SciFi
Starship Troopers (1997) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb
Starship Troopers
8.1 (11 ratings) director: Paul Verhoeven actor: Casper Van Dien / Dina Meyer
other title: Starship Troopers - Fanteria dello spazio / Soldados do Universo
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
They Live (1988) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb
They Live
7.4 (16 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.
War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura (2024) NeoDB TMDB IMDb
忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
director: Shinpei Hayashiya actor: Mizuho Yoshida / Keiki Hayashiya
other title: 忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
Two men, tired from work, visit the town of Chichibu to enjoy their favorite hobby - exploring caves. But little do they know, the town has been secretly protected by the descendants of the righteous Shinobi ninja since the Sengoku period. The two unlucky friends accidentally break a spell that awakens two colossal beasts, Jaron and Goura. The area’s rival clans manipulate them into a fierce battle, bringing chaos to the area. But a righteous female ninja steps up, wanting to stop the destruction and restore the seal. Can she defeat the evil ninjas that stand in her way before Chichibu is completely destroyed by two kaiju?
Sept. 22, 2025 watched
Not a lot of war, ninjas or monsters. A lot of tone shifts & grating comedy music.

Watched in the #MonsterMiru #WatchParty on miru.miyaku.media and Mastodon, after #Monsterdon's showing of 'The Angry Red Planet' (1959).
2020s Horror Japan Kaiju MonsterMiru
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.
Trucks (1997) IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
Trucks
director: Chris Thomson actor: Timothy Busfield / Brenda Bakke
other title: Trucks - Trasporto infernale / Trucks - Comboio do Terror
A group of seemingly humanistic trucks takeover a truck stop and starts killing everything in sight. The remaining townsfolk must band together and come up with a way to murder the inanimate objects, a seemingly difficult task considering the abnormal circumstances.
Meg 2: The Trench (2023) NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Meg 2: The Trench
director: Ben Wheatley actor: Jason Statham / Wu Jing
other title: Shark 2 - L'abisso / Meg 2: Dødens dyb
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
July 24, 2025 watched
Is it a serious oeuvre of the seventh art that conveys a deeper message? Is it fuck! Is it braindead schlock that delivers what I needed: thrills, spills and kills? Fuck yeah!

Watched for #SharkWeek in BMovieBonanza https://piefed.social/post/1068347
2020s Action BMovieBonanza CliffCurtis JasonStatham
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.1 (7 ratings) director: Philip Kaufman actor: Donald Sutherland / Brooke Adams
other title: Terrore dallo spazio profondo / Stjålne kroppe
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
From Beyond (1986) IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
From Beyond
director: Stuart Gordon actor: Jeffrey Combs / Barbara Crampton
other title: From beyond - Terrore dall'ignoto / A Criatura que Veio 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 psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
The Vast of Night (2019) TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
The Vast of Night
director: Andrew Patterson actor: Sierra McCormick / Jake Horowitz
other title: L'immensità della notte / A Vastidão da Noite
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
Death Race 2000 (1975) TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData IMDb
Death Race 2000
director: Paul Bartel actor: David Carradine / Simone Griffeth
other title: Anno 2000 - La corsa della morte / Dødsrace 2000
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenger from the underground resistance.
Galaxy of Terror (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
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?
Tobor the Great (1954) NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Tobor the Great
director: Lee Sholem actor: Charles Drake / Karin Booth
other title: Tobor - Il re dei robot / Le maitre du monde
To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.
Metrópolis (1927) IMDb Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData
Metropolis
8.2 (16 ratings) director: Fritz Lang actor: Gustav Fröhlich / Brigitte Helm
other title: Metropolis
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Devil Girl from Mars (1954) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Devil Girl from Mars
director: David MacDonald actor: Patricia Laffan / Hugh McDermott
other title: La martienne diabolique / La diabla de Marte
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.
Oct. 1, 2025 to watch Trigger:
https://famichiki.jp/@RachelThornSub/115820380026130329

Legit free stream in MX:
https://fawesome.tv/movies/10575521/devil-girl-from-mars
https://artiflix.com/videos/devil-girl-from-mars
1950s Monsterdon RaygunGothic SciFi USA
Inception (2010) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
Inception
8.4 (63 ratings) director: Christopher Nolan actor: Leonardo DiCaprio / Joseph Gordon-Levitt
other title: A Origem / Origen
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Food of the Gods II (1989) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Food of the Gods II
director: Damian Lee actor: Paul Coufos / Lisa Schrage
other title: Denti assassini / Die Stunde der Ratte
A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
Forbidden Planet (1956) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
Forbidden Planet
8.2 (6 ratings) director: Fred M. Wilcox actor: Walter Pidgeon / Anne Francis
other title: Il pianeta proibito / Kampen på dødskloden
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
May 26, 2025 watched
https://peertube.wtf/w/ehQReF6uWnXNmCLZwsEhV3

I thought it would be cheesy, but it actually maintained a great atmosphere of suspense, thanks not only to the interesting story and wonderful cast, but also to the still spooky fully-electronic score.

Saw it 4 May 2025, rewatched as my first #Monsterdon #WatchParty on Mastodon

My Raygun Gothic post:
https://piefed.social/post/723522
1950s AnneFrancis Horror LeslieNielsen Monsterdon
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
ゴジラ ファイナルウォーズ
director: Ryuhei Kitamura actor: Masahiro Matsuoka / Rei Kikukawa
other title: Gojira - Final Wars / Godzilla: Final wars
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
director: Robert Gaffney actor: Marilyn Hanold / James Karen
other title: Frankenstein contre le monstre de l'espace / Frankenstein contra el monstruo del espacio
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space capsule manned by an android. With his electronic brain damaged, the android terrorizes the island while the Martians raid beaches and pool parties