One of the things that often helps horror movies is when certain moments and images are left up to the imagination. If something is left up to the imagination rather than being displayed (however graphically) by the camera, it’s a lot creepier because each individual viewer is going to picture the horrific image in a different way depending on what he/she finds scary. This is why it’s so great... read more
Description:Shock jock Grant Mazzy has, once again, been kicked-off the Big City airwaves and now the only job he can get is the early morning show at CLSY Radio in the small town of Pontypool which broadcasts from the basement of the small town’s only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations, due to yet another masShock jock Grant Mazzy has, once again, been kicked-off the Big City airwaves and now the only job he can get is the early morning show at CLSY Radio in the small town of Pontypool which broadcasts from the basement of the small town’s only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations, due to yet another massive snow storm, quickly turns deadly. Bizarre reports start piling in of people developing strange speech patterns and evoking horrendous acts of violence. But there’s nothing coming in on the news wires. So… is this really happening?... (more)(less)
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An original idea for an infection & the fact that most of the carnage is left to the imagination makes this one well worth watching. You may never listen to radio the same afterward.
Featured zombie type: Virus-infected. Flesh eater yes, but it's unclear if there's any re-animation."
“One of the things that often helps horror movies is when certain moments and images are left up to the imagination. If something is left up to the ima”
blue_skies added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago
"25.04.
PC/TV, 1st viewing
DIRECTED BY Bruce McDonald
This film showcases magnificently the H.P. Lovecraft quote:
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown
The first half of Pontypool is stupendous. A refreshing take on the zombie genre as all we see very long into the movie is a radio station, its three workers and the disturbing hints concerning the outside world.
But yeah, as soon as the unknown is explained by a p"
Suspiria98 added this to a list 2 months, 1 week ago
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April 6th: Instant Watch, computer
Overall opinion: Awesome
Stephen King once wrote that he tried to create a radio show on a scale of Orson Welles' adaptation of War of the Worlds. After many attempts he came to the conclusion that radio is a lost art. I dunno if it really is, but this movie Pontypool came off, to me, as the great horror radio show that never was, that King might have been imagining. It just so happens it's in movie form, and while the film side of it isn't the best (chara"
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago
"First viewing - March 18th/19th
The idea behind this film & the first hour or so definitely make this one well worth watching in my opinion. I deeply appreciated the fact that most of the violence & bloodshed was left off-screen to be told by various characters so that I had to use my imagination instead of being shown everything. It worked far better to ratchet up the tension than the typical approach. I also loved the way it's set which lends a feeling of claustrophobia to the proceedings. Th"
"The opening dialogue just sets the mood really well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FyIJlu_2TY
also I love the way the word Typo appears as Pontypool gradually appears"
"7.6.13 blu-ray (rewatch)
9.1.13 pc
This film has a funny idea, I did not really know what to expect when I started watching this :D Just a great film though, I really recommend watching this."
"In the snowy small town of Pontypool, there's something in the air colder than the winter chill.
Something that's transforming all the townspeople into the walking dead.
A different take on the zombie genre, that for me personally stretches a bit thin in terms of believeabilty (even with the buffer of suspended belief}, but still, the efforts in it's unique approach {along with Stephen McHattie's strong camera presence) was enough to warrent a place on this list.
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