Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) is a grumpy shock jock on radio in the small town of Pontypool. He runs across a crazy lady in the snow storm who seems to be speaking gibberish and then disappears. As he does his program with Sydney Briar (Lisa Houle) and producer Laurel-Ann Drummond (Georgina Reilly), strange local news start coming in. People are turning into violent maniacs, and it seems to be spreading through the use of language.
This is an interesting variation on the modern zombie from director Bruce McDonald and writer Tony Burgess. It starts like a modern day 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast. It's an intriguing start. When the disease gets to the radio station, it turns into a small zombie horror movie. I do have some question about the logic of the spread of the disease. And the resolution isn't thrilling and causes a lot of head scratching. Also I don't know what the brown-faced group is suppose to be, but it definitely isn't funny.
This is an interesting variation on the modern zombie from director Bruce McDonald and writer Tony Burgess. It starts like a modern day 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast. It's an intriguing start. When the disease gets to the radio station, it turns into a small zombie horror movie. I do have some question about the logic of the spread of the disease. And the resolution isn't thrilling and causes a lot of head scratching. Also I don't know what the brown-faced group is suppose to be, but it definitely isn't funny.