From Dusk Till Dawn is a 1995 vampire action thriller directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino that uniquely blended horror with crime thriller elements. The film achieved unexpected box office success despite mixed critical reviews, and remains a distinctive entry in vampire cinema that demonstrated the creative potential of combining visceral action with the gritty aesthetic of Tarantino's crime storytelling. Tarantino leveraged the success of Pulp Fiction to secure funding for the project and personally recommended Rodriguez as director, the two having previously collaborated on Four Rooms.

The film follows two criminal brothers, Seth and Richie Gecko, who hijack a motor home and inadvertently find themselves battling vampires in a strip club, featuring inventive kills and unconventional weaponry throughout its relentless violence. Few viewers realise that the film spawned two sequels—From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money and From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter—neither of which featured the original cast. Robert Rodriguez later developed a television adaptation that expanded the story and explored Mesoamerican and Aztec mythologies surrounding vampire origins, elements Rodriguez felt unable to fully explore in the original film.