A new brother in a small town--one operating out of a mortuary, no less--gives johns a bit more than they can handle, and it's up to a private investigator, the sister of one of the victims, and a materialistic preacherman to set things right.
Also known as: Tales from the Crypt Presents: "Bordello of Blood"
Subgenres: comedy, sex
Director: Gilbert Adler
Starring: Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak
 |
||||||
Over the past decade, Dennis Miller has obviously proven himself to be a talented and incisive comedian and commentator. What the guy does best is smirk. And I mean that in the most complimentary way possible. He does his stuff at full bore in Bordello of Blood, so if you find his smarminess annoying, avoid this film. On the other hand, if you can take it, or if you enjoy it, you're going to have a lot to take or enjoy. Fortunately, he's pretty much the whole show here. Everyone else is around to be goofy or to serve as T&A; Cory Feldman straddles the line between amusing and annoying, and Erika Eleniak and Angie Everhart don't exactly stretch their acting abilities (though Everhart's tongue does appear to do some of that stretching). Chris Sarandon, on the other side of the fangs than he was in Fright Night, does a good job with his role as a pulpit-pounding preacher, but it's a kind of satirical character we've seen before. I'm mystified as to what resemblance Bordello holds to any of the E.C. comics, but as a film, it's just meant as good fun. And it is, a little. (Jul 17, 2000) | ||||||
Based (loosely) on E.C. Comics' Tales from the Crypt and the television series it spawned.
