Rent Contamination (1980)
2.8 of 5 from 71 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- A deserted ship arrives in New York City carrying its slaughtered crew and a horrific cargo: Mutant green eggs the size of footballs that pulsate with life until they spray hideous chest-bursting death. But when a government research team begins an investigation, they uncover a grisly conspiracy of murder, space monsters and coffee. Who is harvesting these alien hell-spores? What is their connection to a doomed mission to Mars? And most important of all, how many actors will die screaming in massive explosions of blood, guts and gore?
- Actors:
- Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Marino Masé, Siegfried Rauch, Gisela Hahn, Carlo De Mejo, Carlo Monni, Mike Morris, Angelo Ragusa, Martin Sorrentino, Brigitte Wagner
- Directors:
- Luigi Cozzi
- Producers:
- Claudio Mancini
- Voiced By:
- Nick Alexander, Larry Dolgin, Edward Mannix, Susan Spafford
- Writers:
- Luigi Cozzi, Erich Tomek
- Aka:
- Contamination - Alien arriva sulla Terra
- Studio:
- Anchor Bay
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/07/2015
- Run Time:
- 95 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by filmmaker, Fangoria editor and Contamination super-fan Chris Alexander
- Notes on Science-Fiction Cinema -an archive documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage and director Luigi Cozzi on the birth of Contamination
- 2014 Q&A with Cozzi and star Ian McCulloch
- Sound of the Cyclops: Maurizio Guarini on the music of Contamination - the Goblin keyboardist discusses Contaminations dark, progressive rock score and a lifetime of making music for Italian terror
- Luigi Cozzi vs. Lewis Coates-a brand new interview with the director in which he discusses his filmmaking career from past to present
- Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery: A Critical Analysis of the Italian Cash-ln: A brand new featurette looking at the Italian genre movies which sought to cash-in on popular Hollywood blockbusters
- Theatrical Trailer
- Graphic Novel based on the original Contamination screenplay (Disc gallery)
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Reviews (1) of Contamination
Beware the sighing eggs! (Mild spoilers...) - Contamination review by NP
This is a sci-fi/horror film with echoes of Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’, which was released a year earlier. UK television name Ian McCulloch, sporting a lively hairpiece, is drafted into this Italian production to play Commander Hubbard. McCulloch is a good actor and plays rugged, no-nonsense types well. Here, his character has suffered a breakdown and succumbed to alcoholism.
There’s something extremely spooky about the rhythmical sighing emitted by the many alien eggs on display, and the gore effects are particularly grisly, but too much time spent without incident makes much of this a bit dull.
Things build nicely toward the end, where we meet a very impressive alien. The action sequences are very good, but they may have eaten into the budget which is why we are left wanting more. Luigi Cozzi directs the proceedings with a certain amount of flair. My score is 6 out of 10.
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