
Contamination
Taste attributes: adventurehorrorscience fictiondetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy
"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
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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
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
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











