Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a 2010 Australian documentary film directed by Mark Hartley.[1][2]

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Film poster
Directed byMark Hartley
Produced byVeronica Fury
Written byMark Hartley
StarringSee below
Music byJamie Blanks
CinematographyKarl von Möller
Edited byMark Hartley
Sara Edwards
Production
company
Distributed byUmbrella Entertainment
Release date
  • 24 July 2010 (2010-07-24) (Melbourne International Film Festival)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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:

[5][6]

Production

The basis for Machete Maidens Unleashed! was a documentary started in 2000 named The Search for Weng Weng, about 1980s Filipino actor and Stunt performer Weng Weng, who a 2 feet, 9 inches cult action film star. Helmed by director Andrew Leavold who decided to travel to the Philippines with a camera to make a documentary about the actor.[7][8][9][10] By 2007, Leavold assembled enough footage to show a rough cut and gained the attention of Fury Production, who bought the project and brought it to director Mark Hartley who took over the project. Hartley decided to do a documentary on the exploitation films made in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s, instead of focusing strictly on Weng Weng. The project was renamed Machete Maidens Unleashed!, and Leavold completed The Search of Weng Weng in 2013.[3]

Reception.

This movie was met with critical acclaim as it has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[11]

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:

[12][13][14]

See also

References
  1. MUBI
  2. Mark Hartley Unleashes "Machete Maidens" - IFC
  3. HK Film Fest Picks:Final Day- Scene Asia - WSJ
  4. Machete Maidens Unleashed: When B movies invaded the Philippines - The Globe and Mail
  5. Collider's FANTASTIC FEST Diary Day 2: GALLANTS, FIRE OF CONSCIENCE, UBBER, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED|Collider
  6. Machete Maidens Unleashed! The Naked Joys of Filipino Exploitation Films - Film School Rejects
  7. Feeney, Katherine (2 September 2010). "Demise of treasured Trash a sign of things to come?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. News, ABS-CBN. "The ANC Brief: No country an island". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. "Newly discovered Bonifacio movie". The Manila Times. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. "Severin to Release Hemisphere Pictures Boxset Including CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES and BRAIN OF BLOOD". Dread Central. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. Rotten Tomatoes
  12. Variety
  13. Machete Maidens Unleashed: Busty beauties and the beasts|The Star
  14. 17 Cult Films from Southeast Asia Too Entertaining To Be Missed - Taste of Cinema
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