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The Damned (1962)
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Joseph Losey actor: Macdonald Carey / Shirley Anne Field …
other title: These Are The Damned / Hallucination …
An American tourist and a troubled young woman are chased by her gang leader brother to a top secret British government facility that conducts experiments on children.
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The Gamma People (1956)
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John Gilling actor: Paul Douglas / Eva Bartok …
other title: Les Secrets du Docteur Boronski / Les Secrets du Dr Boronski …
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.
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Fiend Without a Face (1958)
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Arthur Crabtree actor: Marshall Thompson / Kynaston Reeves …
other title: Ungeheuer ohne Gesicht / Monstres invisibles …
An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly British scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on..
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Lost Continent (1951)
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Sam Newfield actor: Cesar Romero / John Hoyt …
other title: Il continente scomparso / Jules Verne - Die Reise zur geheimnisvollen Insel …
When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down to a small Pacific island, where it apparently has landed on the plateau of the island's steep-walled, taboo mountain...
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Quatermass 2 (1957)
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Val Guest actor: Brian Donlevy / John Longden …
other title: I vampiri dello spazio / Usina de Monstros …
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
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Privilege (1967)
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Peter Watkins actor: Paul Jones / Jean Shrimpton …
other title: Privileg / Privilegio …
Britain's biggest pop singer, Steven Shorter, receives unwavering adulation and possesses total control over his rabid fans, which includes nearly the entire population. Yet Shorter is not an autonomous performer -- he is little more than a puppet for the government, promoting whatever agenda they see fit. When a beautiful artist, Vanessa Ritchie, is commissioned to paint his portrait, she pushes Shorter to question his obedience to his manipulative handlers.
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
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Val Guest actor: Edward Judd / Janet Munro …
other title: ...E la Terra prese fuoco / Der Tag, an dem die Erde Feuer fing …
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
Steve Wang actor: David Hayter / Kathy Christopherson
other title: 强殖装甲：暗黑英雄 / Guyver 2: Dark Hero …
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.
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The Guyver (1991)
The Guyver
Steve Wang / Screaming Mad George actor: Jack Armstrong / Mark Hamill …
other title: O Guyver / Mutronics - Invasion der Supermutanten …
FBI agent Max Reed witnesses Dr. Tetsu Segawa - a researcher for the mysterious Chronos Corporation - being murdered. Dr. Segawa had stolen an alien device known as "The Guyver" from Chronos. College student Sean Barker, whose girlfriend's father was Dr. Segawa, finds the Guyver's hiding spot while watching the forensic team investigating the crime scene.
Watched
Aug. 31, 2026
Some really impressive practical FX. "But what about plot, dialog, acting etc?" Yep, those sure were some impressive FX.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
★ 7.6 12 ratings
Don Siegel actor: Kevin McCarthy / Dana Wynter …
other title: L'invasione degli ultracorpi / De stjålne kroppe …
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Watched
Aug. 31, 2026
I much prefer the 1978 version but this still had its moments of tension.

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Mutant Hunt (1987)
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Tim Kincaid actor: Rick Gianasi / Mary Fahey …
other title: Guerre di Mutanti / Robot Killer
In New York City sometime in the near future, Z, the evil chairman of the Inteltrax Corporation, has taken a small army of cyborgs designed to perform hazardous tasks and altered them to kill humans for pleasure. The inventor of the cyborgs, Dr. Paul Haynes, is held captive, and his sister Darla seeks the aid of Matt Riker, an expert in high-tech weaponry and martial arts.
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The Stuff (1985)
The Stuff
Larry Cohen actor: Michael Moriarty / Andrea Marcovicci …
other title: Stuff - Il gelato che uccide / A Coisa …
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
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Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten …
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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Message from Space (1978)
宇宙からのメッセージ
Kinji Fukasaku actor: Vic Morrow / Sonny Chiba …
other title: Sternenkrieg im Weltall / Les Évadés de l'espace …
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
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Star Odyssey (1979)
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Alfonso Brescia actor: Yanti Somer / Gianni Garko …
other title: Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio / Siete hombres de oro en el espacio
Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.
Watched
Aug. 17, 2026
Far too long and absolutely terrible, but at least parts had the awful fascination of a car crash or an itchy scab.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
Shusuke Kaneko actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara / Shinobu Nakayama …
other title: Gamera - Guardian of the Universe / ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦 …
A great duel of supersonic speed. A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
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Bruce Campbell actor: Bruce Campbell / Tamara Gorski …
other title: Man With the Screaming Brain
The brains of a Russian taxi driver and a wealthy businessman are brought together in one body by a mad scientist.
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Planet Earth (1974)
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Marc Daniels actor: John Saxon / Janet Margolin …
other title: Planète Terre
The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.
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River: The Timeloop Hotel (2023)
リバー、流れないでよ
★ 8.0 11 ratings
Junta Yamaguchi actor: Riko Fujitani / Yuki Torigoe …
other title: River / River - The Timeloop Hotel …
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!