Machete Maidens Unleashed!

HD 4.4 85 min.

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.

Genre: Documentary

Release: Oct. 15, 2010

Director: Mark Hartley

Cast: Roger Corman, Colleen Camp, John Landis, Sid Haig, R. Lee Ermey, Joe Dante, Brian Trenchard-Smith, Marlene Clark, Jack Hill, Eddie Romero, Eddie Garcia, Pam Grier, Allan Arkush, Weng Weng, Vic Diaz, Leo Fong, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Paul Koslo, Christopher Mitchum, Bobby A. Suarez, Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Kaplan, Gloria Hendry, Dick Miller, Judith Brown, Danny Peary, Margaret Markov, Celeste Yarnall