# From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
*From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money* is a 1999 American direct-to-video horror crime film, the second release in the *From Dusk Till Dawn* series, directed by Scott Spiegel and starring [Robert Patrick](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-patrick) as a career criminal whose bank-robbing crew is turned into vampires during a heist in Mexico.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) • [2](https://dusktilldawn.fandom.com/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn_2%3A_Texas_Blood_Money) It was released in the United States on March 16, 1999, runs 88 minutes, and carries an R rating.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | March 16, 1999 (United States), direct to video; 88 minutes; rated R[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) |
| Director and writers | Directed by Scott Spiegel; story by Spiegel and Boaz Yakin, screenplay by Spiegel and Duane Whitaker[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/fullcredits/) |
| Lead cast | Robert Patrick (Buck), Bo Hopkins (Sheriff Otis Lawson), Duane Whitaker (Luther), Muse Watson (C.W. Niles), Brett Harrelson (Ray Bob), Raymond Cruz (Jesus)[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/fullcredits/) |
| Production | A Band Apart, Los Hooligans Productions, and Dimension Films; executive producers Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender, and Robert Rodriguez[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/) • [5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html) |
| Budget and gross | Estimated budget $5,000,000; gross worldwide $6,374[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/) |
| Critical reception | 9% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 11 reviews; 20% on the audience Popcornmeter from more than 50,000 ratings[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) |
| Series position | Second film released in the trilogy; followed by the prequel *From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter* (2000)[6](https://www.showtimes.com/movies/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-71553/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
Buck (Robert Patrick), a veteran criminal, assembles a team of five misfit robbers for a major bank heist south of the border.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) • [7](https://www.miramax.com/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/) On his way to the rendezvous in Mexico, the fugitive Luther (Duane Whitaker) has an accident and stumbles onto a bar in the middle of the desert, the Titty Twister, where one of its vampire regulars turns him.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) • [8](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/umc.cmc.77e4k0aevclx3f652ngk5sbe9) Luther rejoins his fellow felons at the bank, and his newfound blood-sucking ways spread through the crew during the after-hours robbery, producing conflict between the remaining humans and the vampires while the police close in.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) • [9](https://www.franksmovielog.com/reviews/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1999/)
The film opens with a prologue in which two better-known actors, [Bruce Campbell](https://www.edgepedia.org/bruce-campbell) and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, fall victim to a vampire attack, killing off their characters early.[5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html) • [10](https://www.avclub.com/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1798195589) As in the first film, the protagonists are criminals rather than heroes.[5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html)
## Connection to the original
The sequel shares little with the 1996 original beyond its vampire premise. The only elements carried over are the Titty Twister bar, which appears for only a few seconds, the bartender Razor Eddie played by [Danny Trejo](https://www.edgepedia.org/danny-trejo), and a few brief character references, including police photos of [George Clooney](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-clooney)'s and [Quentin Tarantino](https://www.edgepedia.org/quentin-tarantino)'s characters from the first film.[5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html) • [11](https://www.horrormagazin.de/filmkritik/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-888/) Almost none of the original's actors returned, so the script offers a conceptual continuation rather than a literal one.[12](https://classic-horror.com/reviews/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money_1999.html)
Danny Trejo, who plays Razor Eddie, is the only person to appear in all three *From Dusk Till Dawn* films.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/) Quentin Tarantino, Lawrence Bender, and [Robert Rodriguez](https://www.edgepedia.org/robert-rodriguez) are credited as executive producers, and their companies A Band Apart and Los Hooligans Productions appear in the credits, but a contemporary review judged their actual contribution to have been small.[5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html)
## Production
Scott Spiegel, who directed and co-wrote the film, had previously co-written *Evil Dead II* with [Sam Raimi](https://www.edgepedia.org/sam-raimi), a background reviewers used to distinguish his style from that of the original film.[12](https://classic-horror.com/reviews/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money_1999.html) During production the two follow-up films had no part numbers attached; they were simply called *Texas Blood Money* and *The Hangman's Daughter*, with no decision yet made about which would be released first.[13](https://www.oocities.org/Hollywood/Makeup/4303/duskdawn2.html) Filming took place in Houston, Texas, and the film uses both English and Spanish.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/)
## Reception
The film was poorly received by critics. Its Tomatometer score of 9% from 11 reviews compares with 22% for the following year's *From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter* on the same site.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) Reviewers singled out Spiegel's heavy use of [point-of-view shots](https://www.edgepedia.org/point-of-view-shot) from unusual positions, such as from inside a barrel of a shotgun or an oscillating fan, as an attempt to imitate the trunk-shot style associated with the original film's makers.[14](https://videolibrarian.com/reviews/film/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/) • [9](https://www.franksmovielog.com/reviews/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1999/) [The A.V. Club](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-a-v-club) called the film "a gigantic waste of everyone's time, money, and energy" and noted that it kills off its two biggest stars in the opening scene.[10](https://www.avclub.com/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1798195589) Audience scores were also low, at 20% on the Popcornmeter, though some viewer reviews describe it as entertaining B-movie fare with Robert Patrick a highlight.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money)
Censorship treatment varied by country: the film was rated R in the United States and Australia, 18 in the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, and Spain, VM18 in Italy, K-18 in Finland, and was banned outright in Ireland.[5](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html) The Finnish video version was cut by 1 minute 35 seconds.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/)
## Aftermath
The film was followed in 2000 by *From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter*, a prequel.[6](https://www.showtimes.com/movies/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-71553/) Although it is the second film in release order, chronologically it is the third and last of the trilogy.[2](https://dusktilldawn.fandom.com/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn_2%3A_Texas_Blood_Money) The film later became available on streaming services, with a streaming release date of May 23, 2016 listed by Rotten Tomatoes, and it is currently streamable on Paramount Plus in the United States.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money) • [15](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money)
## References
1. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money)
2. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, From Dusk Till Dawn Wiki](https://dusktilldawn.fandom.com/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn_2%3A_Texas_Blood_Money)
3. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/)
4. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) Full Cast & Crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120860/fullcredits/)
5. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money review, Mike Oliveri, HorrorThriller.com](https://horrorthriller.com/Movies/DuskDawn/fdtod2.html)
6. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Showtimes.com](https://www.showtimes.com/movies/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-71553/)
7. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Miramax official site](https://www.miramax.com/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/)
8. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/umc.cmc.77e4k0aevclx3f652ngk5sbe9)
9. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money review, Frank's Movie Log](https://www.franksmovielog.com/reviews/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1999/)
10. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Nathan Rabin, The A.V. Club](https://www.avclub.com/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-1798195589)
11. [Filmkritik From Dusk till Dawn 2, Horrormagazin.de](https://www.horrormagazin.de/filmkritik/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money-888/)
12. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) review, Classic-Horror.com](https://classic-horror.com/reviews/from_dusk_till_dawn_2_texas_blood_money_1999.html)
13. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2 production notes, GeoCities](https://www.oocities.org/Hollywood/Makeup/4303/duskdawn2.html)
14. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money review, Videolibrarian](https://videolibrarian.com/reviews/film/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money/)
15. [From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/from-dusk-till-dawn-2-texas-blood-money)
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