Pontypool (2008)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
Canada
Directed by: Bruce McDonald
Stars: Stephen McHattie, Georgina Reilly and Lisa Houle
IMDb score:
6,5 (38.219)
Releasedate: 6 March 2009
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Pontypool plot
"Shut up or die."
Grant works at a radio station, which broadcasts from the basement of the church in the small town of Pontypool. What begins as a boring workday for Grant turns into a nightmare when Grant and his colleagues get stuck. They find out that there is a deadly virus.
Actors and actresses
Grant Mazzy
Sydney Briar
Laurel-Ann Drummond
Dr. Mendez
Ken Loney (voice)
Nigel Healing
Nancy Freethy
Jay (Osama)
Maureen (Farraj)
Spooky Woman
Reviews & comments
K. V.
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- 4376 messages
- 3777 votes
Watched this once and it is a remarkable, yet original zombie film. The film is largely set in a radio studio, but still manages to be quite captivating.
The cast didn't do too badly.
The film certainly shouldn't have big scenes, because there aren't really any, so it certainly hasn't become a standard zombie film.
I didn't think it was wrong, but I think one viewing is enough, because there was something too little happening. Be sure to stick around until after the credits, because there's something else to come, but it was something special 
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Not bad and not good.
I thought it was a bit of a missed opportunity and a film that tries very hard to come up with an original concept. But, in the end it works reasonably well, it just doesn't really come across that way. Especially because especially the dialogues about the whole problem are original.
But the horror itself is mostly out of the picture, surprisingly enough. And that's a shame, because the first 45 minutes work towards an exciting story. But once it comes, it is quite disappointing and the film turns into a simple zombie-like film.
Moreover, the film always has something special that is beneficial, but shows too little of it. And even if it's vague, it's that vagueness that keeps this film interesting. But then when it has to come, the film takes a step back.
Towards the end it is therefore quite tiring and you have actually seen it. Although the film is bursting with funny ideas. Who ever seen a virus through speech? Or maybe it was something else.. That mystery is what keeps the film watchable.
But it's a shame, and maybe it's because of the budget, that the film doesn't show enough of the whole problem. It's a shame, because the film is bursting with potential and has strong actors and actresses. But it doesn't score in the areas that were needed.
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Woland
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- 4809 messages
- 3825 votes
Distinctive low-budget film, set almost entirely in a single location: a radio studio during a sort of outbreak of what at first looks like mass hysteria. But it soon turns out to be a zombie outbreak, spreading through language. Now I've watched a lot of Doctor Who and I'm familiar with weird ideas, but this is also one of them . For a film in which very little happens, I did look reasonably fascinated, with after more than an hour actually ten minutes of real zombies. Excellent acting too, but in the end it was the fact that (except for the above ten minutes) really everything from stories can be heard and not seen, it is a bit tiring. And the final solution from our DJs, well, I also thought that was a bit far-fetched. Still compliments for how a lot can be done in one location and with mainly suggestion (although that studio girl who went flipping at some point was also well done). I can get enough of it, but not much more.
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