Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996)
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 24
Bordello of Blood is not as scary or funny as it thinks it is (or should've been), and all of Dennis Miller's lines sound like castoffs from his stand-up material.
Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 6
Bordello of Blood is not as scary or funny as it thinks it is (or should've been), and all of Dennis Miller's lines sound like castoffs from his stand-up material.
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Movie Info
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
Aug 16, 1996 Wide
Oct 7, 2003
Universal Studios
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Cast
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Dennis Miller
Rafe Guttman -
Erika Eleniak
Katherine Verdoux -
Angie Everhart
Lilith -
Chris Sarandon
Reverend Current -
Corey Feldman
Caleb Verdoux -
Aubrey Morris
McCutcheon -
Phil Fondacaro
Vincent Prather -
Whoopi Goldberg
Hospital Patient -
John Kassir
Crypt Keeper -
Bill Sadler
Mummy -
Ciara Hunter
Tamara -
Leslie Ann Phillips
Patrice -
Juliet Reagh
Tallulah
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Adolescent boys might groove to the mix, but most other ticketbuyers will avoid this tawdry opus like the plague.
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.
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.
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.
This sickeningly puerile mess will be attractive only to teen boys who aren't too picky about special effects or scripts.
Top CriticVampires aren't the only things in Bordello of Blood that can't stand up to daylight. Neither can the plot.
Spends too much time on banking on Dennis Miller's snarky sense of humor to really allow the film to entertain as a sexy dark comedy...
This is a travesty.
The film is grisly enough to serve up some scant enjoyment as a slice of grand guignol, but it's otherwise just another dumb gore movie.
This very guilty pleasure never produces much suspense, but I couldn't stop laughing at Dennis Miller's sardonic asides.
... run-of-the-mill horror movie.
Stupid, bloody excuse for gore, nothing more.
... the series' die-hard fans will be left wanting.
For a horror-comedy film to work, it's got to be both funny and scary. Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood is neither.
... never quite reaches the breathlessly mediocre heights of its predecessor, Demon Knight.
... awful film.
Bordello of Blood isn't much of a movie, though it suggests a new career for Miller, if he wants it: He could be a freelance ironist in other movie genres.
Audience Reviews for Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
Super Reviewer
Plot is pretty standard but like the previous Crypt flick is does have a wonderful array of makeup and prosthetic effects all over the show with blood squirting and fangs flying, nothing you haven't seen before but it looks good. Casting is drab but does include 80's horror comedy star Sarandon and 80's teen star Feldman both of which raise the film slightly, Angie Everhart looks delicious as 'Lilith'.
You know what your gonna get with this franchise so your gonna love it or hate it, personally I see these films as an oppertunity to view good examples of horror makeup/effects normally without much cgi, plus they are always good fun on a no brainer level.
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