Pontypool (film)

"Pontypool" is directed by Bruce McDonald and based on Tony Burgess' book "Pontypool Changes Everything".

Infobox Film
show_name = Pontypool
format = Horror, Thriller
runtime = 95 minutes
directed by = Bruce McDonald
starring = Stephen McHattie
Lisa Houle
Georgina Reilly
Hrant Alianak
Rick Roberts
Boyd Banks
Tony Burgess
Rachel Burns
country = Flagicon|Canada Canada|

Plot

Set in a radio station in Pontypool where the morning team starts taking reports of extreme, bloody incidents of violence occurring in town. As the story unfolds, the radio staff soon realizes the violence that is ripping society apart is due to a virus being spread through the English language. That in turn poses a problem for a yappy radio jock and his staff holed up in the broadcast booth housed in the basement of the town's abandoned church as a slaughter rages beyond its walls.

*Description of the Zombie virus by Bruce McDonald:"There are three stages to this to this virus. The first stage is you might begin to repeat a word. Something gets stuck. And usually it's words that are terms of endearment like sweetheart or honey. The second stage is your language becomes scrambled and you can't express yourself properly. The third stage you become so distraught at your condition that the only way out situation you feel, as an infected person, is to try and chew your way through the mouth of another person."

Cast

*Stephen McHattie ... Grant Mazzy
*Lisa Houle ... Sydney Briar
*Georgina Reilly ... Laurel Ann
*Hrant Alianak ... Dr. Mendez
*Rick Roberts ... Ken Loney
*Boyd Banks ... Jay / Osama
*Tony Burgess ... Tony / Lawrence
*Rachel Burns ... Colin / Daud

Info

*Also Known As: Pontypool Changes Everything
*Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release
*Genres: Suspense/Horror and Thriller
*Running Time: 1 hr. 35 min.
*Production Co.: Shadow Shows Entertainment Corporation
*Filming Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*Produced in: Canada

References

IMDB: Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226681/ Retrieved: "Sept 25th 2008"
*http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2008/08/26/Bruce-McDonald-describes-infected-in-PONTYPOOL Retrieved: "Sept 27th 2008"