History Film / BordelloOfBlood

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** What [=McCutcheon=] suggests to Rafe, who is trying to get into the whorehouse while it's closed.
** Also {{invoked|Trope}} by Lilith as she tries to seduce Rafe.
--->'''Lilith:''' ''[as a cheerleader]'' Two, four, six, eight, you can watch me masturbate!

* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey: {{Subverted|Trope}} with Lilith.
-->'''Rafe:''' ''[to Lilith]'' I'm not going to tell you those aren't the Breasts of the Century, but [[NotDistractedByTheSexy I'm just not digging the owner]], so why don't you put those away; you're just not my type.

''Bordello of Blood'' is the second film based on ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'', following ''Film/DemonKnight''. Starring Creator/DennisMiller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak, Creator/ChrisSarandon, and Creator/CoreyFeldman, the movie tells the story of Rafe Guttman (Miller), a [[DeadpanSnarker very snarky]] private eye who's called in by Catherine Verdoux (Eleniak) to find her rebellious brother Caleb (Feldman), who went missing after storming out of their house following an argument.

Rafe's investigation leads him to a whorehouse/mortuary run by [=McCutcheon=] (Aubrey Morris). Further investigation leads our wisecracking hero to discover that the brothel/mortuary is inhabited by vampires led by Myth/{{Lilith}} (Everhart). Turns out Lilith was resurrected by Catherine's boss, televangelist Reverend Jimmy "J.C." Current (Sarandon), so he [[WellIntentionedExtremist could rid the world of sin]], but Lilith's got her own agenda. Now it falls to Rafe and Catherine to save the world before Lilith and her sexy vamps overrun it.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Rafe is seen wearing a Star of David pendant (which Tammy mistakes for a crucifix) and wears a yarmulke near the end of the movie.
* AnArmAndALeg: At the start, Crypt Keeper and a Mummy associate are talking movies which eventually devolves into a disagreement that they play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to settle it. [=CK=] ends up losing and gets his hand chopped off. But it doesn't deter him and he continues the game while the movie goes into the story proper. At the end, we see he manage to overcome the Mummy who's lost ''all'' his body save his head but '' is still'' trying continue the game.
--> '''Cryptkeeper''': Trust me buddy, quit while you're ''ahead'' ''(Cackles)''.

--> '''Lilith''': ''(After killing Caleb's friend and holding his heart)'' Don't eat your heart out baby, that's my job. ''(Growls and bites into the heart)''
* BackFromTheDead: Lilith, at the start of the movie.
* BadassPreacher: Reverend Current near the end.

* BrickJoke: Sunblock.

-->'''Rafe:''' (''to Lilith'') I'm not going to tell you those aren't the Breasts of the Century, but [[NotDistractedByTheSexy I'm just not digging the owner]], so why don't you put those away; you're just not my type.

* CarFu: [[spoiler:How Rafe gets into the mortuary in the final act and takes down [=McCutcheon=].]]
* CassandraTruth: Rafe manages to find proof that Lilith is evil, but the pictures he takes show nothing since vampires can't be photographed. And it doesn't help that an idiot of a police captain has bad blood with him.

** William Sadler, the lead of the [[Film/DemonKnight previous film]], appears as a mummy in the FramingDevice.
** In the scene where Rafe, after being trapped in a hospital, manages to kill Tammy by exposing her to sunlight, his female roommate wakes up and tells him to keep it down as she's trying to sleep. That roommate is played by [[spoiler:Creator/WhoopiGoldberg]], who appeared in both the wraparound and main segment of one of the TV show's episodes.
* CrammingTheCoffin: How the vampires dispose of the bodies of their victims.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Rafe. While he's a snarking goofball, he kicks all kinds of ass during the third act.

--->'''Lilith''': (''as a cheerleader'') Two, four, six, eight, you can watch me masturbate!

* TheDeterminator: Rafe. He really doesn't give up on Catherine's case.

* TheDragon: Vincent is this to Lilith.

