1980. Directed by Luigi Cozzi. TAGLINES : "They Invade Your Body ... Control Your Mind ... Blow You Apart!" "A New Plague on Earth Will Come from the Stars!" "They Invade Your Body, Control Your Mind..." "You can feel them in your blood!" - 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. A ship pulls into New York Harbor with no one on board. The police find a cargo full of green pulsating eggs. Upon, the eggs explode spreading a green acid like substance that seeps into the skin and explodes. It is later discovered that the eggs are being manufactured in South America by a one-eyed Martian that grew from a tiny seed a former astronaut brought back from a expedition to Mars. Also known as CONTAMINATION. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : According to director Luigi Cozzi during a Q&A, the film was partially funded by Colombian drug dealers laundering their ill gotten funds. When the movie made money the cartel was very pleased with their investment. One of the 72 films on the Director of Public Prosecutions Video Nasty list and part of the Video Recordings Act 1984 in the UK. VIEWER COMMENT : "Entertaing, amusing "Alien" cash-in, taking place on Earth, where an endearingly silly creature has landed and has started laying eggs. There are some delicious gross out moments coming, like a lot of bursting chests, exploding in slow motion. Of course, there is the spectacle of the eternally cool Ian McCulloch turning into bad ass. It's a "hoot" to check out the effects in his performance. Another point of interest is the nice music score by the great progressive rockers, Goblin."