Valentine's Day is off to a bizarre start for a radio shock-jock when he runs into a crazed woman on his way to work -- and that's only the beginning. Soon, scores of other people in the small Ontario town of Pontypool start acting awfully odd.
Trapped inside a radio station, a late night dj and his crew report on what begins as an angry mob and devolves into the makings of a zombie attack. With reports from Ben, their man on the street, the tensions rise as we learn more about the mob and their actions. They look wild eyed and they seem to be eating people. Also they are all saying one word. Still in the dark, the terror hits home when one of their own is infected in the studio, yet a doctor appears and sheds light on the situation. His theory is that the virus is in words and it is spread when that word is spoken and understood. Thing is, it could be any word.
Pontypool definitely adds something new to the genre. A zombie tale that grips you solely via words, then transforms into a zombie tale where the virus is spread by words. The spoken word theme is constant throughout the film and it remains engaging.
Violence? One scene
Explosions? Off camera
Nudity? No
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