2009 · horror · mystery · sci-fi
Pontypool
Directed by Bruce McDonald1h 36m2009
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.
Our read: Pontypool (2009) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · mystery · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured horror / mystery, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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