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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi
キングコング対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Il trionfo di King Kong / Die Rückkehr des King Kong …
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
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Omega Syndrome (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Omega Syndrome
director: Joseph Manduke actor: Ken Wahl / George DiCenzo …
other title: Omega Syndrom / 欧米茄综合症
An ex-GI's daughter is abducted by a gang of white supremacists. He calls on one of his former Army buddies, and together they set out to track down the gang and rescue his daughter.
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The Dunwich Horror (1970)
The Dunwich Horror
director: Daniel Haller actor: Sandra Dee / Dean Stockwell …
other title: Le vergini di Dunwich / Altar do Diabo …
Dr. Henry Armitage, an expert in the occult, goes to the old Whateley manor in Dunwich looking for Nancy Wagner, a student who went missing the previous night. He is turned away by Wilbur, the family's insidious heir, who has plans for the young girl. But Armitage won't be deterred. Through conversations with the locals, he soon unearths the Whateleys' darkest secret — as well as a great evil.
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Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II
director: Steven Lovy / Robert Lovy actor: Vernon Wells / Deborah Shelton …
other title: Conductor mortal / Circuitry Man …
In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.
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The King of the Kickboxers (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The King of the Kickboxers
director: Lo Yuen-Ming actor: Loren Avedon / Billy Blanks …
other title: Il re dei kickboxers / O Rei dos Kickboxers …
Jake, a New York policeman poses as an actor to expose the making of martial-arts death movies in Thailand.
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Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cleopatra Jones
director: Jack Starrett actor: Tamara Dobson / Bernie Casey …
other title: Cleopatra Jones: licenza di uccidere / Ein Fall für Cleopatra Jones …
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Aug. 28, 2026 watched
Fun action flick that doesn't take itself too seriously

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
Comedon USA Action 1970s Crime
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Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
director: Gabrielle Beaumont actor: Marc Singer / Tony Todd …
other title: Beastmaster - L'occhio di Braxus / Beastmaster - Das Auge des Braxus …
Before he died, Dar's father gave a mysterious amulet to Tal, Dar's younger brother who is now king. Dar, while wandering with his animal companions, chances to meet and rescue a family who seek the help of King Tal against Lord Agon, a sorcerer who has conquered their land. Dar obtains an audience for them with Tal, who rallies his troops to march against Agon in the morning. Alas, the young king is captured by Agon's crimson warriors during the night.
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The Stuff (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Stuff
director: 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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Xanadu (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Xanadu
director: Robert Greenwald actor: Olivia Newton-John / Gene Kelly …
other title: 仙樂都 / 仙乐都
Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.
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Silver Streak (1976) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Silver Streak
director: Arthur Hiller actor: Gene Wilder / Jill Clayburgh …
other title: Wagons-lits con omicidi / Chicago Ekspressen …
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
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All of Me (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB
All of Me
director: Carl Reiner actor: Steve Martin / Lily Tomlin …
other title: Ho sposato un fantasma / Min bedre halvdel …
Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
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The Fog (1980)
The Fog
6.4 (9 ratings) director: John Carpenter actor: Adrienne Barbeau / Tom Atkins …
other title: Fog / Tågen …
Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.
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Black Belt Jones (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Black Belt Jones
director: Robert Clouse actor: Jim Kelly / Gloria Hendry …
other title: Johnny lo svelto / Freie Fahrt ins Jenseits …
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
Aug. 9, 2026 watched
Loved the fashions and especially the car wash final battle!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
USA 1970s WatchParty Karate Crime
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The Petrified Forest (1936) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Petrified Forest
director: Archie Mayo actor: Leslie Howard / Bette Davis …
other title: La foresta pietrificata / A Floresta Petrificada …
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.