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The Dunwich Horror (1970)
The Dunwich Horror
director: Daniel Haller actor: Sandra Dee / Dean Stockwell
other title: Le vergini di Dunwich / Altar do Diabo
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
Sept. 10, 2026 watched
It’s a fun premise. The Les Baxter score was better than I expected.

Some cool experimental film effects, but they get annoying as the film goes along. Just kind of boring.

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Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
other title: 强殖装甲:暗黑英雄 / Guyver 2: Dark Hero
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.
Sept. 3, 2026 watched
Nice costumes.

So slow that it kept putting me to sleep. It took me multiple attempts to finish.

Joyless and boring. Really tedious. Bad editing and slow pacing. Self serious and missing the campy fun of The Guyver (1991). Bad made-for-tv cinematography. Dumb MIDI soundtrack.

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The Guyver (1991)
The Guyver
other title: O Guyver / Mutronics - Invasion der Supermutanten
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
Aug. 31, 2026 watched
So bad it’s awesome. Great costumes and practical effects. Some bonkers body horror.

Terrible dialogue. Bad soundtrack.

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Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
director: Gabrielle Beaumont actor: Marc Singer / Tony Todd
other title: Beastmaster - L'occhio di Braxus / Beastmaster - Das Auge des Braxus
Before he died, Dar's father gave a mysterious amulet to Tal, Dar's younger brother who is now king. Dar, while wandering with his animal companions, chances to meet and rescue a family who seek the help of King Tal against Lord Agon, a sorcerer who has conquered their land. Dar obtains an audience for them with Tal, who rallies his troops to march against Agon in the morning. Alas, the young king is captured by Agon's crimson warriors during the night.
Aug. 24, 2026 watched
Basically just fantasy Star Trek in the desert. Moves at a nice pace. Not as clever or as fun as Beastmaster 2, but it’s less cheesy.

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The Stuff (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Stuff
director: Larry Cohen actor: Michael Moriarty / Andrea Marcovicci
other title: Stuff - Il gelato che uccide / A Coisa
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
Aug. 24, 2026 watched
Fun anti-capitalist romp for the whole family… assuming your family likes body horror.

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Message from Space (1978) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
宇宙からのメッセージ
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Aug. 19, 2026 watched
Really fun Star Wars knockoff stuff. Awesome soundtrack. Good miniatures. Great 3rd act.

Bad sound effects. Some really goofy main characters. Robot voice is obnoxious. Slow in the 1st and 2nd acts.

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Star Odyssey (1979) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio
director: Alfonso Brescia actor: Yanti Somer / Gianni Garko
other title: Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio / Siete hombres de oro en el espacio
Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.
Aug. 17, 2026 watched
Slow with a boring plot. Unnecessary Star Wars ripoff

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The Beastmaster (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Beastmaster
director: Don Coscarelli actor: Marc Singer / Tanya Roberts
other title: Kaan principe guerriero / O Guerreiro Sagrado
Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.
Aug. 13, 2026 watched
Good production quality. Nice cinematography. Nice film score.

The writers forgot that he’s the Beastmaster… not the Swordmaster. Overly long. Joyless plot. Not clever writing. He doesn’t use his powers to defeat the big boss. He just punches. Really drags in the middle. At least Beastmaster II was fun.

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Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
director: Sylvio Tabet actor: Marc Singer / Kari Wührer
other title: Beastmaster 2 / Beastmaster 2 - Der Zeitspringer
The Beastmaster Dar is forced to travel to earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb, and turning their native land from a desert into... well... a desert!
Aug. 10, 2026 watched
A very goofy/silly movie. Really dumb, but at least it’s dumb fun. Bill and Ted-esque fish out of water shenanigans.

So many stupid one-liners.

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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
other title: Gamera - Guardian of the Universe / ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
A great duel of supersonic speed.

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Aug. 10, 2026 watched
Fun kaiju flick with a few really great moments. The plot is easy to follow and it holds your attention well.

Cinematography could have been better. There was only one really memorable shot… a silhouette shot towards the end. Some low effort CGI. A fun climactic fight scene, but I can't help but think how much cooler it would look at night.


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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
ゴジラの逆襲
other title: Godzilla - Il Re Dei Mostri / Godzilla kehrt zurück
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Aug. 3, 2026 watched
Godzilla and Anguirus look so great and so much more cursed when the lights are off. When they turned the lights on in the 1960s, everyone just looks so… goofy.

