Rotten
This low-budget picture is a little too claustrophobic, and it grows tedious. The ominous, overbearing musical score tries but fails to jack up the tension.
Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
Pontypool
Shut up or die.
2009 · 1h 37m · Not Rated
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Bruce McDonald
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.
Director and cast
- Bruce McDonald Director
- Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy
- Lisa Houle as Sydney Briar
- Georgina Reilly as Laurel-Ann Drummond
- Hrant Alianak as Dr. Mendez
- Rick Roberts as Ken Loney
- Daniel Fathers as Nigel Healing
- Beatriz Yuste as Nancy Freethy
- Boyd Banks as Jay (Osama)
- Hannah Fleming as Maureen (Farraj)
- Laura Nordin Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This cerebral horror movie plays Scrabble with the genre's cinematic lingo.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Rotten
However shrewdly contrived to keep its budget low, Pontypool, set almost entirely in a basement radio station, is a zombie flick sans bite.
Rob Nelson, Variety
Fresh
For a while, this claustrophobic little horror movie is a dark little treat.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
If you're a devotee of the deranged mind of Canadian indie auteur Bruce McDonald, then I can just tell you that he's made a horror movie (kind of) and that Pontypool is it.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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