* EvilRedhead: Lilith has long red hair.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Catherine is revealed to have become an evil vampiress at the end of the movie.]]
* FaceRevealingTurn: Done by Caleb when Rafe and Catherine go to meet him at a spot he calls them too. Though it's not much of a surprise considering this happens late in the film and the last time we saw him, [[spoiler: he was in the brothel with one vampire about feed on him and Lilith soon approaching him for a three way.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Lilith. She's polite, makes puns and is sadistically plotting the conquest of the earth

* GameFace: Oddly only Caleb really showcases this when he reappears in the movie halfway through. When he calls Catherine, he looks normal. But when he finally confronts Rafe and her, his face is now more bumpy with ridges on is brow and his eyes sunken in while naturally showcasing his new fangs.

* HeadTiltinglyKinky: [=McCutcheon=] is one weird motherfucker. [[spoiler:He even plays with the nipples of a fat female corpse.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Reverend Current had Lilith resurrected so he could have her cleanse the world of sin, but when she turns on him, he realizes how badly he screwed up and resolves to help Rafe put an end to Lilith.

* {{Jerkass}}: Caleb. And the police chief.

* MaleGaze
-->'''Caleb''': (''on a vampire with three pierced nipples'') I finally found a girl with a little something extra.
%%* MurderByCremation: {{Subverted|Trope}}.

* OrificeInvasion: Lilith kills Caleb's friend at the start by sticking her OverlyLongTongue into his mouth [[KissOfDeath while frenching him]] and extending it till it reaches his heart to which she forcefully pushes it out of his body.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Somewhat. The regular vampires have the usual weaknesses, but they can get by in the daytime thanks to sunblock. Though they're surprisingly weak (a little holy water or sunlight, and they explode like confetti). Only Lilith is strong enough to mostly withstand these since she's the head vampire and only splitting her heart can fully kill her. They're also more visceral than average and seem to have a particular fondness for snacking on hearts. Caleb also seems to mention that the turning process can be relatively slow, which might account for why Catherine, [[spoiler: who's already been turned]], fights and kills Lilith at the end instead of being a fully loyal thrall.

-->'''Lilith''': (''after ripping out the heart of a patron and biting into it'') Vegetarian? Ugh! Another vegetarian! I ''hate'' vegetarians. (''hands the heart over to a vampire minion'')
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Current tries to correct his mistake and ends up dead.

* ScarsAreForever: Most of the vampires still retain the bite marks on their necks after they turn. The hookers shown at the beginning has the camera linger on them a bit (interestingly the first hooker's marks are dried and partially healed meaning she was dead for some time while the second is much more swollen and fresh looking indicating she was turned recently). Caleb still has his on his neck [[spoiler: And it's even a plot point in the finale when Rafe pulls back Catherine's skirt and finds out too late that she was bitten in the thigh by Lilith.]]

** When Vincent offers the last of the expedition team to Lilith in return for her servitude. We see Lilith shooting out her tongue at said team member and him screaming before cutting to the Mummy and Cryptkeeper, the former telling him how the scene is playing out.
** During Rafe's first investigation of the building, he passes by a room where Lilith is interviewing a potential hooker candidate named Tammy. He pays it no mind and continues on, but just as he goes downstairs of the building, he suddenly hears Tammy scream followed by a loud meaty thud.

-->'''Lilith:''' (''as a cheerleader'') Two, four, six, eight, you can watch me masturbate!

-->'''Rafe''': I feel like I'm in a bad episode of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: "Ballroom Blitz" plays during the StormingTheCastle sequence.

** Tammy, a (supposed) hooker looking for work, has the unfortunate luck of being referred to Lilith. After a interview, Lilith "hires" her (i.e., becomes a meal for Lilith. Rafe, while investigating the house and not moments before passed the room where she was speaking to Lilith, hears Tammy scream and her body hitting the floor. Lilith is seen later picking her fangs from the feeding and calling for [=McCutcheon=] to come move and prep Tammy's body before she resurrects) and Tammy is next seen much more lustful then her friendly self seen during her interview, completely subservient to Lilith (she seems genuinely afraid when she has to explain herself when Rafe escapes her).

-->'''Catherine''': ''(Strapped to a metal grate)'' Caleb, please let me go.
-->'''Caleb''': ''(In [[GameFace vamp face]]'') Sorry, no can do. I gotta play by the rules here. I know how you feel, I didn't want to be a vampire either...at first. But after you get used to it, '''[[EvilFeelsGood it's pretty damn cool!]]''' ''(Laughs evilly and sticks out his tongue)''.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Prather vanishes from the film. His fate is never revealed or even hinted at.

