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Contamination

Contamination

You can feel them in your blood!

19805.21h 35m

Overview

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.

Directed by Luigi Cozzi
Written by Luigi Cozzi, Erich Tomek
Produced by Claudio Mancini
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Top Cast

Ian McCulloch

Ian McCulloch

Commander Ian Hubbard

Louise Marleau

Louise Marleau

Colonel Stella Holmes

Marino Masé

Marino Masé

Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD

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

Mike Morris

Mike Morris

Dr. Hilton (uncredited)

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Brigitte Wagner

Doctor (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Angelo Ragusa

Warehouse Worker (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

planet marsgorealiencreaturepolice detectivevideo nastyalien attack

About Contamination

Contamination is a science fiction, horror film released in 1980 exploring themes of planet mars, gore, alien, creature, police detective, video nasty. Directed by Luigi Cozzi, it stars Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé. 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.

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