Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood

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Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood

R

Released Aug 16, 1996

1h 27m

Horror

Comedy

Fantasy

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After her troublemaking brother, Caleb (Corey Feldman), goes missing, Katherine Verdoux (Erika Eleniak) seeks the services of sarcastic private investigator Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to track the errant youth down. Rafe eventually determines that Caleb is in the thrall of Lilith (Angie Everhart), a powerful vampire who operates a seedy brothel. When Rafe and Katherine set out to rescue Caleb, they must contend with the lethal Lilith and her evil minions.

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Critics Consensus

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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Bruce Westbrook

Houston Chronicle

This film is badly plotted. If anything, it tries to tell too much tale. And though its special effects are good, the vampires are too easily dispatched, and the laborious finale is predictable.

Jul 23, 2025

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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.

May 19, 2008

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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.

Jan 22, 2002

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A largely forgettable experience that fails to live up to the Tales from the Crypt name.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Mal Vincent

The Virginian-Pilot

It's pretty lame most of the way, but interspersed with authentically humorous references.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 10, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The bloodshed, though graphic, is thoroughly creative, utilizing fake appendages and prosthetics - and other mutilative yucks - for successful outrageousness.

Rated: 6/10

Sep 10, 2020

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Stephen C

Failure in 1 hour and 27 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Antoine T

Trop enfantin les adultes, trop vulgaire pour les enfants et trop insipide pour moi.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/07/24

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Sonny Z

I loved this movie! Dennis Miller's wisecracks are great and naked girls don't hurt either! It's Tales From The Crypt so when you go into this knowing it's going to be campy, then you're bound to have a good time. It's a fun movie with some easy laughs. It's a shame they don't make fun movies anymore.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/23/23

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Steve D

Not great but fun enough for fans.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

I love it and it have bad ending but I like ending song big 👍👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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"He just radiates with Christ-like glow." Dennis Miller ("Joe Dirt"), a P.I. hired to locate Corey Feldman ("Gremlins", "Goonies", "The 'Burbs"), tracks down Michael Jackson's/Charlie Sheen's favourite plaything to a whorehouse operated by a vampiress named Lilith played by ginger Angie Everhart ("Last Action Hero"). To defeat the Satanic madam, the detective stakes out the brothel only to discover a megachurch pastor Chris Sarandon ("The Princess Bride", "Fright Night", "Child's Play", "The Resurrected") behind the entire operation. Soon the man-of-the-cloth realizes he cannot control the pestiferous procurer, so he teams with the witty private investigator in order to defeat the vile temptress. Funny, creepy, pervy, as you'd expect in a "Tales From the Crypt" script; the comedic horror host, the Crypt-Keeper, bookends this outing with his typical gag-filled irreverent commentary and is joined by mummy William Sadler ("Freaked", "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey", "The Green Mile", "The Shawshank Redemption") which results in humourous banter. The film commences with an Indiana-Jones-style portion that feels a bit tacked on, yet acts to loosely connect this, the second feature-length based on the long-running EC Comics/HBO line, with the previous film in the series, "Demon Knight."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Gilbert Adler

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Dennis Miller

Rafe Guttman

Erika Eleniak

Katherine Verdoux

Angie Everhart

Lillith

Chris Sarandon

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Synopsis

After her troublemaking brother, Caleb (Corey Feldman), goes missing, Katherine Verdoux (Erika Eleniak) seeks the services of sarcastic private investigator Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to track the errant youth down. Rafe eventually determines that Caleb is in the thrall of Lilith (Angie Everhart), a powerful vampire who operates a seedy brothel. When Rafe and Katherine set out to rescue Caleb, they must contend with the lethal Lilith and her evil minions.

Director: Gilbert Adler
Producer: Gilbert Adler
Screenwriter: Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis, A L Katz, Gilbert Adler
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.6M
Runtime: 1h 27m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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