1980s
Defence of the Realm (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Defence of the Realm
director: 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.
Her Vengeance (1988) NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
血玫瑰
director: Lam Nai-Choi actor: Pauline Wong / Lam Ching-Ying
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.
Mr. Vampire (1985) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
殭屍先生
8.4 (7 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.
1980s ActionComedy ActionComedyHorror ActionHorror ComedyHorror
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.
Dance of Death (1980) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
舞拳
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Angela Mao Ying / Paul Chun Pui
other title: Danse de la mort / 舞拳
An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
Sept. 14, 2025 watched
Angela Mao plays a beggar boy (yes) who gets a drunken master & doped master to teach her their techniques so she can get revenge on an evil kung fu school.

With Jackie Chan on action choreography, we get plenty of fun among all the fighting, and Angela is a delight!

Seen as part of #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon
1980s AngelaMao KungFu KungFuSat Taiwan
Five Element Ninjas (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
五遁忍術
director: Chang Cheh actor: Ricky Cheng Tien-Chi / Lung Tien-Hsiang
other title: FIVE ELEMENT NINJA / 五遁忍術
A young martial artist vows to take revenge against the ninja who murdered his martial arts master and brothers. He finds a new teacher and faces, together with his new brothers, the Five Element Ninja challenge.
Withnail & I (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Withnail & I
director: Bruce Robinson actor: Richard E. Grant / Paul McGann
other title: Shakespeare a colazione / Withnail e Eu
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
They Live (1988) TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB
They Live
7.6 (12 ratings) director: John Carpenter actor: Roddy Piper / Keith David
other title: Essi vivono / Eles Vivem
A lone drifter stumbles upon a harrowing discovery -- a unique pair of sunglasses that reveals that aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) TMDB
Surf Nazis Must Die
director: Peter George actor: Gail Neely / Robert Harden
other title: Los surfistas nazis deben morir
When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Little Shop of Horrors
director: Frank Oz actor: Rick Moranis / Ellen Greene
other title: La piccola bottega degli orrori / Gys i blomsterbutikken
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Return of Swamp Thing
director: Jim Wynorski actor: Louis Jourdan / Heather Locklear
other title: Il ritorno del mostro della palude / O Segredo do Pântano
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object of affection.
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.
Space Freaks from Planet Mutoid (1995) NeoDB IMDb TMDB
Space Freaks from Planet Mutoid
director: Dionysius Zervos jr. actor: Denis Adam Zervos / Henry Coleman
From a galaxy further than far, far away, comes a movie of solar proportions with a stella soundtrack. Tyler hates life - his rock band are going nowhere, the world is collapsing and girls don't take him seriously. BUT all of that is about to change when a sexy space siren seeks Tylers singing to snuff out the growing stream of violence. Adding fuel to the fire is Freaky Fiend fixed on frying our planet - it's up to Tyler and his musical troupe to turn the tables and restore the name of rock and roll.
Sept. 8, 2025 watched
So bad it's hilarious, especially the musical parts.

The star/producer/writer/director also sings, and every time he did, I cracked up laughing.

Watched as part of the #Monsterdon afterparty on Mastodon.
1980s MonsterMiru RockMusic SciFi WatchParty
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) IMDb WikiData NeoDB
Grizzly II: Revenge
director: André Szöts actor: Steve Inwood / Louise Fletcher
other title: Grizzly II: The Predator / Grizzly II: El concierto
Grizzly II: Revenge (sometimes stylized Grizzly II. Revenge, also known as Grizzly II: The Predator and Grizzly II. The Concert) is a 1983 American action thriller horror film that was not properly released until 2020. It was directed by André Szöts and is a sequel to the 1976 film Grizzly directed by William Girdler and David Sheldon. The film is about a giant grizzly named Tawanda who seeks revenge after her cub is killed by poachers.
Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981) TMDB IMDb
神劍動山河
director: Chang Hsin-Yi actor: Hsu Pu-Liao / Loretta Yang Hui-shan
other title: 神劍動山河
The daughter of a queen and a comet is abandoned by her family. One day, she comes across a prince fighting a multi-headed dragon and falls in love with him. However, some wizards try everything to keep them apart.
Oct. 6, 2025 watched
Truly insane, has to be seen to be believed! (And steals all the best music of the era!)

Watched in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after Monsterdon's showing of Fright Night (1985), on Mastodon.
1980s MonsterMiru Taiwan WatchParty monster
Wall Street (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Wall Street
director: Oliver Stone actor: Michael Douglas / Charlie Sheen
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
From Beyond (1986) IMDb TMDB
From Beyond
director: Stuart Gordon actor: Jeffrey Combs / Barbara Crampton
other title: From beyond - Terrore dall'ignoto / Do Além
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
Galaxy of Terror (1981) IMDb WikiData
Galaxy of Terror
director: Bruce D. Clark actor: Edward Albert / Erin Moran
other title: Il pianeta del terrore / Planet des Schreckens
As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The pyramid has to be behind it all somehow, but how can they save themselves from its influence?