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Starring Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak, Chris Sarandon and Corey Feldman, ''Bordello of Blood'' tells the story of Rafe Guttman (Miller), a [[Deadpan Snarker|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-slash-mortuary. Further investigation leads our wisecracking hero to discover that the brothel/mortuary is inhabited by vampires led by Lilith (Everhart). Turns out Lilith was resurrected by Catherine's boss, televangelist Reverend Jimmy 'J.C.' Current (Sarandon), so he [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|could rid the world of sin]], but Lilith's got her own agenda...and {{spoiler|has turned Caleb into one of her own}}. Now it falls to Rafe and Catherine to save the world before Lilith and her sexy vamps overrun it.

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[The Lost Boys|Corey Feldman]]. Full stop.

** And don't forget [[Fright Night|Chris Sarandon]].

* [[Brick Joke]]: Sunblock.

* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Subverted with Lilith

* [[Car Fu]]

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Rafe manages to find proof that Lilith is evil, but the pictures he takes show nothing since vampires can't be photographed. Doesn't help that an idiot of a police captain has bad blood with him.

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: {{spoiler|Lilith}}

* [[The Determinator]]: Rafe.

** It's definitely not a [[Downer Ending]] if you're {{spoiler|Catherine}}, of course!

* [[The Dragon]]: Vincent

* [[Large Ham]]: Reverend Current.

** Jenkins as well.

* [[Lesbian Vampire]]

* [[Male Gaze]]

* [[Not Quite Saved Enough]]

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Lilith}}

** Not so much one-winged as just devolving to her original form and, boy, is it not pretty.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Somewhat. The regular vampires have the usual weaknesses, but they can get by in the daytime thanks to sunblock. Though they're surprisingly weak (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.

* [[Picky Eater]]: Lilith who isn't fond of vegetarians.

** However, they do mention in ''Demon Knight'' that there was more then one key (in-fact SEVEN of them), and its possible all keys look like that.

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]

* [[Sacrificial Lion]]: Poor {{spoiler|Reverend Current}}.

* [[The Schlub Pub Seduction Deduction]]: Interesting subversion as the schlub is the protagonist, Rafe. Even more of a subversion, Rafe rejects the attempt.

* [[Shout-Out]]:

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]

* [[Storming the Castle]]: Rafe and Current going to town on the female vampires of the bordello.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Reverend Current

* [[Wham! Line]]:

'''Catherine:''' It’s not perfume... It’s sunblock. }}