Da drohte der unfassbar großartige Trailer zu Dokumentation “Machete Maidens Unleashed” doch glatt in den Untiefen meines Google Readers zu verschwinden, deshalb bekam er hier nun ein besonders prominentes Plätzchen spendiert. Die Doku stammt von Mark Hartley und ist der Quasi-Nachfolger von “Not Quiet Hollywood”. Nach Australien stehen diesmal die Philippinen im Fokus, auf denen es Anfang der 70er bis Mitte der 90er offenbar einen regelrechten B-Movie-Boom gab, welcher manche Trash-Perle hervorbrachte.

From the early ’70s well into the ’90s the Philippines was a back-lot for a bevy of B-movie mavericks and cinema visionaries alike. The country was utilized for its inexpensive labour, exotic locations and distinct lack of rules. A large body of genre work emerged that somehow managed to capture the raw, chaotic energy of contemporary Filipino culture. These productions (a cavalcade of monster movies, jungle prison movies, blaxploitation and kung fu hybrids) were miraculously made at a time when the country’s political situation was repressive at best.

MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! is the ultimate insiders’ account of genre filmmaking in the Philippines. A role call of local and international survivors from this period have been interviewed, all adding their distinct and honest account of this Devil-may-care school of filmmaking. Sitting alongside the talking heads are a dazzling array of outrageous film clips from key Filipino titles.#

Auf der offiziellen Facebook-Seite des Films könnt ihr euch übrigens einige herrlich trashige Poster der glorreichen filmischen Erzeugnisse von damals zu Gemüte führen.

(via Twitch)