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GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA (1974)

Gojira tai Mekagojira (original title)
1h 24min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

1974 Japan
Direction: Jun Fukuda
Writers: Jun Fukuda, Masami Fukushima (story)
Actors: Masaaki Daimon, Kazuya Aoyama, Reiko Tajima

Aliens intend to take over the planet and, just in case Godzilla tries to interfere, have built a mechanical version of him to put an end to his interference. The Earth humans summon the legendary King Seesar to assist Godzilla in the battle.

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Posted in OUTER SPACE / SCHLOCK

THE GREEN SLIME (1968)

1h 30min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
 

1968 Italy | Japan | USA
Direction: Kinji Fukasaku
Writers: Bill Finger (screenplay) (as William Finger), Ivan Reiner (story)
Actors: Robert Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckely

A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to blow it up. The mission is successful, and they return to the station unknowingly bringing back a gooey green substance that mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity. Soon the station is crawling with them, and people are being zapped left and right!

THE GREEN SLIME (1968) TRAILER

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MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (1987)

1987 USA
Direction: Gary Goddard
Writer: David Odell
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster

On the planet Eternia, Skeletor and his dark army overthrow the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull expecting to acquire her power. He-Man, his old friend Duncan “Man-at-Arms” and his daughter Teela are attacked by Skeletor’s soldiers and they defeat them. They also rescue their prisoner, the inventor and locksmith Gwildor. He explains that he was lured by Evil-Lyn that used his invention Cosmic Key to open the gates and seize the Castle Grayskull. He-Man and his friends retrieve the prototype of the Cosmic Key trying to release the Sorcereress but they are defeated by Skeletor and his army and Gwildor uses his key to open and portal for them to flee. They come to Earth but lose the key. Meanwhile Julie Winston, who grieves the loss of her parents in a plane crash, and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan find and activate the key, believing it is a foreign musical instrument. On Eternia, Evil-Lyn locates the Cosmic Key and Skeletor sends her with a group of mercenaries and soldiers to vanquish.

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Posted in PEPLUM / SCHLOCK

THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES (1985)

Le avventure dell’incredibile Ercole (original title)

1961 Italy | USA | Netherlands
Direction: Luigi Cozzi (as Lewis Coates)
Writer: Luigi Cozzi (as Lewis Coates)
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani

The film opens explaining the story of Zeus’ Seven Mighty Thunderbolts that kept peace. One day, other vengeful gods (Aphrodite, Hera, Poseidon, Flora) stole these lightning bolts to create chaos. The lack of these thunderbolts has rendered Zeus powerless and sent the Moon on a collision course with the Earth. As the humans on Earth begin to suffer, two sisters named Urania and Glaucia speaks to the Little People and learn that only Hercules can save them now. After hesitation, Zeus finally decides to send Hercules back from the stars to Earth to aid the humans, but the vengeful gods resurrect their own warrior: King Minos. They believe that King Minos, with the help of Dedalos can defeat Zeus with science. Thus begins Hercules’ quest to find the Seven Mighty Thunderbolts, which are hidden inside monsters across the Universe.

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HERCULES (1983)

1983 Italy | USA
Direction: Luigi Cozzi (as Lewis Coates)
Writer: Luigi Cozzi (as Lewis Coates)
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Brad Harris, Sybil Danning

King Minos and sorceress Adriana plan to conquer the world with her magic and his giant robots. To make matters worse, they also plan to sacrifice Hercules’ love interest Cassiopeia. Hercules teams up with sorceress Circe and tries to save both his girl and the world.

Filmed back-to-back with The Seven Magnificent Gladiators in Italy in 1982. The Seven Magnificent Gladiators was filmed first, followed by the shooting of Hercules, which began on 12 July 1982.

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ZARDOZ (1974)

 1h 45min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

1974 Ireland | USA
Direction: John Boorman
Writer: John Boorman
Actors: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman

In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state. However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.

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Posted in HORROR / SCHLOCK

ISLAND OF THE DOOMED (1967)

La isla de la muerte (original title)
1h 28min | Horror, Sci-Fi

1967 Spain | West Germany
Direction: Mel Welles (as Ernst von Theumer)
Writers: Mel Welles (story and screenplay), Ernst Ritter von Theumer (screenplay)
Actors: Cameron Mitchell, Elisa Montés, George Martin

The alternate titles include Maneater of Hydra and The Blood Suckers (UK title). The horror film is set on a remote island off the shore of an unidentified European country, in which the central character is a mad scientist (Cameron Mitchell) who creates hybrid trees that feed on human blood.

Synopsis from Doomed Marathon: “A group of tourists travel to an island to see its exotic botanicals. There they meet Baron von Weser (Cameron Mitchell), a reclusive scientist studying rare horticulture and experimenting with crossbreeding dangerous varieties of plants. One of the Baron’s creations is draining the blood of human beings (through a small hole in their cheek) and the tourists are dying one by one.”

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