Contamination vs Salem's Lot
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Salem's Lot). Contamination is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 1h 53m. Salem's Lot is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contamination
Salem's Lot| Contamination | Salem's Lot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 53m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Horror |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | David Heacock, Neil Chase | Gary Dauberman |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin | Bill Camp, Alfre Woodard, William Sadler, Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh |
Synopsis
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.
Salem's Lot
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
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