1980s
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Big (1988)
Big
★ 7.2 5 ratings
Penny Marshall actor: Thomas Jeffrey Hanks / Elizabeth Perkins …
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
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Big Business (1988)
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Jim Abrahams actor: Bette Midler / Lily Tomlin …
other title: Affari d'oro / Alle disse kvinder …
In the 1940s in the small town of Jupiter Hollow, two sets of identical twins are born in the same hospital on the same night. One set to a poor local family and the other to a rich family just passing through. The dizzy nurse on duty accidentally mixes the twins unbeknown to the parents. Our story flashes forward to the 1980s where the mismatched sets of twins are about to cross paths.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
★ 7.7 21 ratings
David Zucker actor: Leslie Nielsen / Priscilla Presley …
other title: Una pallottola spuntata / Høj pistolføring …
When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
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Magic Crystal (1986)
魔翡翠
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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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
The Return of the Living Dead
★ 7.5 13 ratings
Daniel Thomas 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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Xtro (1982)
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Harry Bromley Davenport actor: Philip Sayer / Bernice Stegers …
other title: Xtro - Attacco alla Terra / Estranhas Metamorfoses 1 …
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
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Defence of the Realm (1986)
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David Drury actor: Gabriel Byrne / Greta Scacchi …
other title: Dossier confidenziale / Em Defesa da Verdade …
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
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Her Vengeance (1988)
血玫瑰
Lam Nai-Choi actor: Pauline Wong / Lam Ching-Ying …
other title: 血玫瑰
Fong Kit Ying is an unassuming nightclub employee in Macao who inadvertently angers a gang of drunken patrons. They follow her home after her shift and mount a viscous gang assault. After her traumatic ordeal, she vows to hunt them down one by one.
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Mr. Vampire (1985)
殭屍先生
★ 8.3 13 ratings
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.
Watched
July 17, 2026
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.

Rewatched again :D 16 July 2026 in the #Comedon watch party.
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Deathstalker (1983)
Deathstalker
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.