Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 15, 2010

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hotbed for the production of cheapie movies. Their history and the genre itself are detailed in this breezy, nostalgic documentary.

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

85 mins | Documentary | Oct. 15, 2010

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hotbed for the production of cheapie movies. Their history and the genre itself are detailed in this breezy, nostalgic documentary.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Fury Productions, Bionic Boy Productions, MIFF Premiere Fund
Original title Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Directors Mark Hartley
Writers Mark Hartley

Cast

Roger Corman

as Self

Colleen Camp

as Self

John Landis

as Self

Sid Haig

as Self

R. Lee Ermey

as Self

Joe Dante

as Self

Marlene Clark

as Self

Jack Hill

as Self

Eddie Romero

as Self

Eddie Garcia

as Self

Pam Grier

as Self

Allan Arkush

as Self

Weng Weng

as Self

Vic Diaz

as Self

Leo Fong

as Self

Paul Koslo

as Self

Bobby A. Suarez

as Self

Jonathan Kaplan

as Self

Gloria Hendry

as Self

Dick Miller

as Self

Judith Brown

as Self

Danny Peary

as Self

Margaret Markov

as Self

Celeste Yarnall

as Self