Contamination
You can feel them in your blood!
R 1980 · 95 min · ★ 5.2 · Science Fiction, Horror
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.
Directed by Luigi Cozzi · Written by Luigi Cozzi
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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) - B Brigitte Wagner Doctor (uncredited)
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Angelo Ragusa Warehouse Worker (uncredited) - N Nat Bush Warehouse Worker (uncredited)
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