Pontypool

Saw this on 'Infections' episode of Eli Roth's History of Horror a while ago and I was intrigued by the concept. This is a genuinely unique zombie film anchored by a wonderful lead performance. An excellent example of how expertly written dialogue can work together with your imagination. The whole time I was thinking of many theories of what is really happening outside the place they're in. It's pretty incredible how much of a story they tell without showing anything. The minimal cast and set are utilized so astonishingly well and the claustrophobic nature of the single setting builds very well tension. Stephen McHattie has a wonderful voice and I fell in love instantly. Absolutely fantastic stuff.

fantastic movie, making use of the fear or the unknown and the "whats coming". Ive not been this creeped out and fascinated by a horror movie in ages. Camerawork and acting are tight and it kept me at the edge of the seat, wanting to find out more.

This showed up as a suggestion in my Netflix queue. The name made me think Netflix had gotten it wrong but nope. This was great. Some gore but not much it's mostly psychological horror and an interesting premise.

Very tense from start to finish!

A horror movie over the radio. A novel idea that is made believable in this movie through the excellent performance of Stephen McHattie. Good entertainment.

Pontypool had a good idea, jut not a good idea for a movie.

Which was unfortunate, because everything about this production was top-notch. The actors were amazing (Stephen McHattie in the lead was quite remarkable), the style of the film was very cool and the directing was flawless. Unfortunately, if the recipe isn't good, the cake won't be either, no matter how well you prepare it.

"Pontypool" is a tough one for me. This is yet another zombie movie...of sorts. I don't want to reveal why the zombie apocalypse occurs and I don't really think I bought into it entirely. I won't give it away but it was kind of interesting.

For a zombie movie though, "Pontypool" has practically zero gore. Normally I'm okay with that but this movie does such a great job of verbally painting the initial zombie attacks, I was disappointed that we didn't get a single peek at what was happening. The dialogue between the "on the street" reporter and radio shock-jock Grant Mazzy is near perfect and Mazzy's voice (compliments of Stephen McHattie) is so amazing that it made me long for just a look at what was going on in the little town of Pontypool. It reminded me of how much I would have liked to get a glimpse of the monsters that entered the Earth through a portal accidentally opened up by the military in the Darabont/King stunner "The Mist". But alas, we get no such scene and for some reason the "less is more" approach stops working for "Pontypool". Now, I liked this movie but even the attacking zombies are barely shown. It reeks of low budget film-making.

I don't fully understand the cause of the zombie infection. It's different than other movies but ultimately unclear and that's what doesn't work for me. Is this a clever shot at the talk radio industry? Is it a horror movie? Is it a tongue-in-cheek slap at zombie horror movies? I don't know.

It was okay. It's not boring like people say if you're a little patient. The beginning is pretty interesting. I liked the concept of [spoiler]contaminated words[/spoiler], it's refreshing for a zombie movie. The ending was meh though. Btw am i the only one thinking that [spoiler]the first contaminated word is "Pontypool" then each word people are bugging on become contaminated as well?[/spoiler]

This started well, but turned into a bad pantomime.
Just a strange trail mix of ideas and acting (the Dr.. was he meant to be straight out of rocky horror?) that ended up just being silly noise to me.

mawgad that was such a BS