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The Giant Claw (1957) TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Giant Claw
director: Fred F. Sears actor: Jeff Morrow / Mara Corday …
other title: Il mostro dei cieli / O Ataque Vem do Polo …
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
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Godzilla (1954) KevGa-NeoDB TMDB NeoDB Douban Bangumi IMDb WikiData
ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Momoko Kôchi …
other title: O Monstro do Oceano Pacífico / Godzilla, Japón bajo el terror del monstruo …
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
June 8, 2026 watched
Surprisingly serious and dark origin for a franchise that has taken varying paths over the years.

Watched in #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Lavalantula (2015) IMDb WikiData
Lavalantula
director: Mike Mendez actor: Steve Guttenberg / Nia Peeples …
other title: Lavalantula - Angriff der Feuerspinnen / Lavalántula …
Giant lava breathing tarantulas – Lavalantulas – erupt out of ancient volcanos in the Santa Monica Mountains, raining death and destruction upon Los Angeles. With the City of Angels on the verge of incineration, only a washed up ‘90s action hero actor stands in the way of this monstrous swarm of bloodthirsty creatures who burn their victims alive.
May 26, 2026 watched
As cynical commercial exploitation flicks full of cheap CGI & fanservice go ... this one's a blast!

Watched in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
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Rebirth of Mothra (1996) TMDB WikiData IMDb
モスラ
director: Okihiro Yoneda actor: Megumi Kobayashi / Sayaka Yamaguchi …
other title: Mothra - Das Siegel der Elias / モスラ …
A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.
May 25, 2026 watched
I never expected a silly little monster movie for kids to make me *care* about the beasties. Or have battle scenes better than 90% of the action movies I've watched.

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) IMDb WikiData
대괴수 용가리
director: Kim Kee-duk actor: Oh Yeong-il / Nam Jeong-im …
other title: Yongary il più grande mostro / Yongary - Das Monster aus der Tiefe …
Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
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Yonggary (1999) IMDb WikiData
용가리
director: Shim Hyung-rae actor: Dan Cashman / Bruce Cornwell …
other title: Reptilian / 용가리
A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings the monster back to life! The creature immediately sets about levelling the surrounding urban landscape and shrugging off the best firepower the military can throw at it. A lone scientist, working on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, may be on the verge of finding the aliens' weak point, but will it be too late?
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The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Monster That Challenged the World
director: Arnold Laven actor: Tim Holt / Audrey Dalton …
other title: Il mostro che sfidò il mondo / O Monstro Que Desafiou o Mundo …
Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.
April 6, 2026 watched
Has effects, characters and monsters not as terrible as the usual 1950s fare.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Hot Spring Shark Attack (2024) TMDB NeoDB IMDb
温泉シャーク
director: Morihito Inoue actor: Shoichiro Akaboshi / Takuya Fujimura …
other title: Hotspring Sharkattack / 温泉シャーク
In a small hot spring town in Japan, a ferocious ancient shark reawakens and begins terrorizing the local hot spring facilities. As the threat escalates, the townspeople band together to protect their beloved town from the menacing predator, leading to a fierce and thrilling battle.
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Oblivion (1994) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Oblivion
director: Sam Irvin actor: Richard Joseph Paul / Jackie Swanson …
other title: Alien Desperados / El olvido
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.
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Lake Placid (1999) IMDb TMDB
Lake Placid
director: Steve Miner actor: Bill Pullman / Bridget Fonda …
other title: Lake Placid - Il terrore corre sul lago / Pânico no Lago …
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
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Snakes on a Plane (2006) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snakes on a Plane
director: David R. Ellis actor: Samuel L. Jackson / Julianna Margulies …
other title: Snakes On A Plane / Serpentes a Bordo …
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
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Mothra (1961) TMDB IMDb WikiData
モスラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Frankie Sakai / Hiroshi Koizumi …
other title: Mothra bedroht die Welt / MOTHRA …
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
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Godzilla (1998) IMDb NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB Douban WikiData
Godzilla
director: Roland Emmerich actor: Matthew Broderick / Jean Reno …
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Jan. 12, 2026 watched
Long, limp facsimile of a Godzilla movie ripping off also Jurassic Park, Aliens etc while including as much corporate promotion as possible. Broderick, in particular, underwhelms.

Godzilla 98 is the Woodstock '99 of monster movies.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Dark Age (1987) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dark Age
director: Arch Nicholson actor: John Jarratt / Nikki Coghill …
other title: Dark Age - Crocodile Hunter / Les Dents de la mort …
In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..
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Time Walker (1982) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Time Walker
director: Tom Kennedy actor: Ben Murphy / Nina Axelrod …
other title: Pasajero del Tiempo / Time walker (Pasajero del tiempo) …
From deep within the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, Professor Douglas McCadden ships the coffin of Ankh-Vanharis to the California Institute of Sciences where X-rays reveal five diamond-like crystals hidden within the coffin. Technician Peter Sharpe steals the crystals but doesn't notice that the powerful X-ray has revived a green fungus. When the coffin is opened at a university press conference, the reporters uncover more than they bargained for. The mummy has disappeared... and the Time Walker is alive again!
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The Crater Lake Monster (1977) WikiData TMDB IMDb
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.
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The She-Creature (1956) IMDb WikiData TMDB
The She-Creature
director: Edward L. Cahn actor: Chester Morris / Marla English …
other title: Geschöpf des Schreckens / La criatura …
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
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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.

Watched on #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after #Monsterdon on Mastodon
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