Pontypool

“Shut up or die.”

6.5(693)20091h 36m

HorrorMysteryScience Fiction

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.

Director

Bruce McDonald

Budget

$1.5M

Revenue

$0.0M

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Cast

Stephen McHattie

Grant Mazzy

Lisa Houle

Sydney Briar

Georgina Reilly

Laurel-Ann Drummond

Hrant Alianak

Dr. Mendez

Rick Roberts

Ken Loney (voice)

Daniel Fathers

Nigel Healing

Beatriz Yuste

Nancy Freethy

Boyd Banks

Jay (Osama)

Hannah Fleming

Maureen (Farraj)

Laura Nordin

Spooky Woman

Rachel Burns

Colleen (Daud)

Tony Burgess

Tony (Lawrence)

Reviews

1 review

Oldnewbie

8y ago

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 inv...