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* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Commander Ian Hubbard has become one after his story of the alien pods was declared debunked, he was declared crazy, and he was drummed out of the space program. He gets better once Col. Holmes and her agency come calling and admit he was right.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Played with. While she doesn't outright completely apologize, Col. Stella Holmes admits to Hubbard after she discredited his story on the alien pods and largely was responsible for his downfall that he was indeed right, and asks for his help in destroying them.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Played with. While she doesn't outright completely apologize, Col. Stella Holmes admits to Hubbard after she discredited his story on the alien pods and largely was responsible for his downfall that he was indeed right, and asks for his help in destroying them.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The cynical JerkAss Hubbard is the only one that evades capture. He steals a suit to blend in and he's the one that manages to kill the alien queen and save Stella from getting eaten.]]
* BMovie: It's basically a movie about what would happen if there were thousands of face huggers, and instead of putting an alien in you, getting sprayed with their contents makes your chest and stomach explode almost immediately.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: The cynical JerkAss Hubbard is the only one that evades capture. He steals a suit to blend in and he's the one that manages to kill the alien queen and save Stella from getting eaten.]]
* BMovie: It's basically a movie about what would happen if there were thousands of face huggers, and instead of putting an alien in you, getting sprayed with their contents makes your chest and stomach explode almost immediately.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler: Stella gets locked in her bathroom with a pod incrementally getting closer to exploding, and if she gets sprayed with the fluid inside, she's toast. She makes an effort to get out herself but it's finally Hubbard who comes to her assistance and gets her out in time.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Hamilton. He initially appears to be the big bad, and while he does do a lot to drive the film, his actions are all under the control of the alien queen, and once it's killed, he dies along with it.]]
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* JerkAss: Hubbard starts off as one, but considering he told the truth and was humiliated and expelled from the space program for telling the truth, it's hard to blame him.
* JerkAss: Hubbard starts off as one, but considering he told the truth and was humiliated and expelled from the space program for telling the truth, it's hard to blame him.
* KnightInSourArmor: Hubbard has traits of this. He answers Holmes' call for help, but he's still a bit bitter about how she ruined his career.
* NoRomanticResolution: [[spoiler: Aris really falls for Stella, and she slightly reciprocates while mainly focusing on the task at hand. They eventually kiss during the climax, but the poor sap is eaten by the alien queen not long after.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Hubbard initially declines to help Stella when she comes asking for his help dealing with the alien pods because he's pissed that she was largely responsible for his expulsion from the space program and making him seem like a loon. Subverted when they break the tension and he finally agrees to assist her.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: At least on Aris' side. He falls hard for Stella, but only gets a kiss before he's eaten by the alien queen.]]
* NoRomanticResolution: [[spoiler: Aris really falls for Stella, and she slightly reciprocates while mainly focusing on the task at hand. They eventually kiss during the climax, but the poor sap is eaten by the alien queen not long after.]]
* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler: Hubbard initially declines to help Stella when she comes asking for his help dealing with the alien pods because he's pissed that she was largely responsible for his expulsion from the space program and making him seem like a loon. Subverted when they break the tension and he finally agrees to assist her.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: At least on Aris' side. He falls hard for Stella, but only gets a kiss before he's eaten by the alien queen.]]
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Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers' chests explode!
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* GenreShift: It goes from a sci-fi horror film to a spy thriller in the middle portion back to a sci-fi horror film at the end.
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Good news, [[spoiler:the alien cyclops and presumably "queen" is dead.]] The bad news, [[spoiler:there's eggs spread in secret on random cities around the world, and we see one burst in the middle of a crowded street just as the movie cuts to credits.]]
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* FollowTheLeader: One of the earliest ''Alien'' ripoffs. The films was basically a movie ''just'' about the gore of the chest burst scene.
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'''''Contamination,''''' (Alternate titles including ''Alien Contamination,'' ''Toxic Spawn,'' and ''Alien Arrives on Earth'') is a 1980 Sci-Fi Horror film by Luigi Cozzi. As a large cargo ship, the Caribbean Lady, drifts into New York City, the crew is nowhere in sight. Upon further investigation, their remains are found, appearing as if they exploded.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers chests explode!
Colonel Stella Holmes is assigned to investigate the strange case. Soon it becomes apparent that these eggs are not from Earth, and with the help of former astronaut Ian Hubbard, they track the eggs to South America, where their true source is revealed...
''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking the chest-burster idea and running with it.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers chests explode!
Colonel Stella Holmes is assigned to investigate the strange case. Soon it becomes apparent that these eggs are not from Earth, and with the help of former astronaut Ian Hubbard, they track the eggs to South America, where their true source is revealed...
''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking the chest-burster idea and running with it.
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'''''Contamination,''''' (Alternate titles including ''Alien Contamination,'' ''Toxic Spawn,'' and ''Alien Arrives on Earth'') is a 1980 Sci-Fi Horror film by Luigi Cozzi. As a large cargo ship, the Caribbean Lady, ''Caribbean Lady'', drifts into New York City, the crew is nowhere in sight. Upon further investigation, their remains are found, appearing as if they exploded.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the policeofficers officers' chests explode!
Colonel Stella Holmes is assigned to investigate the strange case. Soon it becomes apparent that these eggs are not from Earth, and with the help of former astronaut Ian Hubbard, they track the eggs to South America, where their true source isrevealed...
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''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking thechest-burster chestburster idea and running with it.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police
Colonel Stella Holmes is assigned to investigate the strange case. Soon it becomes apparent that these eggs are not from Earth, and with the help of former astronaut Ian Hubbard, they track the eggs to South America, where their true source is
''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking the
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler: Hubard kills the alien cyclops by shooting it in the eye.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Hubbard's flare-gun.
* ExploitationFilm
* FollowTheLeader: One of the earliest ''Alien'' ripoffs. The films was basically a movie ''just'' about the gore of the chest burst scene.
* {{Gorn}}
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler: Hubard kills the alien cyclops by shooting it in the eye.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Hubbard's flare-gun.
* ExploitationFilm
* FollowTheLeader: One of the earliest ''Alien'' ripoffs. The films was basically a movie ''just'' about the gore of the chest burst scene.
* {{Gorn}}
* VideoNasties
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'''''Contamination,''''' (Alternate titles including ''Alien Contamination,'' ''Toxic Spawn,'' and ''Alien Arrives on Earth'') is a 1980 Sci-Fi Horror film by Luigi Cozzi. As a large cargo ship, the Caribbean Lady, drifts into New York City, the crew is nowhere in sight. Upon further investigation, their remains are found, appearing as if they exploded.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers chests explode!
''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking the chest-burster idea and running with it.
Inside the cargo hold, an unusual cargo is found: green, pulsating eggs, unlike anything seen before. Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers chests explode!
''Contamination'' was among the earliest of ''Alien'' ripoffs, taking the chest-burster idea and running with it.
