Pontypool poster

Pontypool( 2009)

TV-MAHorrorMysteryScience Fiction
65%
User
Score

Shut up or die.

Overview

When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Stephen McHattie

      Grant Mazzy

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      Lisa Houle

      Sydney Briar

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      Georgina Reilly

      Laurel-Ann Drummond

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      Hrant Alianak

      Dr. Mendez

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      Rick Roberts

      Ken Loney (voice)

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      Daniel Fathers

      Nigel Healing

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      Beatriz Yuste

      Nancy Freethy

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      Boyd Banks

      Jay (Osama)

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      Hannah Fleming

      Maureen (Farraj)

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      Laura Nordin

      Spooky Woman

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      Rachel Burns

      Colleen (Daud)

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      Tony Burgess

      Tony (Lawrence)

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      Louis Negin

      Conversationalist

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      Diane Gordon

      Conversationalist

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      Daniel Junghuan Park

      Conversationalist

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Oldnewbie

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    Written by Oldnewbie on Tue Jul 11 2017
    Upon watching this film for a second time I realized just how much it reminded me of the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast Orson Welles aired in 1939. With just the medium of radio he successfully created an atmosphere of panic so real people listening (who had not caught the beginning where it stated that the following was a radio drama) fled their homes thinking aliens from Mars had invaded Grovers Mill, New Jersey! "Pontypool" takes place almost exclusively inside a small radio station in the town of Pontypool, Ontario Canada. What starts out as an ordinary day slowly morphs into...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1500000.00

    Revenue

    32000.00

    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • winter
    • radio station
    • disc jockey
    • survival
    • zombie
    • fear
    • ontario, canada
    • radio broadcast
    • talk radio
    • zombie apocalypse
    • virus
    • trapped in building