo Razor Charlie
Sonia Braga Quixla
Orlando Jones Ezra Traylor
Peter Butler Pancho Villa

[edit] Trivia

  • The reveal of Esmeralda being Santanico Pandemonium was not in the original script, but came about at the suggestion of test audiences.
  • When the camera pans back in the last scene, the inn is revealed to have been built on top of an Aztec pyramid, presumably the same one as the bar in the first film.
  • A running theme in the "Dusk Till Dawn" films is that only two human protagonists survive in the end. In this film it was Johnny Madrid and Ambrose Bierce.

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