Contamination
Film198095 min

Contamination

Taste attributes: adventurehorrorscience fictiondetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"You can feel them in your blood!"

Boxlist takeOtherworldly and unsavoury: a serious horror film, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Quality rating

5.0 /10

TMDB · 76 votes

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What lines up

  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
  • Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Luigi Cozzi

Cast

  • Ian McCulloch
  • Louise Marleau
  • Marino Masé
  • Siegfried Rauch
  • Gisela Hahn

Details

Genre
Adventure
Year
1980
Runtime
95 min
Status
Released
Studio
Alex Cinematografica
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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