Filipino “bomba” movie star Pepsi Paloma strikes a pose.
When ‘bomba’ sex films were a staple of Philippine cinemas and their female stars graced magazine covers
- Cheaply made and with female characters who were either sexual predators or rape victims, bombas thrived in pre-VCR era despite Catholic Church opposition
- In spite of their trashy quality, the bombas also often represented the hardships and misery of everyday life for Filipinos during the Marcos dictatorship
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Filipino “bomba” movie star Pepsi Paloma strikes a pose.