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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.
Class of 1984 (1982) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Class of 1984
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Perry King / Tim Van Patten
other title: Os Donos do Amanhã / Classe 1984
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992) WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB
Waxwork II: Lost in Time
other title: Waxwork 2 - Bentornati al museo delle cere / Spaceshift
The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.
June 1, 2026 watched
Riffs on multiple films & genres, veering from slapstick to homage. Gets bogged down for too long in mediaeval fantasy before picking up pace again. Somehow managed to get a ream of cameos ranging from Bruce Campbell to John Ireland.

Closes with a hiphop theme, as was de rigeur for early 90s Hollywood, but this one's a banger from the L.A. Posse. Suck it, hataz!

Watched in #MonsterMiru watch party after #Monsterdon on Mastodon.
Horror 1990s Comedy Parody HorrorSciFi
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.
SciFi ReMonsterdon WatchParty HorrorSciFi USA
Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Godmonster of Indian Flats
director: Fredric Hobbs actor: Christopher Brooks / Stuart Lancaster
A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.
May 18, 2026 watched
A monster that is not a god & only did one thing. The film was more about a property deal than the monster.

Watched in #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon
ReMonsterdon WatchParty Horror USA 1970s
Silver Bullet (1985) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB
Silver Bullet
director: Daniel Attias actor: Gary Busey / Everett McGill
other title: 银色子弹 / 狼魔
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
One Eight Seven (1997) TMDB IMDb WikiData
One Eight Seven
other title: Codice omicidio 187 / 187
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad. He then moves to California to be a sub for a predominantly Native Hispanic/Latin-American high school in Los Angeles. He is tormented by members of a Native Hispanic/Latino-American tag crew named K.O.S. (Kappin’ off Suckaz).
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) IMDb TMDB
Gone in 60 Seconds
director: H.B. Halicki actor: H.B. Halicki / Marion Busia
other title: Rollercar - Sessanta secondi e vai! / Væk På 60 Sekunder
Insurance investigator Maindrian Pace and his team lead double-lives as unstoppable car thieves. When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one, a 1973 Ford Mustang, are in the bag. As Pace prepares to rip-off the fastback, codenamed "Eleanor", in Long Beach, he is unaware that his boss has tipped off the police after a business dispute.
Bananas (1971) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bananas
director: Woody Allen actor: Woody Allen / Louise Lasser
other title: Il dittatore dello stato libero di Bananas / Mig og revolutionen
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
May 4, 2026 watched
Some hilarious moments, especially the trial.

#Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
1970s USA Comedy
Bulletproof Monk (2003) Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Bulletproof Monk
director: Paul Hunter actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Seann William Scott
other title: Il monaco / À Prova de Bala
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Gone in Sixty Seconds
director: Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
May 2, 2026 watched
With this cast & budget, how did they make something so limp?

Watched in the 00s, rewatched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
Crime Thriller USA Heist 2000s
Rough Night in Jericho (1967) IMDb WikiData
Rough Night in Jericho
director: Arnold Laven actor: Dean Martin / George Peppard
other title: Due stelle nella polvere / A noite dos pistoleiros
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
Check Your Head Douban NeoDB
Beastie Boys genre: Pop
release date April 21, 1992 publisher: Capitol
Digitally remastered for the first time by the band. Features original album plus a bonus disc of b-sides and rarities which has also been remastered. Original artwork has been restored in this 8 panel eco-friendly 2 CD set with fold-out poster/lyric sheet. Originally released in April 1992, "Check Your Head" was a milestone for Beastie Boys on multiple levels and on the strength of now-classic singles and videos 'So What'cha Want', 'Pass The Mic', 'Gratitude' and 'Jimmy James', "Check Your Head" stormed the U.S. Top 10, ultimately returning Beastie Boys to hard-touring, platinum-selling status, and setting the band up for the pop cultural dominance it would achieve in the decade to come.
Hercules in New York (1970) Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hercules in New York
other title: Ercole a New York / Hercules i New York
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
Thank God It's Friday (1978) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Thank God It's Friday
director: Robert Klane actor: Jeff Goldblum / Raymond Vitte
other title: Grazie a Dio è Venerdì / Graças a Deus É Sexta-Feira
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hottest new disco in Los Angeles. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.
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.