Danny Trejo: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked

3. Razor Charlie - From Dusk Till Dawn

Danny Trejo From Dusk Til Dawn The bartender at the Titty Twister, Razor Charlie is also a vampire, and he looks like one hell of a badass. Much like the majority of this film, he's by his very nature absurd. He dresses like a Latino stereotype, looks like he'd kick your arse seven ways of Sunday and seems convinced that despite being in the middle of a desolate part of Mexico, that his food is the best in the country. He's every inch a Tarantino-penned character, even when the film springs its fanged surprise on you. Yeah, I guess his part isn't the biggest, but Christ, he's a scary-looking vampire. Once again directed by Rodriguez, the man's able to turn a very minor supporting role into something memorable when the sh*t very publicly and ridiculously hits the fan. As already covered, Trejo's a scary-looking bloke, so when he jumps off the floor all vampired-up and fresh from a Tarantino-stabbing, he becomes all the more intimidating and shocking, if mainly because of the vampire-augmented face. And hell, as is a Trejo special these days, his pool cue-spearing death scene is pretty cool too. Of course, Trejo did (somehow) turn up to the progressively worse straight-to-DVD sequels, but that can't diminish the character in the original, which flickered briefly, yet somehow still remains memorable.
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