Filipino Exploitation Cinema
by jrdata2k | created - 30 Oct 2011 | updated - 30 Oct 2011 | PublicList of exploitation films made in the Philippines, as presented in the documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed.
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1. The Big Doll House (1971)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Beautiful female prisoners are abused in a Philippine prison until five of them plot an escape by taking the evil female warden hostage with reluctant help from two male fruit vendors.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Roberta Collins, Pam Grier, Judith Brown, Brooke Mills
Votes: 3,092 | Gross: $10.00M
2. Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, History
A fast moving odyssey into the subterranean world of the rarely explored province of Filipino genre filmmaking.
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Roger Corman, John Landis, Pete Tombs, Mark Holcomb
Votes: 1,805
3. Women in Cages (1971)
R | 81 min | Action, Crime, Drama
American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.
Director: Gerardo de Leon | Stars: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier
Votes: 1,935
4. The Big Bird Cage (1972)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Director: Jack Hill | Stars: Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci
Votes: 3,015
5. The Hot Box (1972)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hot action and lust in the steamy tropical jungle, as heroines break out of a women's prison and start a local revolution.
Director: Joe Viola | Stars: Carmen Argenziano, Andrea Cagan, Margaret Markov, Rickey Richardson
Votes: 391
6. Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
After being bitten by a cobra in the Philippines, Lena can turn herself into a snake and she stops aging. The curse comes with a price. The priestess Lena must consume cobra venom and vital young men to stay young.
Director: Andrew Meyer | Stars: Joy Bang, Marlene Clark, Roger Garrett, Vic Diaz
Votes: 495
7. Black Mama White Mama (1973)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Black prostitute and a white revolutionary must form an uneasy alliance when they are busted out of prison, then pursued by guerrillas, bounty hunters and the Army.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig, Lynn Borden
Votes: 3,637 | Gross: $0.19M
8. The Woman Hunt (1972)
R | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Sid Haig, Charlene Jones
Votes: 200
9. Savage! (1973)
R | 81 min | Action, Drama
Action packed story of how Jim Haygood (James Glehart) young, black and brilliant becomes the legendary leader of a rebel army. In a daring ambush on the beach Moncada, elusive leader of ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: James Iglehart, Lada Edmund Jr., Carol Speed, Sally Jordan
Votes: 167
10. Fly Me (1973)
R | 74 min | Action, Drama
Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
Directors: Cirio H. Santiago, Jonathan Demme, Curtis Hanson | Stars: Pat Anderson, Lenore Kasdorf, Lyllah Torena, Richard Young
Votes: 279
11. Savage Sisters (1974)
R | 86 min | Action, Drama
Three women of three races join the fundraising part of an island revolution.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Gloria Hendry, Cheri Caffaro, Rosanna Ortiz, John Ashley
Votes: 471
12. TNT Jackson (1974)
R | 72 min | Action
A young karate expert searches for her brother's killer in Hong Kong.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Stan Shaw, Pat Anderson, Ken Metcalfe
Votes: 1,409
13. Cover Girl Models (1975)
R | 73 min | Thriller
A fashion photography assignment teams three American models and inadvertently plunges them into the mystery and danger of international espionage.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Pat Anderson, Lindsay Bloom, Tara Strohmeier, John Kramer
Votes: 293
14. Ebony, Ivory & Jade (1976)
PG | 76 min | Action, Drama
An American track team has just arrived in The Philippines for an international competition. Among the competitors are Ginger and Pam, nicknamed "Ivory" and "Ebony", who meet up with ... See full summary »
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Rosanne Katon, Colleen Camp, Sylvia Anderson, Ken Washington
Votes: 214
15. Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Thriller
A young woman arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks her up with a production company which specializes in low budget B-movie fair, plagued by strange deadly accidents.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, George Wagner, Jonathan Kaplan
Votes: 1,489
16. Firecracker (1981)
R | 77 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jillian Kesner, Darby Hinton, Rey Malonzo, Ken Metcalfe
Votes: 872
17. Terror Is a Man (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr, Oscar Keesee
Votes: 835
18. The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1962)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. A team is put together to try to rescue him.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Leopoldo Salcedo, Michael Parsons, Efren Reyes, Jennings Sturgeon
Votes: 84
19. Intramuros (1964)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, War
This gritty, atmospheric war movie dramatizes a chapter of World War II history in which 10,000 Japanese soldiers, fearing execution if they surrendered, disobeyed their own superiors' ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Fernando Poe Jr., Michael Parsons, Oscar Roncal
Votes: 137
20. Brides of Blood (1968)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Natives of a tropical island have to contend with man-eating plants and animals, mutations caused by radioactivity. Virgin sacrifices become the norm. A small group of interlopers become caught up in the mayhem.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Kent Taylor, Mario Montenegro, Beverly Powers
Votes: 960
21. Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968)
M/PG | 89 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ronald Remy, Alicia Alonzo
Votes: 911
22. Beast of Blood (1970)
GP | 90 min | Adventure, Horror
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia, Liza Belmonte
Votes: 634
23. Beast of the Yellow Night (1971)
R | 87 min | Horror
Satan saves a man from death on condition he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Mary Charlotte Wilcox, Leopoldo Salcedo, Eddie Garcia
Votes: 935
24. The Twilight People (1972)
PG | 81 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin, Charles Macaulay
