Contamination vs The Dreadful
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Dreadful). The Dreadful is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 47m. Contamination is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Contamination
The Dreadful| Contamination | The Dreadful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Horror |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | David Heacock, Neil Chase | Natasha Kermani |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin | Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Marcia Gay Harden, Jonathan Howard, Laurence O'Fuarain |
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.
The Dreadful
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
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