From a few screenshots alone, you can tell that this is going to be a special experience. Whilst not for those who genuinely consider The Room to be the worst movie they've ever seen (Lucky bunnies), Robo Vampire is by far one of Godfrey Ho's most entertaining efforts.
Where most of fun from Filmark's output comes from the dubbing, Robo Vampire goes that extra step by creating a story that only could have come out of the South east Asian exploitation film scene, in 1988 specifically.
If the sight of an M16 welding Velcrocop being encircled, apache style, by hopping zombie monks doesn't bring a smile to your face, then please see a doctor.
It has to be understood that the truly beautiful classic films are the ones that not only take you back to the decade in which it was filmed, it takes you back to the very month of it's production.
Plot holes? Who cares. Non acting? Who cares. Robo Vampire is a film of majestic images and feelings. The way the story just thrusts us from one unconnected story to another is a kind of rush that's not easily explainable. Ghost lovers, commandos and evil international (They're German. They're German) businessmen all play their part in befuddling us to ecstatic levels.
Primo trash gunfights, martial arts and Bela Lugosi's lab equipment from Bride of the Monster are the most fun highlights from all this head spinning psychotronia. Some tasteless scenes include a dead animal being stuffed with Heroin and the overtly sexualised violence of a female captive. I don't know, i just can't look past that kind of stuff anymore. It just brings me down.
But thankfully, the rough stuff is few and far between as the rest of the running time is occupied by classic Filmark dubbing, editing from the gods and of course, Robo Warrior vs the Vampire Zombie Monks.
I'll conclude by saying that a HD home video release of Robo Vampire would make my year. This level of madness deserves to be seen with as much clarity as possible.
Where most of fun from Filmark's output comes from the dubbing, Robo Vampire goes that extra step by creating a story that only could have come out of the South east Asian exploitation film scene, in 1988 specifically.
If the sight of an M16 welding Velcrocop being encircled, apache style, by hopping zombie monks doesn't bring a smile to your face, then please see a doctor.
It has to be understood that the truly beautiful classic films are the ones that not only take you back to the decade in which it was filmed, it takes you back to the very month of it's production.
- Robocop cash in (The first one maybe)
- Light Gore and nudity
- a Chinese ghost story stuck in the Shaw Brother's era COMBINED with the war on drugs COMBINED with god knows what other unfinished Asian actionsploitation Tomas Tang could get his hands on.
Plot holes? Who cares. Non acting? Who cares. Robo Vampire is a film of majestic images and feelings. The way the story just thrusts us from one unconnected story to another is a kind of rush that's not easily explainable. Ghost lovers, commandos and evil international (They're German. They're German) businessmen all play their part in befuddling us to ecstatic levels.
Primo trash gunfights, martial arts and Bela Lugosi's lab equipment from Bride of the Monster are the most fun highlights from all this head spinning psychotronia. Some tasteless scenes include a dead animal being stuffed with Heroin and the overtly sexualised violence of a female captive. I don't know, i just can't look past that kind of stuff anymore. It just brings me down.
But thankfully, the rough stuff is few and far between as the rest of the running time is occupied by classic Filmark dubbing, editing from the gods and of course, Robo Warrior vs the Vampire Zombie Monks.
I'll conclude by saying that a HD home video release of Robo Vampire would make my year. This level of madness deserves to be seen with as much clarity as possible.