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The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
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other title: La tomba di Ligeia / O Túmulo de Ligeia …
Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.
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Oct. 5, 2026
Slow pacing. Ending feels off. What was up with the cat?

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The Wizard of Mars (1965)
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David L. Hewitt actor: John Carradine / Roger Gentry …
other title: El Mago de Marte / Los brujos de Marte …
In 1974, four astronauts, silver shoe-clad Dorothy, overweight Doc, goofy Charlie, and wooden Steve, crash land on Mars when taking readings, with only four days of supplies. They must try to survive on the surface, which is barren except for some canals with huge maggots with fins. After embarking through a golden igneous cavern, braving a storm and finding an unmanned Earth vessel, they discover a golden road which leads them to the unchanging ruins of what was once a beautiful Martian city. The Martians are modeled on the Flatheads of Oz, and their collective consciousness, the "Wizard," forbids them to leave until they perform a very small task...
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
Somehow they managed to make crashing onto Mars, fighting alien snakes, and discovering an ancient alien civilization seem really really boring. There’s only about 15 minutes of salvageable movie here. The rest is just astronauts rambling around without any sense of urgency.

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Journey to the Center of Time (1967)
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David L. Hewitt actor: Scott Brady / Anthony Eisley …
other title: Viaggio al centro del tempo / Reise ins Zentrum der Zeit …
Scientists must prove their time travel experiments can produce results, so their funding won't be cut off. They push their equipment, and travel 5000 years into the future, where they encounter aliens who are looking for a planet to colonize.
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
The first half is so incredibly slow with nothing happening. Fortunately the second half is better and it feels like a mix of Twilight Zone and Star Trek TOS.

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Sting of Death (1966)
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William Grefé actor: Joe Morrison / Valerie Hawkins …
other title: Aguijón de la muerte / 死亡之刺 …
A group of biology students head to the Florida Everglades for a holiday, but instead of fun in the sun, they run into trouble with a mutated, bloodthirsty, and quite deadly jellyfish-man-monster.
Watched
Sept. 21, 2026
It’s trash, but it’s actually not that bad. It’s tolerable trash.


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The Dunwich Horror (1970)
The Dunwich Horror
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.
Watched
Sept. 10, 2026
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.
Watched
Sept. 3, 2026
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.
Watched
Aug. 31, 2026
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)
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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.
Watched
Aug. 24, 2026
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)
The Stuff
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!
Watched
Aug. 24, 2026
Fun anti-capitalist romp for the whole family… assuming your family likes body horror.

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Message from Space (1978)
宇宙からのメッセージ
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.
Watched
Aug. 19, 2026
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)
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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.
Watched
Aug. 17, 2026
Slow with a boring plot. Unnecessary Star Wars ripoff

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The Beastmaster (1982)
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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.
Watched
Aug. 13, 2026
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)
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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!
Watched
Aug. 10, 2026
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.
Watched
Aug. 10, 2026
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.
Watched
Aug. 3, 2026
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)
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★ 4.4 5 ratings
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.
Watched
Aug. 3, 2026
So much nothing happens. So much editing. So much smoke.

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The Unearthly (1957)
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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.
Watched
July 27, 2026
Mad scientist stuff. Skip it.

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Beginning of the End (1957)
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★ 5.0 5 ratings
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?
Watched
July 27, 2026
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)
Q
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?
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July 21, 2026
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)
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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.
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July 20, 2026
It’s just really stupid and it has no original ideas. Cringe.

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