Contracted

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Contracted

2013

1h 24m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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15 Reviews

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A young woman (Najarra Townsend) begins bleeding, shedding maggots and hallucinating after a stranger date rapes her at a party.

Brian Tallerico

HollywoodChicago.com

None of it feels remotely believable but also isn't broadly defined enough to be satire, falling in that dull gap in the middle.

Rated: 2.0/5.0

Nov 28, 2013

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Andy Webster

New York Times

The ending to this fable misses the opportunity for broader metaphorical resonance, but getting there has its own unnerving rewards.

Nov 21, 2013

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

"Contracted" can best be described as "Contagion" meets "Blue Is the Warmest Color," without all those explicit sex scenes.

Nov 21, 2013

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Heather Wixson

Daily Dead

A thoughtful and wonderfully cringe-inducing body horror story, Contracted is an often frightening and nasty exploration of isolation and desperation that grabs hold from the start and doesn't let up until the film's bitter conclusion.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 8, 2016

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A very adult and straight faced glimpse at an ugly human being rotting from the inside out...

Apr 4, 2014

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Richard Haridy

Quickflix

Contracted is an efficiently icky, gross-out exercise in body horror that should please fans of this kind of thing. Still, the lack of any substance below the surface is ultimately too frustrating to ignore.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 4, 2014

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S. B

This movie is pretty damn good if you're willing to meet it where it's at. It's low budget and doesn't pretend not to be. I like that. It's morbid enough to make me squirm a little. I love that. However, the best thing about this movie is that it's a creative take on an exhausted genre. I respect that. Especially if you're lucky enough to watch it without reading any spoilers about the ending from the a-holes who like to ruin things for others, then I think you're in for a treat.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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lisa l

Absolutely mind-blowing! I can't believe how low the ratings are. Honestly give it a chance. The acting is amazing, and the main character breaks my heart. No one around her seems to figure out that her sickness is physical and not psychological or drug-induced. Crazy stuff!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Audience Member

This movie was actually so bad I struggled to get past the first 30 minutes because it was genuinely so boring and it was obvious what was gonna happen, Towards the end it got so boring i started skipping 10 seconds and still understood what happened. 0/10

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/20/24

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Shyanne D

I'm adhd as can be and this movie had me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Jamie L

I like this movie. I've watched it many times. Samantha's transformation is harrowing to watch. The horror of knowing something is wrong but not knowing what or why or how to even treat it makes this story frightening.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Gabriella M

Contracted is underrated. It's not just a "zombie" movie. It's a body horror film that touches on many issues within society. Recovery, abuse, mental illness. It's entertaining and fun. I LOVED IT.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/16/23

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Synopsis

A young woman (Najarra Townsend) begins bleeding, shedding maggots and hallucinating after a stranger date rapes her at a party.

Director: Eric England
Producer: Eric England, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules, Matt Mercer
Screenwriter: Eric England
Production Co: BoulderLight Pictures
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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