The Vampire Raiders (1988)

The fate of the entire hotel industry is at stake. A group of evil black ninjas have threatened to insinuate themselves into the industry, take over, and transform the operation into something unspeakable.

Director:

Godfrey Ho (as Bruce Lambert)

Writers:

Godfrey Ho (as Antonin Gasner), Sally Nichols (dialogue) (as Sally Nicholls)

Stars:

Deborah Grant, Seng-Kwong Chang, Chien Sun

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Deborah Grant	...	(as Deborah Tao)
Seng-Kwong Chang	...	White Ninja
Chien Sun
Louis Roth	...	Black Ninja Leader
Siu-Ming To	...	Vampire / Captain
Tau Wan Yue	...	Vampire / Mr. Mak
Pak-Kwong Ho	...	Mr. Ho
Agnes Chan	...	Elsie (archive footage)
Ho Kai Law	...	Alex (archive footage)
Kam Cheung	...	Fatty (archive footage) (as Kam Chiang)
Deborah Dik	...	Betty (archive footage)
Mang-Ha Cheng	...	Elsie's mother (archive footage)
Shu Shu Fei	...	Mr. Wang (archive footage)
Ju Fang	...	Mr. Wang's maid (archive footage)
Yue-Fan Cheung	...	Joyce (archive footage)

Storyline

The fate of the entire hotel industry is at stake. A group of evil black ninjas have threatened to insinuate themselves into the industry, take over, and transform the operation into something unspeakable.

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Plot Keywords:

fistfight | opening action scene | nunchucks | stick fight | bo staff | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English

Release Date:

1988 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Vampire Raiders: Ninja Queen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmark International Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

User Reviews

Death by pig carcass. 'Nuff said.

Vampire Raiders Ninja Queen (AKA The Vampire Raiders) is another incredibly daft horror/martial arts mess from prolific director Godfrey Ho (hiding behind the pseudonym Bruce Lambert). While most of Ho's movies are pretty bad, and some are spectacularly dreadful, he occasionally turns out something so insane that it actually proves to be a lot of fun. This is one such film.

The incredibly dumb plot sees three hotel telephonists overhearing conversations between bad guys who are planning to monopolise the hotel industry by any means, including murder. As the trio endeavour to foil the plot, with a little help from a fat friend called Fatty and a fashionista named Alex, members of the purple ninja clan battle the baddies' warriors, the black ninjas and some hopping vampires.

Along the way we are treated to such craziness as an assassination attempt by pig carcass (the dead porker chucked from the roof of a tall building), the fit blonde female red ninja doing a spot of stretching and sunbathing in a bikini (only for her to be interrupted by a vampire hiding underneath her beach towel), numerous cross-eyed people (because that's always hilarious), random ghosts, loads of ninja fighting with coloured paint bombs and fireworks up the sleeve, two boat-hand zombies with stretchy arms, lots of bizarre comedy (including a prolonged scene aboard a boat that features a gag involving the urine of a virgin), purple ninja scuttling along the ground like a beetle and walking up tree trunks, a flying decapitated vampire head that explodes, and a boomerang sword.

All of this bonkers action means that Vampire Raiders Ninja Queen is one of Ho's more entertaining efforts, almost rivalling that classic of craptastic ninja cinema, Ninja Terminator (my favourite Ho film to date, but I still have well over a hundred to go!).

6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for the hilarious line, "Cut on it. Piss on it. S**t on it."