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"What do you want to know Colonel? How many times I screw?" "It's obvious that in this condition, you couldn't get it up with a crane." CONTAMINATION (1980) Directed by Luigi Cozzi Ahhhh, how I adore Italian horror films that steal concepts and ideas from Hollywood. They do it with such pride! Such reckless abandon! They do it with no shame! Case in point, this gory bad boy! Luigi Cozzi's fucking super cool ALIEN rip-off! It's such a trip! A real product of its time! With the success of the previous year's ALIEN, our Italian EXPLOITATION MASTERS decided Ridley Scott’s masterpiece and box office success was ripe for a rip-off. Since they weren't working with anywhere near the budget of ALIEN, they made the story earthbound. An abandoned ship floats into NY harbor. (Hey! They're ripping themselves off doing a ZOMBIE riff again!) When the scientists and cops get on board to investigate, they find members of the crew who look like they blo...