Contamination
1980 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 5.2 · 45% critics
After a derelict ship turns up with strange green pods, a small team follows a trail of deadly spores that cause gruesome internal explosions. Their search leads from New York to South America, where a remote operation may be hiding something far from human.
Also known as Alien Contamination · Toxic Spawn · Contamination: Alien on Earth
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Details
- Years
- 1980
- Release date
- 1980-08-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 45/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (142 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want scrappy, gory, so-bad-it’s-fun sci-fi horror with lots of talk between bursts of gross-out mayhem, like Xtro or The Deadly Spawn; Not for you if you need tight pacing and strong dialogue.
Pros: gooey exploding-body shocks; unique alien idea; catchy Goblin score | Cons: slow talky stretches; messy plot logic; rough dubbing
Themes
- planet mars
- gore
- alien
- creature
- police detective
- video nasty
- alien attack
Cast & crew
Ian McCulloch
as Commander Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau
as Colonel Stella Holmes
Marino Masé
as Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD
Siegfried Rauch
as Hamilton
Gisela Hahn
as Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo
as Agent Young
Carlo Monni
as Dr. Turner
Mike Morris
as Dr. Hilton (uncredited)
- BW
Brigitte Wagner
as Doctor (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
as Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
Directed by Luigi Cozzi