From retrospective reviews, Kim Newman ( " Monthly Film Bulletin " ) stated that the films combination of " splattery violence ", " James Bond spy thriller ", and " monster-filled s-f " was " at times uneasy, but Cozzi carries it off with sufficient bravura to paper over the cracks " and that " If the film relies on familiar images . . . it at least has a class, very loud score by Dario Argento's usual collaborators, The Goblins, to punch up the frissons . " Mike Long ( DVD Talk ) stated that " Contamination " " makes good use of the ideas that it's stolen, at heart it is simply another boring Euro-horror film ."
