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12th Fail (2023) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
12th Fail
6.8 (5 ratings) director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra actor: Vikrant Massey / Medha Shankr
Based on the true story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma, 12th Fail sheds limelight on fearlessly embracing the idea of restarting the academic journey despite the setbacks and challenges and reclaiming one's destiny at a place where millions of students attempt the world's toughest competitive exam: UPSC.
Oct. 22, 2025 watched
Drama about trying to succeed honestly in a system with pervasive corruption and extreme competition

#EuroKino #WatchParty on Mastodon
2020s EuroKino India WatchParty drama
Magic Crystal (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
魔翡翠
director: Wong Jing actor: Cynthia Rothrock / Andy Lau
other title: El cristal mágico / The Magic Crystal
Archaeologist Shum finds an antique jade with supernatural power in Greece. The stone is wanted both by KGB's agent Karoff and the Interpol. Shum asks his friend Nike for help. However, Shum is finally caught by KGB but the jade is slipped into the hands of a boy called Pan.
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.
1960s HongKong KungFuSat LilyHo SciFi
Shaolin Soccer (2001) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
少林足球
8.1 (8 ratings) director: Stephen Chow actor: Stephen Chow / Richard Ng
other title: Kung Fu Futebol Clube / Shaolin Kickers
A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
director: Abraham Polonsky actor: Robert Redford / Katharine Ross
other title: Ucciderò Willie Kid / Blutige Spur
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
director: Alan Gibson actor: Christopher Lee / Peter Cushing
other title: I satanici riti di Dracula / Satan er løs...
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
Pumpkinhead (1988) ReviewDB IMDb TMDB
Pumpkinhead
director: Stan Winston actor: Lance Henriksen / Jeff East
other title: 南瓜惡靈 / 南瓜恶灵
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
Ong-Bak (2003) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
องค์บาก
director: Prachya Pinkaew actor: Tony Jaa / Petchtai Wongkamlao
other title: Ong-Bak - Nato per combattere / Ong-Bak - O Guerreiro
When the head of a statue sacred to a village is stolen, a young martial artist goes to the big city and finds himself taking on the underworld to retrieve it.
Dance of Death (1980) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
舞拳
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Angela Mao Ying / Paul Chun Pui
other title: Danse de la mort / 舞拳
An orphan boy seeks revenge upon a villainous kung-fu sect that killed his friends. He chances upon two old kung fu masters who are fighting to determine who's the better fighter; one is a drunk, the other puffs constantly on a pipe. Fei Fei convinces them to teach him kung fu, and then he'll fight using both of their techniques and will discover which is superior. So Fei Fei ends up fighting his way up the ranks of the evil sect with the two old men trailing after him, evaluating the battles and counting how many of their individual moves Fei Fei uses. The final battle with the white-haired master of the sect, using new kung fu moves inspired by dancers in a brothel, is amazingly gymnastic. --Bret Fetzer
Sept. 14, 2025 watched
Angela Mao plays a beggar boy (yes) who gets a drunken master & doped master to teach her their techniques so she can get revenge on an evil kung fu school.

With Jackie Chan on action choreography, we get plenty of fun among all the fighting, and Angela is a delight!

Seen as part of #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon
1980s AngelaMao KungFu KungFuSat Taiwan
The Legend of Gator Face (1996) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Legend of Gator Face
director: Vic Sarin actor: John White / Dan Warry-Smith
other title: Die Legende von Gatorface / La leyenda del caracaimán
Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the work of teen hoaxers.
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.
Revenge of the Creature (1955) TMDB
Revenge of the Creature
director: Jack Arnold actor: John Agar / Lori Nelson
other title: La vendetta del mostro / Uhyrets hævn
In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
Thrilling Bloody Sword (1981) TMDB IMDb
神劍動山河
director: Chang Hsin-Yi actor: Hsu Pu-Liao / Loretta Yang Hui-shan
other title: 神劍動山河
The daughter of a queen and a comet is abandoned by her family. One day, she comes across a prince fighting a multi-headed dragon and falls in love with him. However, some wizards try everything to keep them apart.
Oct. 6, 2025 watched
Truly insane, has to be seen to be believed! (And steals all the best music of the era!)

Watched in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after Monsterdon's showing of Fright Night (1985), on Mastodon.
1980s MonsterMiru Taiwan WatchParty monster
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) IMDb WikiData NeoDB
Grizzly II: Revenge
director: André Szöts actor: Steve Inwood / Louise Fletcher
other title: Grizzly II: The Predator / Grizzly II: El concierto
Grizzly II: Revenge (sometimes stylized Grizzly II. Revenge, also known as Grizzly II: The Predator and Grizzly II. The Concert) is a 1983 American action thriller horror film that was not properly released until 2020. It was directed by André Szöts and is a sequel to the 1976 film Grizzly directed by William Girdler and David Sheldon. The film is about a giant grizzly named Tawanda who seeks revenge after her cub is killed by poachers.
Space Freaks from Planet Mutoid (1995) NeoDB IMDb TMDB
Space Freaks from Planet Mutoid
director: Dionysius Zervos jr. actor: Denis Adam Zervos / Henry Coleman
From a galaxy further than far, far away, comes a movie of solar proportions with a stella soundtrack. Tyler hates life - his rock band are going nowhere, the world is collapsing and girls don't take him seriously. BUT all of that is about to change when a sexy space siren seeks Tylers singing to snuff out the growing stream of violence. Adding fuel to the fire is Freaky Fiend fixed on frying our planet - it's up to Tyler and his musical troupe to turn the tables and restore the name of rock and roll.
Sept. 8, 2025 watched
So bad it's hilarious, especially the musical parts.

The star/producer/writer/director also sings, and every time he did, I cracked up laughing.

Watched as part of the #Monsterdon afterparty on Mastodon.
1980s MonsterMiru RockMusic SciFi WatchParty
Wall Street (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Wall Street
director: Oliver Stone actor: Michael Douglas / Charlie Sheen
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.
Chocolate (2008) TMDB IMDb WikiData
ช็อคโกแลต
director: Prachya Pinkaew actor: JeeJa Yanin / Hiroshi Abe
other title: Chocolate - La furia / Chocolate - Süß und tödlich
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.