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A tropical torture chamber where anything can happen. See more »
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Hot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
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[Nyaff Review] Machete Maidens Unleashed!
(From The Film Stage. 7 July 2011, 8:15 AM, PDT)
Roger Corman: Scorsese, Stallone, Sayles, and other A-listers talk about the B-movie king
(From EW.com - PopWatch. 13 November 2009, 12:48 PM, PST)
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Continues the Jungle Sleaze tradition!
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Carmen Argenziano | ... | Flavio - the Guerrilla |
 | Andrea Cagan | ... | Bunny Kincaid |
 | Margaret Markov | ... | Lynn Forrest |
| Rickey Richardson | ... | Ellie St. George |
| Laurie Rose | ... | Sue Pennwright |
| Zaldy Zshornack | ... | Ronaldo |
| Jose Romulo | ... | Crao |
| Rocco Montalban | ... | Carragiero |
| Charles Dierkop | ... | Journalist Garcia / Major Dubay |
| Gina Laforteza | ... | Florida |
| Ruben Ramos | ... | Mimmo |
| Ruben Rustia | ||
| Carmen Barredo | ... | Tomasa (as Carmen Baredo) |
| Roy Alvarez | ... | Leyo |
| Pmp Commandos | ... | Themselves |
| SOS Daredevils | ... | Themselves |
| Robert Rivera | ... | Pedro |
| Greg Luzano | ... | Perde |
| Lazaro Calvag | ... | Carragiero's Boys |
| Ernesto Montaya | ... | Carragiero's Boys |
| Mardo Dilansig | ... | Carragiero's Boys |
| Arturo Blanco | ... | Carragiero's Boys |
| Benny Pebtano | ... | Benny |
| Alex Pascual | ... | Alex |
| Robert Miller | ... | Roberto |
| Jerry Lapuz | ... | Jerry |
| Ramon D'Salva | ... | Orfeo |
| Manuel 'Emem' Rodriguez | ... | Movelito |
| Jing Caparas | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Boy Carreon | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Fred Schomaker | ... | The Guerrillas (as Fred Schoemaker) |
| Enrico Portugal | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Ignaz Sagem | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Bobbs Alviola | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Dante Bernal | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Remo Huelar | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Elmo Katada | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Ching Dimadante | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Norma Vargas | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Astrid Soreno | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Bert de Meba | ... | The Guerrillas |
| Manuel Sagabaria | ... | Stout Peasant |
| Rene Vargas | ... | Soldier in Warehouse |
| Rey Silad | ... | Sgt. Sanchez |
| José Flores | ... | Sgt. Rodriguez (as Jose Flores) |
| Joe Alfasa | ... | Medical Officer (as Joseph Alfasa) |
| Eustaquio Kavanan | ... | Soldier |
| Roger Pasion | ... | Soldier |
| Ely Prado | ... | Soldier |
| Boy De Guzman | ... | Soldier |
| Frankie Sta. Maria | ... | Soldier |
| Dieso Viernes | ... | Soldier |
| R.O.T.C. Cadets and Officers of Silliman University Dumaguete City | ||
| R.O.T.C. Cadets and Officers of St. Paul's University Dumaguete City | ||
| R.O.T.C. Cadets and Officers of Foundation University Dumaguete City |
Directed by | |||
| Joe Viola | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Jonathan Demme | script | |
| Joe Viola | script | |
Produced by | |||
| Roger Corman | .... | executive producer | |
| Jonathan Demme | .... | producer | |
| Evelyn Purcell | .... | associate producer | |
| Cirio H. Santiago | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Restie Umali | |||
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| Felipe Sacdalan | (as Felipe J. Sacdalan) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Ben Barcelon | |||
| Richard S. Brummer | |||
| Barbara Pokras | |||
| Nonoy Santillan | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ben Otico | |||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jonathan Demme | .... | second unit director | |
| Danny Ochoa | .... | assistant director | |
Stunts | |||
| SOS Daredevils | .... | stunts | |
Thanks | |||
| The People of Negros Oriental The Philippines | .... | thanks | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- New World Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
- International Film Distributors (1972) (Canada) (theatrical)
- CBS/Fox Video (UK) (VHS) (as C.B.S. Fox Video)
- Capricorn Entertainment (????) (UK) (VHS)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1986) (USA) (VHS)
- Pyramid Video (1987) (Australia) (VHS) (as "Hell Cats")
- Shock-O-Rama Cinema (2009) (USA) (DVD)
- VGB Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Videosonic Arts (1989) (Greece) (VHS)
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Made under the title "Prescription Revolution."See more »
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Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)See more »
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Hellcats (aka The Hot Box, 1972) continues the jungle sleaze tradition, co-written by the future director of Silence Of The Lambs, Jonathan Demme. Director Joe Viola and Demme had already worked for Corman on the low-budget biker flick Angels Hard As They Come. They now headed to the Philippines to film the story of four deliberately vacant nurses (including its token black actress) kidnapped by the 'Peoples Army', a ragtag bundle of greasy drunks and lechers, and forced to spend most of their incarceration topless. Despite their hysterical over-acting, they slowly become politicized gun-toting radicals, once they are shown parallels between the corrupt local government and the Nixon administration. It's a real pre-Watergate oddity, doling out its heartwarming liberal sentiments while blatantly exploiting its female flesh.