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Dark Star (1974) TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Dark Star
director: John Carpenter actor: Brian Narelle / Cal Kuniholm …
other title: Estrela Negra / Dark Star - Finsterer Stern …
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
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The Silencers (1996) IMDb
The Silencers
director: Richard Pepin actor: Jack Scalia / Dennis Christopher …
other title: Assassini silenziosi / Dark Force - Lautlos kommt der Tod …
U.S. Senator is assassinated by Men in Black, mysterious organization which suppresses all knowledge about UFOs. Agent Rafferty from the U.S. Secret Service will confront them and discover the sinister truth. The only person that can help him comes from another world.
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Dark Breed (1997) IMDb WikiData
Dark Breed
director: Richard Pepin actor: Jack Scalia / Lance LeGault …
other title: La stirpe / Dark Breed - Invasion aus dem All …
Captain Saxon, an agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all infected with an alien parasite, and they were trying to bring its eggs back to Earth. The eggs were lost in an accident, and both Saxon and the astronauts are trying to locate them.
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L'unique (1986) TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Unique
director: Jérôme Diamant-Berger actor: Julia Migenes / Sami Frey …
other title: L'Unique / The Original
A famous rock singer is being overtaken. Vox, the album and live producer of the singer, prepares a real revolution with the help of a scientist. With holography, they would like to create the perfect copy of the star.
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Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
director: William Dear actor: Fred Ward / Peter Coyote …
other title: Timerider - una moto contro il muro del tempo / Timerider - Das Abenteuer des Lyle Swann …
Lyle Swann is a successful off-road racer who mistakenly gets sent back in time 100 years. When a band of outlaws robs Swann of his motorcycle, he's forced to outfox the gangsters and give in to the seductions of a gorgeous local lady. With only his smarts and a map from an Exxon station, Lyle must try to make it out of the Old West alive and find a way back to modern times.
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The Thing from Another World (1951) IMDb TMDB
The Thing from Another World
director: Christian Nyby actor: Kenneth Tobey / Margaret Sheridan …
other title: La cosa da un altro mondo / Manden fra Mars …
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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Battlefield Earth (2000) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Battlefield Earth
director: Roger Christian actor: John Travolta / Barry Pepper …
other title: Battaglia per la Terra / A Reconquista …
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
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The Brain-Stealers (1968) NeoDB Douban IMDb
諜海花
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Lily Ho / Peter Chen Ho …
other title: 諜海花
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li Zong-Hua so that he can create an army of supermen and conquer the world.
Oct. 19, 2025 watched
Thought I was going to get giant super soldiers, but mainly Bond-esque gadgets and intrigue. And a gloriously over-the-top supervillain.

Watched in #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
LilyHo HongKong 1960s KungFuSat ShawBrothers
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Timecrimes (2007) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Los cronocrímenes
director: Nacho Vigalondo actor: Karra Elejalde / Candela Fernández …
other title: Os Cronocrimes / Timecrimes - Mord ist nur eine Frage der Zeit …
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
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Farscape Season 4 TMDB
part of TV Series: Farscape
In season four, astronaut John Crichton and Aeryn end up together while the seeds of an uneasy alliance between Crichton and Scorpius comes to the rescue. Echoes of war begin as the reptilian Scarrans seek the wormhole technology Crichton knows to rule the universe.
Oct. 10, 2025 watching
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Starship Troopers (1997) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb NeoDB Test WikiData
Starship Troopers
8.0 (13 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".
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They Live (1988) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb
They Live
7.6 (15 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.
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War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura (2024) IMDb TMDB NeoDB
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).
WatchParty Ninjas Kaiju 2020s Horror
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Little Shop of Horrors
7.3 (6 ratings) 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.
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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.