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Pontypool

2 Ratings: 3.0

A movie directed by Bruce McDonald

GRADE: A. One-of-a-kind zombie film. --Entertainment Weekly

Tags: Movies, Horror, Suspense, Thriller

Cast: Hrant Alianak, Stephen McHattie, Rick Roberts, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly

Director: Bruce McDonald

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review by ryguy4738. April 29, 2012

posted in Movie Hype

Radio silence in a solid Canadian zombie flick that utilizes the slow-burn effect.

*** out of **** I was not aware that there was really a small town in Ontario, Canada called Pontypool until I saw the movie of the same name. There is also a Pontypool located in North Wales, but you know which one I'm talking about when I say that this is a Canadian horror film. I don't suppose the Pontypool of Ontario is very populated, although it might still be lively. It's such a tiny and seldom spoken of town that one could remember the houses and local businesses by … more

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review by nateandersen. October 31, 2009

posted in Movie Hype

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the radio....a scary, low-budget Canadian re-invention of the zombie thriller

While broadcasting his daily show from the local radio station in the small Ontario town of Pontypool, shock jock Grant Mazzy discovers some strange things going on. As he reports on the infestation of a strange virus that leads local residents to behave violently, he comes to suspect that he is himself spreading it through his words. Pontypool is a small and deceptively simple film, that takes place almost entirely inside a local radio studio, but manages to feel dynamic … more

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