Pontypool

Pontypool

By Bruce McDonald

  • Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Release Date: 2009-09-18
  • Advisory Rating: 15
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Director: Bruce McDonald
  • Production Company: Ponty Up Pictures
  • Production Country: Canada
  • iTunes Price: GBP 2.99
  • iTunes Rent Price: GBP 1.99
6.458/10
6.458
From 606 Ratings

Description

Controversial shock-jock Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie, Watchmen) has been kicked-off the Big City airwaves and is now the early morning host at small-town CLSY Radio in sleepy Pontypool, Ontario. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations quickly turns deadly when reports start piling in of people developing strange speech patterns and committing horrendous acts. But theres nothing coming in on the news wires. Is this really happening? Before long, Grant and the station staff find themselves trapped as they discover the insane behaviour taking over the town is actually a deadly virus spread through language itself. Do they stay on air in hope of being rescued or are they providing the virus with its ultimate leap over the airwaves and beyond?

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  • For horror afficionados

    5
    By mykl_london
    This is a terrific movie. It is a new kind of Zombie film. No scares just a great story. Story, Story. Story. Story. Story, Story. Story. Story. Story, Story. Story. Story...
  • Not your average outbreak movie.

    4
    By Fluffykeith
    First off, if you're looking for lashings of gore, people being torn apart by ravening hordes...this isn't going to work for you. If you're looking for a clever, claustrophobic film about a new kind of virus, with an interesting concept, then this IS going to work for you. Theres some gore, not much but the best horror movies aren't about gore anyway. What it does have is a novel idea and some strong performances.

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