Votes: 708
25. Up from the Depths (1979)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.
Director: Charles B. Griffith | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Susanne Reed, Virgil Frye, Kedric Wolfe
Votes: 1,001
26. Beyond Atlantis (1973)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure. The islanders are just as determined to keep their sacred treasure. Complications ensue.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: Patrick Wayne, John Ashley, Leigh Christian, Sid Haig
Votes: 767
27. Cosa Nostra Asia (1974)
76 min | Crime
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Jim Babb, Dick Chan, Larry Chiu, Elle Chow
Votes: 44
28. Master Samurai (1974)
91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An ex-CIA agent is on the trail of a syndicate of human and drug traffickers in the Philippines.
Directors: Cesar Gallardo, Jun Gallardo | Stars: Christopher Mitchum, Von Serna, Larry Chiu, Romeo Rivera
Votes: 58
29. The Muthers (1976)
R | 83 min | Action, Drama
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: Jeannie Bell, Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy
Votes: 838
30. Too Hot to Handle (1977)
R | 85 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Sexy adventure film has international hit lady Caffaro involved in James Bondish escapades in Manila.
Director: Don Schain | Stars: Cheri Caffaro, Aharon Ipalé, Vic Diaz, Corinne Calvet
Votes: 340
31. The Bionic Boy (1977)
95 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
An Interpol agent is killed by gangsters after he saves the life of a wealthy industrialist who stood in their way. When the rest of his family is killed in a car crash, the Interpol ... See full summary »
Director: Leody M. Diaz | Stars: Johnson Yap, Joe Sison, Chito Guerrero, Danny Rojo
Votes: 87
32. Dynamite Johnson (1979)
95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Sonny, a crippled boy, undergoes an operation by bionic doctors to make him superbionic. In the same hospital is a man suffering from terrible burns inflicted by a giant robot dragon and ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Johnson Yap, Marrie Lee, Ken Metcalfe, Joseph Zucchero
Votes: 86
33. Mean Business (1979)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An underworld kingpin's daughter is kidnapped by his own men. So, he calls in Cleopatra Wong, a beautiful karate queen. She brings a team with her - a 300+ pound psychic and a female impersonator.
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Marrie Lee, Franco Guerrero, Florence Carvajal, Johnny Wilson
Votes: 115
34. Cleopatra Wong (1978)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Singapore's top policewoman, Miss Cleopatra Wong, who heads the Seasian Interpol Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D.), teams up with her Filipino counterpart to bust a counterfeit ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: George Estregan, Dante Varona, Marrie Lee, Johnny Wilson
Votes: 211
35. The One Armed Executioner (1981)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
This is the story of Ramon Ortega, an Interpol agent turned restaurateur who is out for revenge against the gangsters that cut his left arm off of his body and killed his young wife, Ann. ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby A. Suarez | Stars: Franco Guerrero, Jody Kay, Mike Cohen, Pete Cooper
Votes: 326
36. Vampire Hookers (1978)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
Carradine is an aged vampire who has a bevy of vampiric beauties who lure many of their customers back to his lair. A pair of virile young Navy sailors get mixed up in their shenanigans.
Director: Cirio H. Santiago | Stars: John Carradine, Bruce Fairbairn, Trey Wilson, Karen Stride
Votes: 1,070
37. Y'ur Height Only (1981)
88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The diminutive Agent 00 must rescue a kidnapped scientist and stop a mysterious warlord from taking over the world.
Director: Eddie Nicart | Stars: Weng Weng, Yehlen Catral, Carmi Martin, Anna Marie Gutierrez
Votes: 1,220
38. The Impossible Kid (1982)
81 min | Action, Comedy
Weng Weng is now working for the Manila branch of Interpol. The Chief sends him in the pursuit of Mr X, an arch villian with a white sock on his head, who is holding the Philippines to ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Nicart | Stars: Weng Weng, Romy Diaz, Nina Sara, Tony Carreon
Votes: 518
39. The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
A tough U.S. sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase, where they attempt to rebuild morale and fortifications amid a climactic battle with the Viet Cong.
Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey, Robert Arevalo, Mark Neely
Votes: 3,341
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