Machete Maidens Unleashed!

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Karate-kickin’ midgets! Paper-mâché monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the ’70s and ’80s had it all — and director Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) puts it all on display in this doc about a faraway backlot where stunt men came cheap, plot was obsolete and even the make-up guy was packin’ heat!