Bordello of Blood (1996)

Thanks for the memories!

Fantastic!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

crime, sex,comedy/ parody, crazy work, mixture of different ingredients and ambiguous result. a film who use pieces from few genre movies for a show who can have many interpretations. because, in fact, it is a game between Eleniak and Everhardt, a ball of sex and religion, old myths and clash of imagination. only the firm of Crypt does the things reasonable. but the desire to present all in a kind of labyrinth, a puzzle with too many pieces who can be, in same measure, a bad film or an exotic parody not seems be the inspired choice. sure, it is only a joke. not comfortable for many viewers but a common MTV mark product , strange but amusing if the humor spirit is not lost.

The cryptkeeper (John Kassir) returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.The story of this film's creation and why it failed is amazing. It all starts with a script called "Dead Easy", which was a psychological thriller, and time was spent on it scouting locations in New Orleans. Then Universal pulled the plug because they had to do "Bordello of Blood". Producer A. L. Katz had no interest in "Bordello", but had to listen to his bosses. Why was Universal so insistent on "Bordello"?Because in order to keep Robert Zemeckis at Universal, which was seen as necessary, Universal agreed to option the very first script he and Bob Gale wrote together in film school, "Bordello of Blood". A.L. Katz and Gilbert Adler rewrote the mess of a script and Adler (who had plenty of experience from the show) directed. Producer Joel Silver wanted very badly to cast Dennis Miller in the lead role. Katz says, "I don't know that Dennis Miller was ideal casting." And further, Miller wanted nothing to do with the film. Rather than just turn them down flat, he said he would only do it if they paid him $1 million, which was absurd at the time, especially considering the film's low budget. Silver insisted, so Katz and Adler (who had no interest in Miller) had to ask Universal for the money, which they were not willing to do. They then said they had to take the extra money from elsewhere in the budget, which primarily meant the special effects. Even after getting the million dollars, Miller put no effort into his role and would not even read the correct lines. If any one factor can be blamed for this film's ultimate failure, it was Silver's love affair with Miller: this caused a budget crisis and put the lead role in the hands of someone who wanted nothing more than to be somewhere else.Amazingly, Silver-Miller was not the only problem. For example, because the studio was in a fight with the union, the production was moved to Vancouver, which does not work well for horror films: in summer, complete night only lasts three hours, making night shots almost impossible. Katz recalls, "It was like a painful colonoscopy every day... like standing there waiting to be shot at."But look at this amazing cast: Chris Sarandon, Corey Feldman, Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, William Sadler and more... just wanted to point that out. Despite an overall bad film, this cast simply guarantees an enjoyable performance here and there.The film borrows somewhat from "Night Shift" (using a funeral home as a source of prostitution), and parallels "Dusk Till Dawn" with its use of loose women as vampires. I say parallels because the films came out the same year and I will just have to assume that any similarity in idea was purely coincidental.I do love that Feldman was quoted as saying Miller was a jerk on set. While I do not doubt this, as everyone seems to be in agreement, Feldman himself has quite the reputation for being disrespectful to his fans. (I could share stories about his behavior at conventions, but that would be personal and beside the point.) Perhaps the most interesting thing about this film is that apparently Jewish Stars of David have no affect on vampires whereas crosses do. This suggests that the Jewish faith is false and Christianity is the true way. Maybe I am assuming too much, but I have always found that fascinating how vampire tales reinforce the Christian religion, despite vampires themselves not being a part of the Bible.Despite the film being a cheesy, steamy pile of horse apples, it may actually be one of Scream Factory's best releases yet. The Katz commentary is incredible and priceless, covering the movie, television show, the world of horror TV, and he is brutally honest in his comments. You can learn more about film-making in 90 minutes listening to this commentary than you ever would in film school.There is also a great making-of documentary on the Blu-ray. Along with Katz are actors Corey Feldman and William Sadler, among others. There is even editor Stephen Lovejoy and effects creator Todd Masters. Everything you could want to know about this movie and its hurdles is here. Dennis Miller is conspicuously absent, and it would be nice to hear his side of things, but maybe it is more fun just hearing everyone else bash him.

If you love horror movies like me, you'll love this flick. It is everything a real horror/ comedy buff can expect:1. Cool jokes and gore galore; 2. Beautiful naked girls; 3. Creepy evildoers and sinister places; 4. Great heroes and Super villains; 5. A lot of profanity and cool deaths; 6. Nice old school special effects - and best of all : no CGI!!! and good acting throughout the movie :) 7. Sexy/ hot/ lustful blood-thirsty vampires.Don't expect:1. The answer to deep (pseudo)philosophical questions, food for thought or fake /teen horror; 2. It is neither for the squeamish nor the highbrow; 3. Oscar award BS material; 4. Fake CGI blood; 5. Dream-like sequences BS;All in all, just for those who love horror! :)

I was surprised to notice that this flick has a low rating. Overall the movie wasn't bad at all. But you have to understand Tales From The Crypt. It is more black comedy than horror of course, starting with the crypt keeper. So many people out there find that guy annoying. He doesn't bore me, I was lucky to meet the crypt keeper in real life, John Kassir is his name, a really nice guy. Why is everybody on his back? The movie itself is never gory of course but it delivers a lot of blood and in this case a lot of nudity, if you have the full uncut version, here in Europe the movie is cut with 20 minutes. Just for the tits, weird. It's full of one liners just like the crypt keeper himself, when the master vampire, who works at a bordello, puts her tongue into a guys throat she goes search his heart with her tongue, of course he dies, and she said, men likes women who goes deep throat. Another example is cutting of the head of a guy by saying, I love men giving me head. and that's what most people hate about this movie, the one liners. I though it was a great movie, great effects and great performances, sad but true, when I visited LA I visited the church used in this film, never saw Lilith...