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Kuoleman koura

Original title: Contamination
  • 1980
  • R
  • 1h 35m
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5.1/10
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Kuoleman koura (1980)
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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 plant... Read allA 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.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
    • Erich Tomek
  • Stars
    • Ian McCulloch
    • Louise Marleau
    • Marino Masé
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.1/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Luigi Cozzi
    • Writers
      • Luigi Cozzi
      • Erich Tomek
    • Stars
      • Ian McCulloch
      • Louise Marleau
      • Marino Masé
    • 91User reviews
    • 129Critic reviews
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    Carlo De Mejo and Louise Marleau in Kuoleman koura (1980)
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    Ian McCulloch
    Ian McCulloch
    • Cmdr. Ian Hubbard
    Louise Marleau
    Louise Marleau
    • Col. Stella Holmes
    Marino Masé
    Marino Masé
    • NYPD Lt. Tony Aris
    Siegfried Rauch
    Siegfried Rauch
    • Hamilton
    Gisela Hahn
    Gisela Hahn
    • Perla de la Cruz
    Carlo De Mejo
    Carlo De Mejo
    • Agent Young
    Carlo Monni
    Carlo Monni
    • Dr. Turner
    Nat Bush
    • Warehouse Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Ettore Martini
    • General
    • (uncredited)
    Mike Morris
    • Dr. Hilton
    • (uncredited)
    Angelo Ragusa
    Angelo Ragusa
    • Warehouse Man
    • (uncredited)
    Martin Sorrentino
    • Black Warehouse Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Brigitte Wagner
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Luigi Cozzi
    • Writers
      • Luigi Cozzi
      • Erich Tomek
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    • Trivia
      According to director Luigi Cozzi during a Q&A, the film was partially funded by Colombian drug dealers. When the movie made money they were very pleased with their investment.
    • Goofs
      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.

    • Alternate versions
      The fully uncut version of "Contamination" was finally released in the UK by Anchor Bay in 2006 as part of their "Box of the Banned" compilation series.
    • Connections
      Edited into Blood on Méliès' Moon (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      Connexion
      Written by I Goblin

    User reviews91

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    8/10
    A movie with guts!
    Italian/German sci-fi horror about large green Martian eggs initially found on a cargo ship drifting apparently unmanned into New York. An unlikely team of three head to a coffee manufacturer in Colombia where they eventually encounter a big alien cyclops. Back in the 1980's Contamination found itself banned as a Video Nasty in Britain, and has been released in cuts of varying length. Thankfully it is now available uncut and it looks great on Blu-ray. The plot is silly, the dialogue is hilariously bad, the Martian cave looks very cheap and the dubbing is often out of sync (not unusual to be fair), but on the other hand there is a lot of gore on show, the pace is good and the movie boasts a Goblin musical score. I love the movie, yes it is trashy but for me it is very entertainingly so. I don't think that I could tire of watching it.
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    • Release date
      • August 2, 1980 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Contamination
    • Filming locations
      • New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Alex Cinematografica
      • Barthonia Film
      • Lisa-Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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