This one had a mix of mostly sped up kaiju and some slow-mo kaiju. The slo-mo works so much better than 1x or 2x speed.

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Hawk the Slayer (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hawk the Slayer
4.4 (5 ratings) director: Terry Marcel actor: Jack Palance / John Terry
other title: La spada di Hok / Hawk - Hüter des magischen Schwertes
Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors — a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow, and an elf with the fastest bow in the land — Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.
Aug. 3, 2026 watched
So much nothing happens. So much editing. So much smoke.

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The Unearthly (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Unearthly
director: Boris Petroff actor: John Carradine / Myron Healey
other title: La casa dei mostri / Terror en la clínica
A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.
July 27, 2026 watched
Mad scientist stuff. Skip it.

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Beginning of the End (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Beginning of the End
5.0 (5 ratings) director: Bert I. Gordon actor: Peter Graves / Peggie Castle
other title: Le Début de la fin
An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles upon a secret government laboratory conducting radiation experiments on vegetables. The lead scientist is eager to help find out what happened. Together they discover that giant grasshoppers are behind the devastation. Worse yet, thousands of them are headed toward Chicago! Can they be stopped... or is this the BEGINNING OF THE END?
July 27, 2026 watched
I mean… it’s not Ray Harryhausen high quality work… but it’s not the *worst* we’ve seen. The locusts on a photo effect actually kinda works!

Obnoxious sound design is the worst.

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Q (1982) IMDb TMDB
Q
director: Larry Cohen actor: Michael Moriarty / Candy Clark
other title: Q - Il serpente alato / American Monster
New York police are bemused by reports of a giant flying lizard that has been spotted around the rooftops of New York, until the lizard starts to eat people. An out-of-work ex-con is the only person who knows the location of the monster's nest and is determined to turn the knowledge to his advantage, but will his gamble pay off or will he end up as lizard food?
July 21, 2026 watched
A mix of Ray Harryhausen and a police procedural. Unlike most stop-motion monster films, this one focuses on the characters and how they grow and change.

The first act is convoluted and probably the weakest. Richard Roundtree should’ve had a bigger role.
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Solarbabies (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Solarbabies
director: Alan Johnson actor: Richard Jordan / Jami Gertz
other title: I guerrieri del sole / Solarfighters
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
July 20, 2026 watched
It’s just really stupid and it has no original ideas. Cringe.

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Wolfen (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wolfen
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Michael Wadleigh actor: Albert Finney / Diane Venora
other title: Wolfen - La belva immortale / Cidade em Pânico
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
July 19, 2026 watched
Good soundtrack. Good cinematography.

The real monster was the editing. The middle drags so much.


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Spider Baby (1967)
Spider Baby
director: Jack Hill actor: Lon Chaney Jr. / Carol Ohmart
other title: Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told / 蜘蛛宝宝,或你所听说过最疯狂的故事
In a dilapidated rural mansion, the last generation of the degenerate, inbred Merrye family lives with the inherited curse of a disease that causes them to mentally regress from the age of 10 or so on as they physically develop. The family chauffeur looks out for them and covers up their indiscretions. Trouble comes when greedy distant relatives and their lawyer arrive to dispossess the family of its home.
July 5, 2026 watched
Drags a bit in the middle. The final act is fun and I like the ending.
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Earth vs. the Spider (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Earth vs. the Spider
director: Bert I. Gordon actor: Ed Kemmer / June Kenney
other title: La vendetta del ragno nero / Die Rache der schwarzen Spinne
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.
July 5, 2026 watched
Pretty standard genre flick. Nothing much worth writing home about.
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Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Thunder of Gigantic Serpent
director: Lee Chiu actor: Pierre Kirby / Edowan Bersma
other title: Terror Serpent
A secret formula that can cause plants and animals to expand a thousand-fold in size is stolen by a terrorist group. During a wild chase and shoot-out, the formula is lost. It's found by a little girl who accidently gives the formula to her pet snake. After the snake grows to an immense size, it follows and protects her. When the terrorists go after the girl, the snake begins destroying everything in its path.

Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1987 Taiwanese film "大蛇王" (King of Snake) with new scenes.
June 28, 2026 watched
Weird mashup of 2 or 3 different films. Kaiju and mob and kung fu?
Only slightly obnoxious child actor.
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