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Courtesy of Universal Pictures LILITH (ANGIE EVERHART) is the grande dame of the vapire bordello where unsuspecting visitors like Rafe (Dennis Miller) experience the most frightful night of their lives in “Bordello of Blood.” HBO hit haunts the silver screen, sustains work of Miller, Feldman ■ By Gerry Beltz Film Critic Dennis Miller, you’ve finally done it. You have appeared in a movie that you don’t make a horse’s ass out of yourself. Your recent work in “Disclosure,” “The Net” and “Never Talk To Strang ers” placed you in unfamiliar territory outside of your comfortable realm of comedy: a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Here, in “Bordello Of Blood,” your sardonic, sharp-edged wit has found an outlet, and a fun one at that. Everyone’s favorite undead host— The Crypt-Keeper (voiced by John Kassir) — is back as well, and has brought along a friend: a mummy (William Sadler). Scruffy private detective Rafe Guttman (Miller) is hired by the Bible carrying Puritan Katherine (Erika Eleniak) to find her missing, overly The Facts Film: Tales From The Crypt Presents “Bordello Of Blood” Stars: Dennis Miller, Angie Everhart, Erika Eleniak Director: Gilbert Adler Rating: R (nudity, gore, language) Grade: B+ Five Words: Silly horror makes fun flick rebellious little brother Caleb (Corey Feldman, who’s just happy to be work ing again). Unfortunately for Caleb, he’s look ing for female companionship in the wrong place: a local brothel (disguised as a funeral home) populated by vo luptuous vampires, led by the evil “heart-stealing” Lilith (Angie Everhart). Amid all this, a televangelist, the Rev. Jimmy Current (Chris Sarandon), is trying to rid the world of sin, and in his spare time isn’t afraid to scout out a place of sin, such as the local strip joint. Director Gilbert Adler (who also produced and co-wrote the screenplay) has made a movie distantly compa rable to Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn,” but “Bordello of Blood” focuses more on the laughs and campy gore than drama. It’s not an incredibly funny movie, and the hor ror is way too tongue-in-cheek to be taken seriously; the mix is terrific. I don’t know who’s better at roll ing off multi-syllabic rants with such outrageous attitude: Dennis Miller or Pinhead from the “Hellraiser” films. In this “vein” of humor, Miller’s “bit ing” comments definitely fit the bill. Everhart is a “kill” as well; she knows the role is more for fun and plays it as just that. She has one-lin ers zinging left and right, and can “vamp” with the best of them. “Bordello of Blood” is a movie well worth “coffin” up the money to see. http://www.unl.edu/DailyNeb/ MATCH POINT Always keep a shovel, rake and water nearby when burning debris. REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES. # Library Lounge Student Night - Thursday 7-1 $1 offw/student ID Nightly Specials Wed.-990 Margaritas 4-close Fri.- 4-7 F.A.C. Free Hot Wings & Gizzards Sun.- Free Pool 7-close Look Alike Lip Sync Contest Sat. Sept. 14 w/cash prizes Sign up Saturdays 9-close Annette Morrell Band Saturday, Sept. 7 $2 cover 70th & A Clocktower Plaza 488-4242 REFILL PLUS* FREE 8oz. Freeze &. Shine Super Spray with 32oz. refill size. $22.x value ^ ^ IKMSI 8oz. Hair Hold with the purchase of a 16oz. Siiker at $14B Refill & Save 3S% off the price of a new bottle! We refill many items from JR the fafiowing brands; JH BioSilk SensclencilH KMS Paul Mitch«i f Redken Rush , r Anasazi n /7=*nj h pv\ NEXXUS REFILL SALE Eco-Smart Liter Refill Sale with savings of S11 .°°-$21 “ Humectress® Moisturizing Conditioner KCV. nice 5 - /4L Bottles @ ^.“ea. -26." Safe Eco-Smart 1LVFMI '/4L Bottle $21.® Savings Ensure Acidifying Conditioner also available Moisturizing Shampoo ce 5- V4L Bottles #5.“ea. 1L-/F1IE '/4L Bottle NEXXUS STYLE! FREE 100ml Verastyler •esigning Lotion Vented Styling Brush with purchase of a 500ml Humectress* Moisturizing Conditioner t!9* value •Vinyl Vinyl Vinyl •Dr. Martens Shoes & boots •Wild T-Shiits •Swimwear-year round •Jeweliy & Wristbanc •Other wild Stuff Open Mon-Sat (S3* EH Sc. Discover Card and Checks 52nd & O 483-2263 MONDAY, AUGUST 2 PARTY WITH: •LieAwake • The Rumbles • The Charlie Daniels Band F0RJUST$7. At 6:00 p.m., we’ll kick things off in the State Fair Open Air Auditorium with The Rumbles. At 8:00, it’s on to the Devaney Center to see The Charlie Daniels Band. And from 9:30 until the cows come home, dance to the music of LieAwake at the State Fair Grandstand. The party is FREE to college students for the cost of gate admission—just $7. And don’t forget about the beer gardens, Midway rides and other attractions. The 1996 Nebraska State Fair.. .it’s alive and kickin’! NEBRASKA STATE FAIR AUGUST23-SEPTEMBER 2 For more information, see our new web site at http://www.statefair.org Sponsored in part by: