Alien Contamination

Alien Contamination (1981)

Genres - Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Adventure, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Alien Film, Creature Film  |   Release Date - Aug 2, 1980 (USA - Unknown), Jun 11, 1982 (USA)  |   Run Time - 90 min.  |   Countries - Italy  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Robert Firsching

Following the surprising success of his cheapjack Star Wars knockoff, Star Crash, Italian director Luigi Cozzi was given the helm of this cheapjack Alien knockoff. An alien cyclops causes a man to cover the Earth with nasty eggs (sometimes made of silicone, sometimes close-ups of common olives). The eggs release gelatinous gunk which makes people explode, and it's all part of the alien's plan to take over the world. Cozzi, a less-talented protégé of Dario Argento, at least gets a good soundtrack by using his mentor's house band, Goblin, but delivers a bad film nonetheless. The director admits that the ludicrous monster was made of badly painted papier-mache, requiring 96 separate cuts to look convincing in its big scene. It didn't work.

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alien [not human], astronaut, egg, contamination, creature, man-eater, Mars, monster, outer-space, scheme, space-travel, virus, man-vs-aliens

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Low Artistic Quality, Low Budget, Low Production Values