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Contamination (1980)
6K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, bloody, suspense, psychotronic, detective, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mars, alien monster, ghost ship, investigation, murder, good versus evil, survival, danger, race against time, alien invasion, supernatural, heroic mission, exploitation, pandemic, monster, body horror, creature feature, gory, deadly creature, outer space, alien creature, blood, grudge, cannon, fear ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, latin america, america, south america, colombia, florida ...
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Most similar movies to Contamination
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, scary, suspenseful and psychotronic films with plots about danger, blood, gore, deadly, escapades, gory and monster mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Contamination: Bio-Dead (2009), Extraterrestrial (2014), Nightmare City (1980), The Thing (1982), Phantoms (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
140
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a devastating biological disaster kills twelve million people, a hazmat team searches the contaminated wasteland for survivors. But what they find is a vicious predator hungry for human flesh.
Style:
serious, suspense, tense, scary, realistic ...
Plot:
bio weapon, zombie, human flesh, ghoul, survival, danger, chaos, cannibalism, brutality, blood, desperation, corporate crime ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, paranoia, evil alien, woods, extraterrestrial, macabre, ufo, scarecrow, space and aliens, alien encounter, flying saucer ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, airplane, zombie attack, danger, countryside, desire, soldier, slaughter, hell on earth, rescue, eating human flesh, survival ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
southern italy, italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
Similarity:
60%
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24K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, suspense, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, small town, military, hotel, gory, monster, good versus evil, creature feature, danger, eaten alive, disaster, sheriff ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites aka "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. A trio of American government agents attempt to thwart this.
Style:
scary, cerebral, suspense, futuristic, epic ...
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, alien, alien contact, mind control, ufo, deadly creature, space and aliens, monster, brutality, justice, parasite ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
iowa, usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing ...
Style:
sexy, scary, rough, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nudity, alien, deadly creature, evil alien, sex scene, quarantine, femme fatale, save the world, heroes, transformation, astronaut, dna ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, jurassic, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city, pentagon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist. They discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying ...
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, disturbing, gothic, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, island, virus, zombie outbreak, gory, survival horror, zombie attack, living dead, zombie apocalypse, boat, doctor, shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, caribbean, italy, fictional island ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, mad scientist, tyrannosaurus rex, creature feature, virus, genetics, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature, chaos, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, prehistory, prehistoric times, jurassic
Place:
nevada, washington d.c.
Similarity:
35%
9K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide ...
Style:
surreal, grindhouse, spooky, slasher, classic horror ...
Plot:
alien abduction, nudity, alien, clown, birth, female nudity, body horror, ufo, exploitation, monster, alien invasion, creature feature ...
Time:
year 2016, year 1982, 80s
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Two campers in the New Jersey woods have their outdoor fun interrupted by the arrival of a meteorite crashing nearby. They go to investigate the crater, but are suddenly attacked and devoured by alien parasites who have hitched a ride to Earth. ...
Style:
perverse, retro, classic horror, cult horror, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, parasite, alien, creature feature, gory, creature, deadly creature, supernatural horror, killer animal, exploitation, evil alien, body horror ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
Style:
grindhouse, intense, medical horror, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
epidemic, infected, virus, plague, infection, quarantine, zombie, disaster, isolation, disease, military, survival ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, vietnam, usa, asia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous criminal James Williams (Ice Cube). Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they ...
Style:
suspense, cult classic, futuristic, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mars, martian, zombie, alien, supernatural, alien possession, space, violence, siege, possession, survival horror, massacre ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, year 2001, 2000s, 80s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
33%
123K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Czech Republic, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer ...
Style:
suspense, rough, action packed, splatter, space horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, mars, creature, alien, deadly creature, good versus evil, danger, zombie, video game, gory, blood, virus ...
Time:
future, 2040s, jurassic, year 2005, 2020s ...
Place:
space western, nevada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies. NB: Not to be confused with the 1981 American-made film with the same title.
Style:
grindhouse, suspense, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, gory, zombie apocalypse, female nudity, virus, zombie child, bare breasts, infection, pandemic, zombie violence, zombification, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1979
Place:
papua new guinea, barcelona, europe, italy, spain
Similarity:
32%
154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, technology gone awry, bio weapon, creature feature, outer space, satellite, rescue, evil alien, alien encounter, deadly creature, danger, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Edward Carnby is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations. Now, the greatest mystery of his ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, female warrior, obsessive quest, investigation, heroic mission, monster, danger, curses spells and rituals, fight scenes, computer game, video game ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
nova scotia, canada
Similarity:
32%
15K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, ...
Style:
slasher, scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, toxic, police investigation, gory, creature feature, experiment gone awry, survival, danger, murder, exploitation, creature, violence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A crew of scientists arrives on a far, cold planet to examine archaic artifacts of unknown origin. They discover that their German enemies already have a ship there. When they seek their help after a failed landing, they only find the Germans’ ...
Style:
space horror, independent film, classic horror, cult horror, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien parasite, zombie, alien, monster, space, survival, moon, spaceship, electrocution, scientist, bomb, mind control ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
31%
29K
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Style:
demonic, scary, satanic, perverse, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
demon, zombie, plague, body horror, gory, death, demonic possession, supernatural, panic, survival horror, danger, chaos ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west germany, europe, berlin germany, germany, italy ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into ...
Style:
apocalyptic, splatter, epic, suspense, fast ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, infection, living dead, plague, gory, exploitation, terrorism, zombie attack, undead, virus, techno music, friends who live together ...
Time:
80s
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Style:
erotic, grindhouse, scary, psychotronic, retro ...
Plot:
pregnancy, impregnation, rape, alien, cave, murder, evil alien, woman in labor, characters killed one by one, space monster, pregnant from rape, trapped in space ...
Time:
year 1981, 80s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, rough, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, infected, survival, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, plague, deadly virus, infection, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, france ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The year is 1998, six years after the nuke wars reduced the world to rubble and a few bands of wandering survivors. One of these groups stumbles into an abandoned government research facility, where they were working on making the body capable of ...
Style:
apocalyptic, retro, grindhouse, independent film, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, monster, alien, creature, creature feature, post-apocalyptic future, laboratory, apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalyptic, bare chested male, female nudity ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, year 1998
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of scavangers on bikes come across a town infested with flesh ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, natural horror, slasher ...
Plot:
apocalypse, rat, male nudity, post apocalypse, dangerous animal, male star appears nude, survival horror, deadly creature, survival, danger, save the world, chaos ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dystopian future, deadly creature, parasite, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, save the world, monster, survival, dystopia, bio weapon, danger, plague ...
Time:
future, year 1992, year 1982, 90s, near future ...
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
30%
23K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After undergoing radical surgery for injuries from a motorcycle accident, a young woman develops a strange phallic growth on her body and a thirst for human blood -- the only nourishment that will now sustain her.
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, medical horror, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
body horror, vampire, hospital, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, cannibalism, virus, infection, bare breasts, infected, canuxploitation, disaster, zombie ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
quebec, montreal, canada
Similarity:
30%
42K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Style:
cult classic, horror comedy, cult horror, scary, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, horror for children
Plot:
alien, creature, alien invasion, alien monster, small town, eaten alive, space and aliens, evil alien, bounty hunter, ufo, little creatures, camp ...
Time:
80s
Place:
kansas, usa
Similarity:
30%
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