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Prince of Darkness (1987) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Prince of Darkness
director: John Carpenter actor: Donald Pleasence / Lisa Blount …
other title: Il signore del male / I en kælder sort som kul …
A group of graduate students and scientists uncover an ancient canister in an abandoned church, but when they open it, they inadvertently unleash a strange liquid and an evil force on all of humanity.
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Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
director: Andy Sidaris actor: Ronn Moss / Dona Speir …
other title: Agguato alle Hawaii / Hawaii Raiders …
A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for druglord Seth Romero. Seth, his henchmen, and other island undesirables launch a full-scale assault on the duo. If they're going to survive, they'll need the help of agent Rowdy Abilene and his partner/kickboxing expert Jade.
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Looker (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Looker
director: Michael Crichton actor: Albert Finney / James Coburn …
other title: Troppo belle per vivere / Kein Mord von der Stange …
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
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Dreamscape (1984) IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
Dreamscape
director: Joseph Ruben actor: Dennis Quaid / Max von Sydow …
other title: Dreamscape: fuga nell'incubo / A Morte nos Sonhos …
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
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The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) WikiData IMDb
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
director: Wes Orshoski actor: Dave Vanian / Captain Sensible …
other title: The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer.
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Willie Colón / Ruben Blades genre: Latin / Funk / Soul
March 7, 2026 listened
Salsa masterpiece - shake your ass AND your mind, as Willie & Rubeń explore themes like media fakery, crime & urban decay, Latin American unity, and having a good time. Pedro Navaja (their reimagining of The Threepenny Opera/Mackie Die Messer) is the only song I know of that has a film adaptation. (I don't mean a music video, I mean someone made a feature-length film based on the song!)
RubenBlades USA Salsa WillieColon 1970s
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
director: Questlove actor: Stevie Wonder / Lin-Manuel Miranda …
other title: Summer of Soul (...Ou, Quando a Revolução Não Pôde ser Televisionada) / Summer of Soul (…ou quand la révolution n'a pas pu être télévisée) …
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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Lake Placid (1999) IMDb TMDB
Lake Placid
director: Steve Miner actor: Bill Pullman / Bridget Fonda …
other title: Lake Placid - Il terrore corre sul lago / Pânico no Lago …
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1947) IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Beast with Five Fingers
director: Robert Florey actor: Robert Alda / Andrea King …
other title: Il mistero delle 5 dita / Die Bestie mit den fünf Fingern …
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
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Hercules (1983) IMDb WikiData
Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Sybil Danning …
other title: Herkules / Hercule …
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.
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Snakes on a Plane (2006) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snakes on a Plane
director: David R. Ellis actor: Samuel L. Jackson / Julianna Margulies …
other title: Snakes On A Plane / Serpentes a Bordo …
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
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Cooley High (1975) WikiData IMDb
Cooley High
director: Michael Schultz actor: Glynn Turman / Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs …
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
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The Killer Elite (1975) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Killer Elite
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Caan / Robert Duvall …
other title: Killer Elite / Assassinos de Elite …
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
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Buddy Buddy (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buddy Buddy
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau …
other title: Amigos, Amigos, Negócios a Parte / Victor la gaffe …
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
March 30, 2026 watched
Despite reuniting the classic comedy team of Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon & Walther Matthau, this US remake of a French hitman farce is a swing and a miss.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
BillyWilder PaulaPrentiss 1980s USA Comedy