They Call Me Macho Woman!

They Call Me Macho Woman! is a 1989 action film written and directed by Patrick G. Donahue and distributed by Troma Entertainment. The film belongs to the girls with guns subgenre.

They Call Me Macho Woman!
Theatrical poster
Directed byPatrick G. Donahue
Written byPatrick G. Donahue
Produced byDee Donahue
Patrick G. Donahue
Newman Goldstein
StarringDebra Sweaney
Brian Oldfield
Sean P. Donahue
Mike Donahue
Jerry Johnson
CinematographyMike Pierce
Edited byJules Shapiro
Music byEmilio Kauderer
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The story follows city woman Susan Morris (Debra Sweaney), who decides to escape her banal urban life and goes looking for a house in the country. Unfortunately, she's taken prisoner by a group of savage drug smugglers, headed by the ruthless Mongo (Brian Oldfield). After escaping their clutches, Susan is forced to transform herself into a fearsome warrior and exact her revenge on Mongo and his evil henchmen.

Tagline

"Born to shop...she learned to kill!"[1]

Production

A lot of the original music in this film became trademark Troma songs and were used in a variety of films, including the Toxic Avenger sequels.

Reception

TV Guide sees in the film a "Troma thriller (a whole genre of humorously sub-"B" movies)".[2]

The website Girls With Guns said of the film: "Yes, it’s dumb. Yes, it’s cheap. Yes, it makes little or no sense, in particular her sudden transformation from plucky but largely ineffective heroine [who can’t even stab someone in a way that causes them more than moderate discomfort] into a warrior woman, capable of embedding a shiny axe in your head from 15 paces. But, you know what? It’s never boring (...)"[3]

References
  1. "THEY CALL ME MACHO WOMAN | Troma". Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  2. "They Call Me Macho Woman". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  3. McLennan, Jim (2015-01-26). "Review: They Call Me Macho Woman!". Girls With Guns. Retrieved 2023-06-18.


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