Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 · Movie · NR · 85 min · ★ 6.6 · 83% critics
This nostalgic documentary looks back at a time when low-budget filmmakers in the Philippines could make almost anything with minimal restrictions. It explores how that permissive environment fueled a boom in cheap exploitation movies, tracing the genre’s history with a breezy, affectionate tone.
Also known as Machete Maidens Unleashed
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-10-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (51 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like breezy, behind-the-scenes documentaries about scrappy movie scenes and cultural moments, like Not Quite Hollywood; Not for you if you want a serious, hard-hitting investigation or a broad film primer.
Pros: lively nostalgic tone; fascinating film history; offbeat subject matter | Cons: niche appeal; light on critique; rough-and-ready topic
Themes
- movie business
- exploitation
- interview
- philippines
- b movie
- filmmaking
- documentary filmmaking
- film production
- cinema history
- indigenous filmmaking
- low-budget filmmaking
- film producer
- +1 more
Cast & crew
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
Brian Trenchard-Smith
as Self
Marlene Clark
as Self
Jack Hill
as Self
Eddie Romero
as Self
Directed by Mark Hartley