''From Dusk Till Dawn'' () is a 2001

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that is based on events that transpire directly after the end of ''

From Dusk till Dawn ''From Dusk till Dawn'' is a 1996 American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. Starring Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Tarantino, Ernest Liu, and Juliet ...

''. Released for

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, it was distributed by

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Plot

Seth Gecko Seth Gecko is the name of two fictional characters in the ''From Dusk till Dawn'' film series. The original Seth is the protagonist of the original film, described as a cool, suave, short-fused, anti-heroic criminal in the ''From Dusk till Dawn ...

, one of the two survivors of the movie ''

'', has been condemned to death for the murders his dead brother

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committed. He is now an inmate of the fictional Rising Sun high-security prison, a converted tanker floating off the coast of

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. Vampires infiltrate the prison by posing as inmates. They murder the transport guards and the warden and begin a rampage. In the chaos, Seth gains a weapon and escapes his cell. At the end, Seth kills the vampires and escapes the prison along with the other survivors.

Reception

The game was met with mixed reception upon release, as

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gave it a score of 63.11%, while

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gave it 58 out of 100.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:From Dusk Till Dawn (Video Game) 2000s horror video games 2001 video games Cryo Interactive games DreamCatcher Interactive games From Dusk till Dawn (franchise) Single-player video games Third-person shooters Video games about vampires Video games based on films Video games based on works by Quentin Tarantino Video games developed in France Video games set in Louisiana Video games set in prison Windows games Windows-only games