1980s
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Eat the Rich (1987) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Eat the Rich
director: Peter Richardson actor: Ronald Allen / Jimmy Fagg …
other title: Mangia il ricco / Comendo os Ricos …
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
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Class of 1984 (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Class of 1984
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Perry King / Tim Van Patten …
other title: Os Donos do Amanhã / Classe 1984 …
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
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Waxwork (1988) TMDB Douban IMDb
Waxwork
director: Anthony Hickox actor: Zach Galligan / Jennifer Bassey …
other title: Reise zurück in der Zeit / 蜡像 …
Wealthy slacker college student Mark, his new girlfriend Sarah, and their friends are invited to a special showing at a mysterious wax museum which displays 18 of the most evil men of all time. After his ex-girlfriend and another friend disappear, Mark becomes suspicious.
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The Fruit Machine (1988) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Fruit Machine
director: Philip Saville actor: Emile Charles / Tony Forsyth …
other title: Wonderland / The Fruit Machine – Rendezvous mit einem Killer
Eddie and Michael are two 16-year-old gay friends from Liverpool. Berated by his father for his camp behavior, Eddie runs away from his Liverpool home and joins Michael, a streetwise hustler, who is also on the run.
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Sexmission (1984) IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData NeoDB
Seksmisja
director: Juliusz Machulski actor: Olgierd Łukaszewicz / Jerzy Stuhr …
other title: Sex Mission: Misión en el futuro / Seksmisja …
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
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Silver Bullet (1985) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB
Silver Bullet
director: Daniel Attias actor: Gary Busey / Everett McGill …
other title: 银色子弹 / 狼魔 …
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
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The Keep (1983) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Keep
director: Michael Mann actor: Scott Glenn / Alberta Watson …
other title: La fortezza / Die unheimliche Macht …
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar and a mysterious traveller.
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Breaking Glass (1980) TMDB IMDb
Breaking Glass
director: Brian Gibson actor: Hazel O'Connor / Phil Daniels …
other title: La rockera
Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
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Roadgames (1981) IMDb TMDB
Roadgames
director: Richard Franklin actor: Stacy Keach / Jamie Lee Curtis …
other title: Drønhed asfalt / Truck Driver …
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
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Shocking Dark (1989) IMDb WikiData
Terminator 2
director: Bruno Mattei actor: Christopher Ahrens / Haven Tyler …
other title: Terminator 2 - Shocking dark / Contaminator …
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
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Blatant Aliens ripoff Shocking Dark is shockingly awful. I'm shocked!!!

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Italy BrunoMattei 1980s SciFi Horror
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Poison for the Fairies (1986) NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Veneno para las hadas
director: Carlos Enrique Taboada actor: Ana Patricia Rojo / Elsa Maria Gutierrez …
other title: Veneno para las hadas
In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.