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Pontypool
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.
2009 · Directed by Bruce McDonald · 96 min · Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction · 8 frames
Tagline
Shut up or die.
Crew
- Written by: Tony Burgess
- Cinematography: Mirosław Baszak
- Edited by: Jeremiah Munce
- Music: Claude Foisy
- Production design: Lea Carlson
- Produced by: Ambrose Roche, Jeffrey Coghlan
Cast
- 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 (voice)
- Daniel Fathers as Nigel Healing
- Beatriz Yuste as Nancy Freethy
- Boyd Banks as Jay (Osama)
- Hannah Fleming as Maureen (Farraj)
- Laura Nordin as Spooky Woman
Production
- Country: Canada
- Language: Armenian, English, French
- Studios: Ponty Up Pictures, Shadow Shows
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box office: $32,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, winter, radio station, disc jockey, survival, zombie, fear, ontario, canada, radio broadcast, talk radio
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