Brightburn vs Contamination
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.1/10 for Brightburn). Brightburn is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 47m. Brightburn is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Brightburn | Contamination | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 31m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Horror, Science Fiction | Action, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | David Yarovesky | David Heacock, Neil Chase |
| Main cast | Meredith Hagner, David Denman, Gregory Alan Williams, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Holland | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin |
Synopsis
Brightburn
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Contamination
A top secret Alaskan lab goes dark due to an unexplained incident, prompting the military to send a black ops team to recover sensitive data and destroy the lab, only to find their ranks infected with a deadly alien virus.
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