Tales From The Crypt: Bordello of Blood (1996)
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14% of critics liked it
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In this satirical horror-comedy, a gumshoe investigates a combination TV ministry/whorehouse/vampire infestation. After bounty hunter Vincent (Phil Fondacaro) unearths the remains of Lilith, queen of the vampires, he restores the alluring creature to life and lords over her using a magical talisman.… More In this satirical horror-comedy, a gumshoe investigates a combination TV ministry/whorehouse/vampire infestation. After bounty hunter Vincent (Phil Fondacaro) unearths the remains of Lilith, queen of the vampires, he restores the alluring creature to life and lords over her using a magical talisman. Later, rowdy youngster Caleb Verdoux (Corey Feldman) convinces one of his dim-witted buddies to accompany him to a combination mortuary/house of ill repute where both young men fall prey to Lilith's charms. Rather than merely drinking her victims' blood, this vampire has a tendency to rip out their hearts with her projectile tongue. Caleb's sister, Katherine (Erika Eleniak), who works for a large televangelism operation run by the shady Reverend Current (Chris Sarandon), hires private dick Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to track down the errant Caleb. Rafe's wise-guy antics soon get him in trouble with Lilith and the law, but not before he uncovers the ties between Lilith's organization and Current's ministry; it seems Vincent, and therefore Lilith, are working for the reverend. Soon, Rafe finds himself in the boudoir of Lilith's bordello, armed with a holy-water squirt gun and fighting to save Erika from the glamorous but deadly vampire. Like Tales From the Crypt Presents Demon Knight, the previous film spin-off from HBO's EC Comics-inspired Tales From the Crypt series, Bordello of Blood features interludes hosted by the puppet skeleton known as the Crypt Keeper (voice of John Kassir). Director Gilbert Adler, who previously helmed Demon Knight, would go on to produce 13 Ghosts and The House on Haunted Hill. Whoopi Goldberg makes an uncredited cameo as a hospital patient. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gilbert Adler
- Genres
- Horror, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 16, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Studios
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Adolescent boys might groove to the mix, but most other ticketbuyers will avoid this tawdry opus like the plague.
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Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Triple the length of its cable television inspiration, Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood is triple the gore, triple the naked women, but not, alas, triple the fun.
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Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
What it lacks in irony and suspense, Gilbert Adler's Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood makes up for in whimsy and cheeky self-assurance.
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Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
This gory vampire spoof is remarkably free of jolts, hardly registering as a fright film, with a series of weak special effects involving many globs of guts.
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, USA Today
This sickeningly puerile mess will be attractive only to teen boys who aren't too picky about special effects or scripts.
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Cast
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Dennis Miller
as Rafe Guttman
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Erika Eleniak
as Katherine Verdoux
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Angie Everhart
as Lilith
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Chris Sarandon
as Reverend Current
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Corey Feldman
as Caleb Verdoux
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Aubrey Morris
as McCutcheon
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Phil Fondacaro
as Vincent Prather
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Whoopi Goldberg
as Hospital Patient
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John Kassir
as Crypt Keeper
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Bill Sadler
as Mummy
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Ciara Hunter
as Tamara
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Leslie Ann Phillips
as Patrice
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Juliet Reagh
as Tallulah