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Guns of El Chupacabra is the Epic Saga of how Jack B. Quick, Space Sheriff (Scott Shaw) battles his way across the galaxy to defeat the intergalactic beats, El Chupacabra and emerges as the Reverend Doctor Saint Francis Blade.
I should begin this piece by stating that there is a chapter devoted to the creation of Guns of El Chupacabra in my book, Zen Filmmaking. That chapter is a great source for a lot of the inside-inside and the philosophy about what went on during filming.
Guns of El Chupacabra is a 1997 martial arts based monster film that was directed by Donald G. Jackson and was produced by and stars Scott Shaw. The co-stars of this film include Julie Strain , Kevin Eastman , Conrad Brooks , Joe Estevez , and Robert Z'Dar .
GUNS OF EL CHUPACBARA is a tribute and homage to the Roger Corman drive-in sci-fi monster movies and the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns, along with DONALD G. JACKSON’S biggest influence the far out Ann Arbor underground — experimental movies of the 60s.
From the sun-baked Mexican desert setting to the dusty town populated by eccentric characters, Guns of El Chupacabra evokes classic westerns like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." The film even features classic western tropes like shootouts and a lone gunslinger seeking justice.
Step behind the scenes during the creation of the film, Guns of El Chupacabra. Donald G. Jackson, Scott Shaw, and Julie Strain discuss the making of the Zen ...
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Guns of El Chupacabra (1997) defies easy categorization. A potent cocktail of martial arts, monster flick, space western, rock opera, and Spaghetti Western, it emerges as a film built on improvisation, campy humor, and sheer entertainment value.