* WhamShot: At then end, when Rafe is fondling Catherine [[spoiler: pulls up her skirt, and finds two pinprick bite marks on her thigh.]]

* SoulJar: Lilith can only stay moving if her heart is within her body as it's the only thing keeping her powered. [[spoiler: When it's sliced into four pieces in the climax. It does weaken her but doesn't kill her since it's not out of her body. Catherine finishes the job by impaling Lilith from behind and knocking the heart pieces out of her.]]

** Caleb, who is seen again late in the film, is spared from being outright killed as his buddy was and is turned into a vampire, happily helping Lilith and her henchmen kidnap his sister and even asking ''to watch when Lilith implies she'll rape Catherine first before turning her''. But then again, he was shown at the beginning to be an asshole. So it's no surprise he'd accept becoming an undead lackey to Lilith.

* VampiresAreSexGods: It's a literal example of the trope. Lilith is the ''original'' vampire, and [[PhysicalGod she was an ancient goddess]] [[VampiresAreSexGods of blood and sex]], [[OurVampiresAreDifferent making her turned victims actual {{demigod}}s of sex and blood]].

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Most of the vampires still retain the bite marks on their necks after they turn. The hookers shown at the beginning are focused on (interestingly the first hooker's marks are dried and partially healed meaning she was dead for some time while the second is much more swollen and fresh looking indicating she was turned recently). Caleb still has his on his neck [[spoiler: And it's even a plot point in the finale when Rafe pulls back Catherine's skirt and finds out too late that she was bitten in the thigh.]]

** It's definitely not a DownerEnding if you're [[spoiler:Catherine]], of course!

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* BiTheWay: Strangest example ever--[[spoiler:Catherine's bite marks from Lilith are on the inside of her thigh]].

Rafe's investigation leads him to a whorehouse/mortuary run by [=McCutcheon=] (Aubrey Morris). Further investigation leads our wisecracking hero to discover that the brothel/mortuary is inhabited by vampires led by UsefulNotes/{{Lilith}} (Everhart). Turns out Lilith was resurrected by Catherine's boss, televangelist Reverend Jimmy "J.C." Current (Sarandon), so he [[WellIntentionedExtremist could rid the world of sin]], but Lilith's got her own agenda. Now it falls to Rafe and Catherine to save the world before Lilith and her sexy vamps overrun it.

* TranshumanTreachery: Pretty much all the turned victims.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Somewhat. The regular vampires have the usual weaknesses, but they can get by in the daytime thanks to sunblock. Though they're surprisingly weak (a little holy water or sunlight, and they explode like confetti). Only Lilith is strong enough to mostly withstand these since she's the head vampire and only splitting her heart can fully kill her.

* ContinuityCameo: In the scene where Rafe, after being trapped in a hospital, manages to kill Tammy by exposing her to sunlight, his female roommate wakes up and tells him to keep it down as she's trying to sleep. That roommate is played by [[spoiler:Creator/WhoopiGoldberg]], who appeared in both the wraparound and main segment of one of the TV show's episodes.

* AnArmAndALeg: At the start, Crypt Keeper and a Mummy friend are talking movies which eventually devolves into a disagreement that they play Rock, Paper, Scissors to settle it. [=CK=] ends up losing and gets his hand chopped off. But it doesn't deter him and he continues the game while the movie goes into the story proper. At the end, we see he's manage to overcome the Mummy who's lost ''all'' his body save his head, who's ''still'' trying continue the game.

** During Rafe's first investigation of the building, he passes by a room where Lilith is interviewing a potential hooker candidate named Tammy. He pays it no mind and continues on, but just as he goes downstairs of the building, he suddenly hears Tammy scream followed by a loud meaty thud.

** When Vincent offers the last of the expedition team to Lilith in return for her servitude. We see Lilith shooting out her tongue at him and him screaming before cutting to the Mummy and Cryptkeeper, the former telling him how the scene is playing out.
** During Rafe's first investigation of the building, he passes by a room where Lilith is interviewing a potential hooker candidate named Tammy. He pays it no mind and continues on, but just as he goes downstairs of the building, he suddenly hears Tammy scream followed by a loud meaty thud.

* WhamShot: At then end, when Rafe is fondling Catherine [[spoiler: pulls up her skirt, and finds two pinprick bite marks on her thighs]]