Not the worst of Italian scifi/horror I’ve seen, but that isn’t a high bar.
Acting was pretty good, but the story not so much. Too many intelligent people doing very stupid things, and I just couldn’t figure out what the alien pods were for.
Contamination
You can feel them in your blood!
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
8/2/1980Runtime
95 minsGenres
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.
Status
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EnglishBudget
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How It Feels
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A pulpy creature-feature that blends Cold War paranoia with practical gore effects, following a tense hunt through a compromised facility where trust is as lethal as the invading alien biology. It's trashy sci-fi horror played with B-movie earnestness.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalCorruption
Tone
Matter-of-fact
Pacing
Steady
Look
Practical effectsStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
Ian McCulloch
Commander Ian Hubbard
Louise Marleau
Colonel Stella Holmes
Marino Masé
Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD
Siegfried Rauch
Hamilton
Gisela Hahn
Perla de la Cruz
Carlo De Mejo
Agent Young
Carlo Monni
Dr. Turner
Mike Morris
Dr. Hilton (uncredited)
Brigitte Wagner
Doctor (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa
Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
Nat Bush
Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
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