Contamination

Contamination

Contamination

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Contamination

"You can feel them in your blood!"

1980

1h 35m

5.2(140 votes)

Science Fiction

Horror

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.

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Production Companies

The Cannon Group

Videos & Trailers

3 videos

Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Ian McCulloch

Commander Ian Hubbard

Ian McCulloch

Acting

Louise Marleau

Colonel Stella Holmes

Louise Marleau

Acting

Marino Masé

Lieutenant Tony Aris, NYPD

Marino Masé

Acting

Siegfried Rauch

Hamilton

Siegfried Rauch

Acting

Gisela Hahn

Perla de la Cruz

Gisela Hahn

Acting

Carlo De Mejo

Agent Young

Carlo De Mejo

Acting

Carlo Monni

Dr. Turner

Carlo Monni

Acting

Mike Morris

Dr. Hilton (uncredited)

Mike Morris

Acting

Brigitte Wagner

Doctor (uncredited)

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Acting

Angelo Ragusa

Warehouse Worker (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Acting

Nat Bush

Warehouse Worker (uncredited)

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