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12th Fail (2023) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
12th Fail
7.0 (6 ratings) director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra actor: Vikrant Massey / Medha Shankr …
Based on the true story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma, 12th Fail sheds limelight on fearlessly embracing the idea of restarting the academic journey despite the setbacks and challenges and reclaiming one's destiny at a place where millions of students attempt the world's toughest competitive exam: UPSC.
Oct. 22, 2025 watched
Drama about trying to succeed honestly in a system with pervasive corruption and extreme competition

#EuroKino #WatchParty on Mastodon
India 2020s EuroKino WatchParty drama
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Magic Crystal (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
魔翡翠
director: Wong Jing actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Andy Lau …
other title: El cristal mágico / The Magic Crystal
Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.
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Pumpkinhead (1988) WikiData ReviewDB IMDb TMDB
Pumpkinhead
director: Stan Winston actor: Lance Henriksen / Jeff East …
other title: Cabeça de Abóbora / Pumpkinhead - Das Halloween Monster …
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
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The Frighteners (1996) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Frighteners
director: Peter Jackson actor: Michael J. Fox / Trini Alvarado …
other title: Sospesi nel tempo / Agarrem-me esses Fantasmas …
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.
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The Return of the Living Dead (1985) TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Return of the Living Dead
7.7 (7 ratings) director: Dan O'Bannon actor: Clu Gulager / James Karen …
other title: Il ritorno dei morti viventi / Ligene er ligeglade …
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
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Death Warrant (1990) WikiData NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
Death Warrant
director: Deran Sarafian actor: Jean-Claude Van Damme / Robert Guillaume …
other title: Colpi proibiti / Van Damme - Implacável …
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself respected in this violent world.
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The Brain-Stealers (1968) NeoDB Douban IMDb
諜海花
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Lily Ho / Peter Chen Ho …
other title: 諜海花
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
Oct. 19, 2025 watched
Thought I was going to get giant super soldiers, but mainly Bond-esque gadgets and intrigue. And a gloriously over-the-top supervillain.

Watched in #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
LilyHo HongKong 1960s KungFuSat ShawBrothers
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
director: Abraham Polonsky actor: Robert Redford / Katharine Ross …
other title: Ucciderò Willie Kid / Blutige Spur …
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
director: Alan Gibson actor: Christopher Lee / Peter Cushing …
other title: I satanici riti di Dracula / Satan er løs... …
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
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The Hunger (1983) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Hunger
director: Tony Scott actor: Catherine Deneuve / David Bowie …
other title: Miriam si sveglia a mezzanotte / Hunger …
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
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Mr. Vampire (1985) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
殭屍先生
8.4 (10 ratings) director: Ricky Lau actor: Lam Ching-Ying / Ricky Hui Koon-Ying …
other title: Mr Vampire / El señor de los vampiros
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Oct. 13, 2025 watched
A fantastically enjoyable Sammo Hung-produced action/horror/comedy with the hopping undead (goengsi/jiangshi).

Loved and watched this film since ~1990

Rewatched (for the umpteenth time) 12 October 2025 in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after #Monsterdon on Mastodon.
ActionHorror LamChingying HongKong 1980s HorrorComedy
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Deathstalker (1983) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Deathstalker
director: James Sbardellati actor: Rick Hill / Barbi Benton …
other title: Deathstalker - O Guerreiro Invencível / Der Todesjäger …
The warrior Deathstalker is tasked by an old witch lady to obtain and unite the three powers of creation - a chalice, an amulet, and a sword - lest the evil magician Munkar get them and use them for nefarious purposes. After obtaining the sword, Deathstalker joins with other travelers going to the Big Tournament to determine the strongest warrior. The false king holds the true princess in captivity, and plots to have Deathstalker killed, and Deathstalker must fight to free the princess.
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Ong-Bak (2003) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
องค์บาก
director: Prachya Pinkaew actor: Tony Jaa / Petchtai Wongkamlao …
other title: Ong-Bak - Nato per combattere / Ong-Bak - O Guerreiro …
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
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The Minion (1998) IMDb WikiData
The Minion
director: Jean-Marc Piché actor: Dolph Lundgren / Françoise Robertson …
other title: L'ultimo dei templari / Der Ritter der Apokalypse …
New York, Christmas Eve, 1999 - at the dawn of the new millennium - a subway construction crew unearths an eight hundred year old Celtic skeleton and a mysterious key. Archeologist Karen Goodleaf is called in to determine the meaning of the discovery. News of the discovery reaches a Middle East monastery where the warrior monks knowns as the Knights Templar - an ancient sect entrusted with protecting holy relics - choose their best pupil, Lukas to face the diabolical threat. As Lukas races to New York, an evil Minion seizes Karen and uses her body like a parasite and host!