Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Which Santánico Wins?

I love the original From Dusk till Dawn. It is a great mash-up of hard-boiled crime movies and horror films. It has a great cast and director Robert Rodriguez and writer Quentin Tarantino create a series of memorable scenes and dialogue. One of the highlights of the movie was Salma Hayek, performing one of the best strip-teases in film history (although her character, sadly, didn't last very long).

A TV series based on the film is out on the El Ray cable network (never heard of it, but I'm not a cable watcher). Anyway, the original film led a movie franchise with a pair of direct to video films, neither of which was very good. The film really works as a one-off concept. Whether the TV series can capture the manic energy and has the over-the-top gore as the film is doubtful. However, it does have Eiza González in the role of Santánico Pandemonium.

After having watched her version of Salma's snake dance (clips of both below) I have to say...she doesn't really do it for me. She's hot; but Salma is in a class by herself. I mean, check out the images below and tell me: who would you rather give up your immortal soul to?

Salma

Eiza

The winner is obvious. Need more proof? Check out the action below.

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