ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, August 17, 1996              TAG: 9608190039
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 10   EDITION: METRO MOVIE REVIEW
SOURCE: MIKE MAYO CORRESPONDENT 

`BORDELLO' IS BLOODY BORING

``Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood" is an uninspired follow-up to "Demon Knight." Both the humor and the bloody special effects are based on overly familiar cliches.

Despite the expensive polish of the production, the film has a careless, thrown-together quality. That may be acceptable for the source material - a cable TV series - but it won't do for a theatrical feature.

A half-hearted prologue set in Terra del Fuego introduces supervampire Lilith (Angie Everhart). The scene abruptly shifts to Los Angeles, where she runs the titular establishment out of a mortuary. Katherine (Erika Eleniak) hires comic detective Rafe Guttman (Dennis Miller) to find her brother (Corey Feldman) after the wayward sibling visits Lilith. A TV preacher (Chris Sarandon) is involved, too, but exactly what he's doing is never clear.

Not that it matters. Writer/director Gilbert Adler is more interested in exploding bodies and bad one-liners.

Even at its best, this one's a disappointment for fans of bad horror movies.

Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood *

A Universal release playing at the Valley View 6. 87 min. Rated R for graphic violence, nudity, strong language.

LENGTH: Short :   34 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  The Crypt Keeper is back in "Bordello of Blood." color.