They’re cheap, gory and a lot of fun.
Ryan explores the joy of Luigi Cozzi’s Contamination, and other B-movies inspired by Alien…
Some shots are even vaguely reminiscent of Andrei Tarkovskys Soviet classic,Stalker(also released in 1979).
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The success ofAlienled to its own rash of cheap imitators from the U.S. and Europe.
The Terror From Beyond SpaceandThe Thing From Another World.
Little does Holmes know that an evil mastermind is waiting for her to arrive… Contaminationis far from a technical marvel, especially to modern eyes.
Stella: Im sorry.
), and you have the makings of one of the funniest B-movies to emerge from 80s Italy.
Like all of theAlienknock-offs mentioned so far,Contaminationisnt exactly a great movie in the usual sense.
It adds a much-needed unearthly dimension to the poverty-row visual effects.
Hollywoods producers and filmmakers probably regarded most of theseAlienclones Galaxy of Terror, Mutant, Contamination with a smirk.
The gooey, gratuitous exploding alien head inPrometheusis also oddly reminiscent of Cozzis throbbing eggs inContamination.
Predator: Requiemattempted the same thing.
Cup of Colombian coffee, anyone?
Contaminationis out on Blu-ray now from Arrow Films.
