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Overview
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Writer:
Tony Burgess (written by)
Release Date:
18 September 2009 (Turkey)
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Tagline:
Shut Up Or Die more
Plot:
A psychological thriller in which a deadly virus infects a small Ontario town. | full synopsis
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Pontypool Coming to DVD Next January
(From HugAZombie. 11 November 2009, 2:16 AM, PST)
DVD horror news #1: Pontypool, Hard Revenge Milly, Lost Skeleton, etc.
(From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 12:42 PM, PST)
(From HugAZombie. 11 November 2009, 2:16 AM, PST)
DVD horror news #1: Pontypool, Hard Revenge Milly, Lost Skeleton, etc.
(From Fangoria. 6 November 2009, 12:42 PM, PST)
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Zombiegeddon with a scholarly slant.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 (voice) |
 | Beatriz Yuste | ... | Nancy Freethy |
| Tony Burgess | ... | Tony / Lawrence |
 | Boyd Banks | ... | Jay / Osama |
 | Hannah Fleming | ... | Maureen / Faraj |
| Rachel Burns | ... | Colin / Daud |
 | Laura Nordin | ... | Spooky Woman |
| Louis Negin | ... | Conversationalist |
| Diane Gordon | ... | Conversationalist |
 | Daniel Park | ... | Conversationalist |
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Canada:95 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
South Korea:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:Not Rated
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Grant Mazzy: Mrs. French's cat is missing. The signs are posted all over town. "Have you seen Honey?" We've all seen the posters, but nobody has seen Honey the cat. Nobody. Until last Thursday morning, when Miss Colette Piscine swerved her car to miss Honey the cat as she drove across a bridge...
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Grant Mazzy: Mrs. French's cat is missing. The signs are posted all over town. "Have you seen Honey?" We've all seen the posters, but nobody has seen Honey the cat. Nobody. Until last Thursday morning, when Miss Colette Piscine swerved her car to miss Honey the cat as she drove across a bridge...
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A radio talk-show host, his co-host, and their young tech girl are live on the air while a bizarre crisis is emerging in the very town they're broadcasting from. It seems that people are being attacked by large groups of maniacs who are constantly repeating various bits of random babble. When our protagonists realize the nature of the mass hysteria(that certain words in the English language are infected by some mysterious virus), an entirely new dilemma takes root...how to communicate with each other and tell the outside world about what's happening without the risk of infecting them, themselves, and each other. The resolve is satisfactory, if a tad on the anticlimactic side.
Fresh ideas with crisp direction and able performances...this is a smart-thinking' horror film, although one which may have some trouble finding an appreciative audience. Thrill-seekers and goremongers should be alerted...this one might not be to your liking. 6/10