Robo Vampire (1988) | Custom (VHS)

Title: Robo Vampire (1988)

Genre: Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Exploitation

Plot Synopsis
Narcotics agent Tom Wilde is gunned down during a raid and pronounced dead — only for a shadowy government experiment to reanimate him as a cybernetic android. Tasked with one final mission, he plunges into the drug-war warren of the Golden Triangle to rescue an undercover operative held by the ruthless crime lord Mr. Young and his monstrous “vampire beast.” As robotic body-horror collides with Hong Kong–style supernatural kung-fu, the mission spirals into surreal chaos and bizarre jump-scares.

Cast and Crew

• Director: Godfrey Ho (credited as Joe Livingstone)

• Writers: Godfrey Ho (credited as William Palmer)

• Cast:

  • Robin Mackay

  • Nian Watts

  • Harry Myles

  • Joe Browne

  • Nick Norman

YouTube Trailer: Robo Vampire | Trailer

IMDb: Robo Vampire (1988)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. TrashMaster3000 — ★★★½
   “Glorious nonsense. Robo-vampire? More like robo-confusion, but the hopping undead and cyborg cop are so bad-it’s-good that you can’t look away.”

2. FangoriaFan — ★★★
   “Barely a plot, mostly stock footage, but director Godfrey Ho turned chaos into cult gold with this one.”

3. MidnightMumble — ★★★★
   “If you love b-movies, this is a feast: randomness, kung-fu, vampires, robots — all the elements of weirdness aligned.”

4. CinephileEmily — ★★
   “Fun in the most mind-boggling way — the editing is wild, the story nonexistent, but somehow it sticks in your brain.”

5. CultCinemaKing — ★★★★½
   “A riot of exploitation tropes stitched together so haphazardly it becomes an art piece of its own. Ridiculous, memorable, essential for Z-movie lovers.”

Meta Description: A cult-classic of chaotic genre mash-ups, Robo Vampire unleashes cyborg cops, hopping undead and cut-and-paste editing in a wild Hong Kong action exploit that delivers spectacularly absurd b-movie mayhem.