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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)
Machete Maidens Unleashed!: Directed by Mark Hartley. With Roger Corman, John Landis, Pete Tombs, Mark Holcomb. A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
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- Documentary, History
- Mark Hartley
- 2010-10-15
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Rated 3.5/5 Stars • 02/10/23. A great and fast paced documentary about exploitation films in the Philippines from Mark Hartley, the man behind Not Quite Hollywood and Electric Boogaloo. 90% of...
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- Roger Corman
- Mark Hartley
- Documentary, History, Drama
Play Trailer. The Filipino revolution that even Marcos couldn't crush! Overview. 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.
Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a fascinating and entertaining documentary that explores the machete-wielding and scantily clad heroines of Filipino exploitation cinema, a genre that flourished throughout the 1960s and 70s.
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking. Karate-kicking midgets! Paper-mache monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the '70s and '80s had it all.
