**_Over-the-top black comedy/horror with Dennis Miller_**
A devout woman (Erika Eleniak) hires a droll private investigator (Dennis Mille...
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**_Over-the-top black comedy/horror with Dennis Miller_**
A devout woman (Erika Eleniak) hires a droll private investigator (Dennis Miller) to find her little brother (Corey Feldman) after he mysteriously goes missing. The trail leads to a gothic funeral home thatās a cover for a wild bordello. Unfortunately, itās run by Lilith, the queen of all vampires (Angie Everhart).
"Bordello of Blood" (1996) is similar to the contemporaneous āFrom Dusk Till Dawn,ā but it lacks the slow build-up to overblown horror in the last act, opting instead for unrestrained campy horror right out of the gate. It also lacks the ambition and class of āFrom Duskā with its focus on R-rated female nudity and sleaze, which is thankfully counterbalanced by Eleniakās winsome heroine and Dennisā likable gruff protagonist. The flickās worth watching just for Millerās amusing one-liners throughout.
People complain about Everhartās ābad acting,ā but sheās very effective in the role. Meanwhile Feldman is entertaining as the madly diabolical undead punk. Also, the rockinā soundtrack features bands like Anthrax, Cinderella, Sweet, Humble Pie and so forth. Then there are myriad gorgeous women, including the likes of Kiara Hunter, Leslie Ann Phillips (not the musician) and Juliet Reagh.
Unfortunately, the producers never heard of the phrase āless is more.ā So the flickās an assault on the senses with too much wallowing in trashiness which, like I said, is somewhat offset by Eleniak and Miller, just not enough.
For those not in the know, this was the second of three Tales from the Crypt movies. As such, the story is bracketed by the host character, the Cryptkeeper, but you donāt have to know anything about Tales from the Crypt in order to appreciate the flick.
The film runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia.
GRADE: C