Gaby (Regina Torne) is the reigning lady wrestling champion of Mexico. Her uncle gets kidnapped by a mad scientist named Dr. Orlak (Carlos Agosti) who wants him to perfect a mind-control device that will turn ordinary people into “human robots”. When her uncle refuses, Dr. Orlak has him killed by his badass robot henchman. (He looks like a cross between Pizza the Hut’s sidekick in Spaceballs and Blade from Puppet Master.) Dr. Orlak also keeps an ugly mutant named Carfax (Gerardo Zepeda) locked up in cellar. He’s one of the doctor’s failed experiments who likes to kill nurses. After her uncle’s body is discovered, Gaby vows to put a stop to Orlak’s plans once and for all. Just when you think you’ve seen the last of the mad Dr. Orlak, he puts the brain of Carfax into a wrestling woman and turns her into a human robot named Elektra who challenges Gaby for the title!
Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot was directed by the great Rene Cardona, who also made the very similar Night of the Bloody Apes that same year. (Zepeda essentially played the same role in that film.) Apparently, there was also a “hot” version of the movie called Sex Monsters, which supposedly had sex and gore inserted into the picture, a la Apes. Unfortunately, that version is presumed to be lost. Even without the sexy and gory inserts, Wrestling Women vs. the Killer Robot is one of the finest hours in the history of Mexican Wrestling cinema.
I mean how can you not love a movie that involves sexy wrestling women in formfitting spandex throwing each other around a ring while a robot dressed like an ‘80s music video version of a ‘30s gangster busts through I don’t know how many balsa wood doors, as horny caged human freaks assault sexy nurses? Also, one thing just occurred to me. The mutant is named Carfax and our heroine is named Gaby. That is so almost a Dracula reference.
Some may take issue that the wrestling scenes are for the most part, completely random. Some may also note that they aren’t up to the grappling standards of an El Santo picture. I say they are some damned fine examples of Lucha Libre, mostly because the women in this movie are hot (especially the vivacious Torne). Whatever these scenes lack in wrestling expertise, they more than make up for in the eye candy department.
The dialogue is pretty great too. There are so many terrific lines and quips throughout the film. However, I think my favorite line came when Gaby professes her love of Lucha Libre, and her uncle retorts, “You should try a safer sport… like marriage!”
AKA: Sex Monsters. AKA: Wrestling Women vs. the Murderous Robot. AKA: Sex and the Mad Killer.
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