Girlquake! (found action-exploitation film; 1995)

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Cover of the director's 25th Anniversary Edition.

Status: Found

Date found: 11 Oct 2021

Found by: Matt of Matt Presents

Girlquake! is a film from New York artist Michael Randall. The movie was a throwback to exploitation films, in particular the works of Russ Meyer.

Background

The film was made independently sometime in the mid-1990s. It was praised by film critic Joe Bob Briggs in a July 1995 review. Its opening scene was later recounted in the book For Women Only: Your Guide to Health Empowerment by Gary Null and Barbra Seaman.

Plot

The film opens in an Arizona dinner, where a group of five Amazon women erupt from the center of the Earth. A group of men attempt to rape them but are killed, one by being drowned in a bowl of meat.

The Amazon women must make their way to Coney Island, where their Queen is. In their search for her, the end up meeting Ginger, a stripper called "Queen of Double Ds," Queen Zahara, a performer in a freak show, Chersteen, a drag queen, and a Dominatrix.

Credits from the inside cover

Cast and Crew

• Michael Randall as director
• Kat Walker as the leader of the Amazon women
• Chersteen as the drag queen
• Etoile Bijou as a sideshow psychic
• Kim Ryder as a Dominatrix
• Gillian Boardman "Gerrie"
• The Great Fredini
• Mik Cribben as Cinematographer

Avalibility

The film was first discovered by YouTuber Matt Presents in December 2020. In October 2021, Matt got in contact with director Michael Randall and received a copy of the film on DVD. According to Randall, the film played a few independent venues in New York City and Japan but was eventually bought by underhanded distributors who never released the film.