Contamination (1980)

Director:

Luigi Cozzi

Writers:

Luigi Cozzi (screenplay) &
Erich Tomek (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

June 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

You can feel them in your blood!

Plot:

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

Plot Keywords:

Egg | Alien | Police | Alien Pod | Acid

Cast

Ian McCulloch	...	Commander Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau	...	Colonel Stella Holmes
Marino Masé	...	Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD
Siegfried Rauch	...	Hamilton
Gisela Hahn	...	Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo	...	Agent Young
Carlo Monni	...	Dr. Turner

Also Known As:

Alien Contamination (USA) (cut version)
Astaron - Brut des Schreckens (West Germany)
Contamination - Alien arriva sulla terra (Italy)
Contamination: Alien on Earth
Toxic Spawn (USA) (video title (cut version))

Runtime:

95 min | USA:84 min (R-rated version)

Country:

Italy | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:18 (nf) | UK:18 (original 1980s video release) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Norway:(Banned) (video rating) (1984) | UK:(Banned) (1984-2004) (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (2004) | USA:R | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Company:

Alex Cinematografica

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Commander Hubbard is telling Colonel Holmes about the expedition to Mars he claims the eggs were green just as the one in the photograph she showed him. But the photographs she has shown him were in black and white so he couldn't possibly know if they were green as well.

Quotes:

Hubbard: [drunk] What else do you want to know about me? How many times a week I screw?
Colonel Stella Holmes: If you're always in that condition, it's obvious you couldn't get it up, even if you used a crane.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Alien Arrives on Earth (2003) (V)

Classic McCulloch

Ian McCulloch shines, as he did in 'Zombie Flesh-eaters', this time as an alcoholic former NASA astronaut who is dismissed as mad when he talks of the threat of an alien invasion from Mars (as is par for the course in these space capers).

If you enjoy lame acting, poorly dubbed voices, cheesy 80's gore effects and an implausible plot, then this is the film for you.