Jettisoning logic, coherence and a reasonable story structure for the basic cheap thrills (blood and boobs) has been the trademark of this increasingly banal series from the start, but this one has the conceit of throwing in the character of Ambrose Bierce, author of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," who also, in real-life, disappeared somewhere in Mexico never to be found again. Michael Parks does what he can with it, instilling the character's lines with fun tough-guy delivery, but, unfortunately, the script doesn't even attempt to develop the character and Parks is given little to do.
Like the first two FDTD films, this attempts to cover two different genres (this time it's western and horror). Various characters, including some sadistic Mexican outlaws, a hypocritical bible-beating couple, Bierce and the title character (who turns out to be half vampire herself) spend the first half of the movie involved in run-ins, shootings and other boring time-filler, before discovering a bar out in the middle of the desert...which, of course, ends up being filled with vampires. The "Hangman's Daughter" (who turns out to be the same character that Salma Hayek played in Part 1) is actually daughter of the large-breasted vampire queen (Sonia Braga and her mind-boggling cleavage).
In-your-face direction and gratuitous gore take the place of scares and suspense, but the plentiful FX (by KNB) make this OK time filler for the undemanding. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were the executive producers.
Like the first two FDTD films, this attempts to cover two different genres (this time it's western and horror). Various characters, including some sadistic Mexican outlaws, a hypocritical bible-beating couple, Bierce and the title character (who turns out to be half vampire herself) spend the first half of the movie involved in run-ins, shootings and other boring time-filler, before discovering a bar out in the middle of the desert...which, of course, ends up being filled with vampires. The "Hangman's Daughter" (who turns out to be the same character that Salma Hayek played in Part 1) is actually daughter of the large-breasted vampire queen (Sonia Braga and her mind-boggling cleavage).
In-your-face direction and gratuitous gore take the place of scares and suspense, but the plentiful FX (by KNB) make this OK time filler for the undemanding. Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino were the executive producers.