Machete Maidens Unleashed!

{{Short description|2010 Australian documentary film by Mark Hartley}}

{{Infobox film

|name = Machete Maidens Unleashed!

|image = MacheteMaidensUnleashed! poster.jpg

|caption = Film poster

|director = Mark Hartley

|producer = Veronica Fury

|writer = Mark Hartley

|starring = Various {{See below|below}}

|cinematography = Karl von Möller

|music = Jamie Blanks

|editing = Mark Hartley
Sara Edwards

|studio = {{unbulleted list|Screen Australia|Fury Productions|Bionic Boy Productions|Melbourne International Film Festival Premiere Fund|Film Victoria|Screen Queensland|Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

|distributor = Umbrella Entertainment

|released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|07|24|Melbourne International Film Festival}}

|runtime = 84 minutes

|country = Australia

|language = English

|budget =

}}

Machete Maidens Unleashed! is a 2010 Australian documentary film directed by Mark Hartley.{{cite web|title=Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)|url=https://mubi.com/films/machete-maidens-unleashed |website=Mubi|access-date=8 April 2023}}{{cite web|last=Singer|first=Matt|date=26 September 2010|title=Mark Hartley Unleashes "Machete Maidens"|url=https://www.ifc.com/2010/09/fantastic-fest-2010-mark-hartl|publisher=IFC|access-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015004510/https://www.ifc.com/2010/09/fantastic-fest-2010-mark-hartl|archive-date=15 October 2019|url-status=dead}}

Synopsis

The documentary explores exploitation films made in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s{{cite news|last=Lau|first=Doretta|date=5 April 2011|title=HK Film Fest Picks: Final Day|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/04/05/hk-film-fest-picks-final-day/|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=8 April 2023}} 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.{{cite news|last=Punter|first=Jennie|date=4 March 2011|title=Machete Maidens Unleashed: When B movies invaded the Philippines|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/machete-maidens-unleashed-when-b-movies-invaded-the-philippines/article628009/|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|access-date=8 April 2023}}

Interviewees

The actors, directors, screenwriters and producers interviewed for the film were:

{{cite web|last=Lussier|first=Germain|date=25 September 2010|title=Collider's FANTASTIC FEST Diary Day 2: GALLANTS, FIRE OF CONSCIENCE, RUBBER, MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED|url=https://collider.com/fantastic-fest-day-2-gallants-fire-of-conscience-rubber-machete-maidens-unleashed/|website=Collider|access-date=8 April 2023}}{{cite web|last=Hunter|first=Rob|date=2 July 2010|title=Machete Maidens Unleashed! The Naked Joys of Filipino Exploitation Films|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/machete-maidens-unleashed-the-naked-joys-of-filipino-exploitation-films-53da122f5241/|website=Film School Rejects|access-date=8 April 2023}}

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 Twilight People (1972)
The Hot Box (1972)
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
The Woman Hunt (1972)
Beyond Atlantis (1973)
Black Mama White Mama (1973)
Fly Me (1973)
Savage! (1973)
TNT Jackson (1974)
Savage Sisters (1974)
Cover Girl Models (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 Y'ur Height Only (1981)
The One-Armed Executioner (1981)
The Impossible Kid (1982)
Invaders of the Lost Gold (1982)
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)

{{cite magazine|last=Leydon|first=Joe|author-link=Joe Leydon|date=19 September 2010|title=Machete Maidens Unleased!|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/machete-maidens-unleased-1117943626/|magazine=Variety|access-date=8 April 2023}}{{cite news|last=Barnard|first=Linda|date=2 March 2011|title=Machete Maidens Unleashed: Busty beauties and the beasts|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2011/03/02/machete_maidens_unleashed_busty_beauties_and_the_beasts.html|newspaper=Toronto Star|access-date=8 April 2023}}{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Anthony|date=13 September 2015|title=17 Cult Films from Southeast Asia Too Entertaining To Be Missed|url=http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/17-cult-films-from-southeast-asia-too-entertaining-to-be-missed/|website=Taste of Cinema|access-date=8 April 2023}}

Reception

The film was met with critical acclaim as it has an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web|title=Machete Maidens Unleashed!|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/machete_maidens_unleashed/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=8 April 2023}}