SciFi
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.
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) IMDb WikiData
The Quatermass Conclusion
director: Piers Haggard actor: John Mills / Barbara Kellerman
other title: Quatermass Conclusion - La Terra esplode / Quatermass Conclusion: La Terra esplode
Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.
June 9, 2026 watched
I just don't think I ever gave a toss about the characters, the plot or the outcome.

Watched in #MondayActionMovie on Mastodon.
Quatermass UK 1970s SciFi
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994) IMDb WikiData
Class of 1999 II: The Substitute
other title: Classe 1999 II - Il supplente / Die Klasse von 1999 Teil 2
In the original movie, the cyborg-teachers were all destroyed. Well that's what we thought, but there's one more rogue military robot out there determined to clean up the education system.
Class of 1999 (1990) IMDb WikiData
Class of 1999
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Bradley Gregg / Traci Lind
other title: Classe 1999 / Curso de 1999
The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!
Seedpeople (1992) IMDb WikiData
Seedpeople
director: Peter Manoogian actor: Sam Hennings / Andrea Roth
other title: Seedpeople: Alla Radice del Male / Sway
The citizens of Comet Valley are being taken over by seeds from an alien plant that has taken root there. A sheriff investigates the strange goings-on.
June 1, 2026 watched
Low quality clone of Invasion of the Body Snatchers set in 90s Denim Valley, brought to you by Charles Band & Full Moon Pictures.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
Horror FullMoon 1990s Monsterdon SciFi
Planet of the Vampires (1965) IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Terrore nello spazio
director: Mario Bava actor: Barry Sullivan / Norma Bengell
other title: Terrore nello spazio / Planet der Vampire
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
June 1, 2026 watched
Spooky & gorgeous. No, not me; the film, silly!

And I can see why people say it was an influence on Alien (1979).

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Dark Matter Season 2 (2016) NeoDB Douban TMDB
Dark Matter Season 2 part of TV Series: Dark Matter
In Season 2, the crew of the Raza becomes embroiled in an intergalactic conspiracy, seeking a mysterious device that may hold the key to victory in a looming all-out corporate war. In the aftermath of the betrayal of one of their own, they are split up — some imprisoned, others shuttled off to begin a new life. Fate, new allies and a larger enemy propels them to a new adventure.
Shocking Dark (1989) IMDb WikiData
Terminator 2
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.
April 28, 2026 watched
Blatant Aliens ripoff Shocking Dark is shockingly awful. I'm shocked!!!

Made laughably bearable by watching it in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon. Thanks, you guys!
Italy BrunoMattei 1980s SciFi Horror
The Big O (1999) NeoDB TMDB Bangumi Douban
THE ビッグオー Season 1 part of TV Series: The Big O
director: Kazuyoshi Katayama / Akira Yoshimura actor: Mitsuru Miyamoto / Akiko Yajima
Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.
Communion (1989) IMDb WikiData
Communion
director: Philippe Mora actor: Christopher Walken / Lindsay Crouse
other title: Die Besucher
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005) IMDb TMDB WikiData
ナイスの森〜The First Contact〜
other title: Funky Forest - The First Contact / Funky Forest : The First Contact
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) IMDb TMDB
Earth Girls Are Easy
director: Julien Temple actor: Geena Davis / Jeff Goldblum
other title: Le ragazze della Terra sono facili / Zebo, der dritte aus der Sternenmitte
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.
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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Starship Invasions (1977) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Starship Invasions
director: Ed Hunt actor: 罗伯特·沃恩 / 克里斯托弗·李
other title: Invasion der Raumschiffe / L'Invasion des soucoupes volantes
Captain Rameses and his Legion of the Winged Serpent brigade are out to claim Earth for their dying race. Out to save Earth is an alien guard patrol located in the Bermuda Triangle, the League of Races. LOR leaders warn Rameses that he's breaking galactic treaty rules. The alien villain responds by launching an invasion which telepathically drives Earthlings to suicide. The LOR implore UFO expert Professor Duncan to help them. Eventually, the two alien forces battle. Will the Earth be saved?
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData
Tammy and the T-Rex
director: Stewart Raffill actor: Denise Richards / Paul Walker
other title: Tammy e il T-Rex / Teenage T-Rex: Der Menschen-Dinosaurier
An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.
Critters 4 (1992) IMDb WikiData
Critters 4
director: Rupert Harvey actor: Don Keith Opper / Paul Whitthorne
other title: Critters - Seres do Espaço 4 / Critters 4 - Das große Fressen geht weiter
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.
March 30, 2026 watched
Decent first act followed by... meh. Critters films need more critters!

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon
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Silent Rage (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Silent Rage
director: Michael Miller actor: Chuck Norris / Ron Silver
other title: Terrore in città / Raiva Silenciosa
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
March 29, 2026 watched
A sub-Carpenteresque scifi-horror, not great but Chuck does manage to emote and is fully manscaped. Not enough martial arts.

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
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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.
40 Acres (2025) IMDb WikiData
40 Acres
director: R.T. Thorne actor: Danielle Deadwyler / Kataem O'Connor
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.