A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
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| Roger Corman | ... | Himself - Producer / Director 'The Little Shop of Horrors' | |
| John Landis | ... | Himself | |
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Pete Tombs | ... | Himself |
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Mark Holcomb | ... | Himself |
| Joe Dante | ... | Himself - New World Filmmaker 'Gremlins' | |
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Joseph Zucchero | ... | Himself |
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Joe Viola | ... | Himself |
| R. Lee Ermey | ... | Himself | |
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Samuel M. Sherman | ... | Himself |
| Brian Trenchard-Smith | ... | Himself | |
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Jane Schaffer | ... | Herself |
| Sid Haig | ... | Himself | |
| Marlene Clark | ... | Herself - Actress 'Night of the Cobra Woman' | |
| Jack Hill | ... | Himself | |
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Jon Davison | ... | Himself - Executive Producer 'Robocop' |
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Karate-kicking midgets! Paper-mache monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the '70s and '80s had it all. Boasting cheap labour, exotic scenery and non-existent health and safety regulations, the Philippines was a dreamland for exploitation filmmakers whose renegade productions were soon engulfing drive-in screens around the globe like a tidal schlock-wave! At last, the all-too-often overlooked world of drive-in filler from Manilla gets the Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD) treatment in Machete Maidens Unleashed! This is the ultimate insiders' account of a faraway backlot where stunt men came cheap, plot was obsolete and the make-up guy was packing heat! Machete Maidens Unleashed! features interviews with cult movie icons Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Landis, Sid Haig, Eddie Romero and a large assembly of cast, crew and critics, each with a jaw-dropping story to tell about filmmaking with no budget, no scruples, no boundaries and - more often than not - no clothes.... Written by anonymous
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A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
I love horror films and exploitation films and consider myself both a critic and historian (having now reviewed over 2000 films and written numerous articles). Yet, I must confess, I was not aware of the hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- of films that were made in the Philippines. I knew about some of them, of course, but did not know just how huge the output was.
Wow! This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen on exploitation films (and I have seen my share). John Landis never disappoints, and some unusual suspects show up, too. R. Lee Ermey? Who knew?