1970s
Evil of Dracula (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
血を吸う薔薇
director: Michio Yamamoto actor: Toshio Kurosawa / Mariko Mochizuki
other title: La rosa che succhia il sangue / Chi o suu bara
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
Black Christmas (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Black Christmas
director: Bob Clark actor: Olivia Hussey / Keir Dullea
other title: Black Christmas (Un Natale rosso sangue) / En morder i dit hus
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
The Crater Lake Monster (1977) IMDb WikiData
The Crater Lake Monster
director: William R. Stromberg actor: Richard Cardella / Glen Roberts
other title: El monstruo del lago
The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.
Eclipse (1977) IMDb
Eclipse
director: Simon Perry actor: Tom Conti / Gay Hamilton
A bereaved brother is troubled by memories of his twin who died at sea. Having returned to his childhood home, a Christmas celebration with his brother’s widow and her son goes horribly awry, as dark secrets and sibling rivalries return to haunt them - before the past can be laid to rest.
They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978) IMDb WikiData
Cleopatra Wong
director: Bobby A. Suarez actor: Marrie Lee / George Estregan
other title: Cleopatra Wong - Die Unüberwindliche / Cléopatre, La panthére du kung-fu
An Interpol top cop teams up with Filipino police to take down a counterfeit money operation threatening multiple Asian countries.
The Visitor (1979) IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Stridulum
director: Giulio Paradisi actor: Mel Ferrer / Glenn Ford
other title: Die Außerirdischen / Le Visiteur maléfique
An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.
Welcome to Blood City (1977) IMDb WikiData
Welcome to Blood City
director: Peter Sasdy actor: Jack Palance / Keir Dullea
other title: Willkommen in der blutigen Stadt / Bienvenue à la cité sanglante
Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" - by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
The Vampire Doll (1970) TMDB IMDb WikiData
幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形
director: Michio Yamamoto actor: Kayo Matsuo / Akira Nakao
other title: A Noite do Vampiro / Legacy of Dracula
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
Dec. 8, 2025 watched
Spookier than what preceded it (Attack of the Puppet People) in #Monsterdon.

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The Asphyx (1972) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Asphyx
director: Peter Newbrook actor: Robert Powell / Robert Stephens
other title: Asphyx / Experiments
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
The Mighty Peking Man (1977) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
猩猩王
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Evelyne Kraft / Danny Lee Sau-Yin
other title: Il gigante dell'Himalaya / Der Koloss von Konga
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
The Super Inframan (1975) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
中國超人
director: Hua Shan actor: Danny Lee Sau-Yin / Wang Hsieh
other title: Inframan l'altra dimensione / Invasion aus dem Inneren der Erde
The surface of the Earth is under attack, thousands of people are killed in this unprovoked attacked. The cause, Princess Dragonmon and her army of monsters have decided to invade. Princess Dragonmon is an alien whose race has been hiding under us for centuries waiting to attack at the time is right. A doctor has been preparing for something like this and turns his assistant Rayma into the cyborg hero known as Inframan. Now only Inframan stands between the Earth and Princess Dragonmon but when a close friend is captured and brainwashed, can she be stopped with this inside man feeding her info?
Capricorn One (1977) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Capricorn One
director: Peter Hyams actor: Elliott Gould / James Brolin
other title: Mission: Capricorn One / Capricórnio Um
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Star Wars
8.3 (14 ratings) director: George Lucas actor: Mark Hamill / Harrison Ford
other title: Star Wars / Guerra nas Estrelas
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Flesh for Frankenstein
director: Paul Morrissey actor: Joe Dallesandro / Udo Kier
other title: Il mostro è in tavola... barone Frankenstein / Frankenstein
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
Midnight Express (1978) NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Midnight Express
director: Alan Parker actor: Brad Davis / Irene Miracle
other title: Fuga di mezzanotte / O Expresso da Meia-Noite
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Five Fingers of Death (1972) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
天下第一拳
director: Jeong Chang-hwa actor: Lo Lieh / Wang Ping
other title: Cinque dita di violenza / Zhao, der Unbesiegbare
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.
The Screaming Tiger (1973) IMDb WikiData
唐人票客
director: Chien Lung actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Liu Ping
other title: Wang Yu - Stärker als tausend Kamikaze / Mano de hacha (El hacha del dragón)
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.