Contamination (1980)

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.

Director:

Luigi Cozzi

Writers:

Luigi Cozzi (screenplay), Erich Tomek (screenplay),

Stars:

Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ian McCulloch	...	Cmdr. Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau	...	Col. Stella Holmes
Marino Masé	...	NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
Siegfried Rauch	...	Hamilton
Gisela Hahn	...	Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo	...	Agent Young
Carlo Monni	...	Dr. Turner

Storyline

A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs. Upon contact, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars.

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Plot Keywords:

egg | astronaut | acid | alien pod | alien | 

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Taglines:

You can feel them in your blood!

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

June 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Contamination

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alex Cinematografica, Barthonia Film, Lisa-Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 84 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/director Luigi Cozzi originally wanted Caroline Munro to play Colonel Stella Holmes.

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Goofs

The uniforms worn by the police in Colombia at the end of the movie are the same as those worn by the police in New York (which also are not New York City police uniforms).

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Quotes

Colonel Stella Holmes: Help! Let me out! There's an egg!

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Connections

Featured in Alien Arrives on Earth (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Connexion"
Written by I Goblin

User Reviews

starts of well, turns out boring

I was able to watch the full uncut version of the much acclaimed Contamination. It was one of the many Alien rip offs and one that came straight to the list of the 1984 formed video nasties in the UK, that means that it had to be brutally cut. Afterwards the movie came out in many versions so it became hard to find the uncut version. Anchor Bay is a DVD label that sometimes brings out limited editions (mostly numbered) that are full uncut. Alien 2 was one of the rip offs also being cut but couldn't deliver any suspense although it contained some gory moments. the same with this flick. It all starts with a ship were some bodies are found, bodies terrible mutilated. Soon they discover that they exploded from the inside out, when they notice some glowing things they found out that they contain acid that make you explode. Guess what, the eggs hatch within reach of the newcomers aboard and they explode in full vision. Wow, gore galore but after 15 minutes the movie decays into a thriller, nothing happens until in the last 10 minutes. A real shame that they didn't do anything between those first and last minutes of the movie, it's all blah blah blah. Be sure to have the full uncut to see the exploding bodies otherwise you will have some crap.