Machete Maidens Unleashed!

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.

Director: Mark Hartley

Cast: Roger Corman, Colleen Camp, John Landis, Sid Haig, R. Lee Ermey, Joe Dante, Brian Trenchard-Smith, Marlene Clark

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.