Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010

English

7.3

♡ 6

88%

Mark Hartley Director

Martin Scorsese as Self

Ron Howard as Self

Marlene Clark as Self - Actress 'Night of the Cobra Woman'

Steve Carver as Self - New World Filmmaker / Trailer Editor

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.