They Call Me Macho Woman!

They Call Me Macho Woman!
They Call Me Macho Woman!
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Patrick G. Donahue
Written by	Patrick G. Donahue
Produced by	Dee Donahue; Patrick G. Donahue; Newman Goldstein
Starring	Debra Sweaney; Brian Oldfield; Sean P. Donahue; Mike Donahue; Jerry Johnson
Cinematography	Mike Pierce
Edited by	Jules Shapiro
Music by	Emilio Kauderer
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	1989;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Plot edit

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 edit

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

Production edit

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. ^{[citation needed]}

Reception edit

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]