Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a 2010 Australian documentary film directed by Mark Hartley.[1][2]
| Machete Maidens Unleashed! | |
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| Directed by | Mark Hartley |
| Produced by | Veronica Fury |
| Written by | Mark Hartley |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Jamie Blanks |
| Cinematography | Karl von Möller |
| Edited by | Mark Hartley Sara Edwards |
Production company | Screen Australia Fury Productions Bionic Boy Productions Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund Film Victoria Screen Queensland Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Distributed by | Umbrella Entertainment |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
The documentary explores exploitation films made in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s[3] with interviews for the documentary include Allan Arkush, Judy Brown, Colleen Camp, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Pam Grier, Jack Hill, John Landis, Danny Peary, Eddie Romero, Cirio H. Santiago, and Brian Trenchard-Smith.[4]
Interviewees
The actors, directors, screenwriters and producers interviewed for the film were:
- Carmen Argenziano
- Allan Arkush
- Alan Birkinshaw
- Judith Brown
- Andrea Cagan
- Colleen Camp
- Steve Carver
- Leigh Christian
- Marlene Clark
- Roger Corman
- Joe Dante
- Jon Davison
- Marissa Delgado
- Nick Deocampo
- R. Lee Ermey
- Leo Fong
- Eddie Garcia
- Pam Grier
- Franco Guerrero
- Sid Haig
- Gloria Hendry
- Jack Hill
- Darby Hinton
- Mark Holcomb
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Rosanne Katon
- Jayne Kennedy
- Leon Isaac Kennedy
- Paul Koslo
- John Landis
- Marrie Lee
- Margaret Markov
- Jan Merlin
- Dick Miller
- Christopher Mitchum
- Eddie Nicart
- Trina Parks
- Danny Peary
- Efren C. Piñon
- Barbara Pokras
- Corliss Randall
- Susanne Reed
- Ricardo Remias
- Eddie Romero
- Fred Roos
- Laurie Rose
- Digna Santiago
- Jane Schaffer
- Samuel M. Sherman
- Dean Tavoularis
- Pete Tombs
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Joe Viola
- Patrick Wayne
- Celeste Yarnall
- Joseph Zucchero
Reception
This movie was met with critical acclaim as it has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]
Films referenced
This is a list of the films that are commented on or analyzed in the voiceover or by the interviewees. The list is in chronological order. The main films referenced in the documentary are:
- Terror Is a Man (1959)
- Brides of Blood (1968)
- The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969)
- Beast of Blood (1970)
- The Losers (1970)
- Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
- The Big Doll House (1971)
- Women in Cages (1971)
- Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
- The Big Bird Cage (1972)
- The Hot Box (1972)
- The Twilight People (1972)
- The Woman Hunt (1972)
- Beyond Atlantis (1973)
- Black Mama White Mama (1973)
- Fly Me (1973)
- Savage! (1973)
- Savage Sisters (1974)
- Cover Girl Models (1975)
- T.N.T. Jackson (1975)
- Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
- The Muthers (1976)
- They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978)
- Vampire Hookers (1978)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Dynamite Johnson (1979)
- Up from the Depths (1979)
- Firecracker (1981)
- For Your Height Only (1981)
- The One-Armed Executioner (1981)
- The Impossible Kid (1982)
- Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
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See also
- The Search for Weng Weng
- Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
- B movie
- List of Filipino films
External links
References
- MUBI
- Mark Hartley Unleashes "Machete Maidens" - IFC
- HK Film Fest Picks:Final Day- Scene Asia - WSJ
- Machete Maidens Unleashed: When B movies invaded the Philippines - The Globe and Mail
- Collider's FANTASTIC FEST Diary Day 2: GALLANTS, FIRE OF CONSCIENCE, UBBER, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED|Collider
- Machete Maidens Unleashed! The Naked Joys of Filipino Exploitation Films - Film School Rejects
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Variety
- Machete Maidens Unleashed: Busty beauties and the beasts|The Star
- 17 Cult Films from Southeast Asia Too Entertaining To Be Missed - Taste of Cinema
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