Pontypool (2009)

"God bug" - mad scientist Dr Mendes Wow! What a pleasant surprise this was.Or rather, what a disturbing, unsettling and downright creepy surprise it was.Never have I seen a 'zombie' film with such little violence and blood. In fact I can't recall any actual violence that I saw, other than poor Laurel-Ann trying too hard to get close to Mazzy. Even when Grant & Sydney have to beat one of the 'conversationalists' to death, we only see them stamping away from just above the victim.Interesting that they are to be called 'conversationalists' rather than 'zombies' according to director Bruce McDonald;"There are three stages to this virus. The first stage is you might begin to repeat a word. Something gets stuck. And usually it's words that are terms of endearment like sweetheart or honey. The second stage is your language becomes scrambled and you can't express yourself properly. The third stage you become so distraught at your condition that the only way out of the situation you feel, as an infected person, is to try and chew your way through the mouth of another person." Interview with Bruce McDonald I accept this but only to a certain extent. From stage one to two it's a credible step. But from scrambled words to eating faces is one biiiiiiiiiig leap!As is often the case with a good film, it got me thinking. The idea that a virus (or whatever you want to call it) can be transmitted through words is really novel but how did it originate....?Wonder if it's not biological/chemical weapons that whoever is the US's current number one enemy possesses but a toxic vocabulary?Or maybe nobody has yet mastered it and the Pentagon are working on it. They will have me 'removed' for going public and blowing the whistle on their little scam.

This was on a "to watch list" for awhile and I never got around to it. I did not know it was a Canadian flick (or I did when added to list but forgot) First I noticed that the picture quality is top notch then within 2 minutes I found out it was Canadian. (from the movie itself) Now I know you are wondering why I mentioned it being Canadian so much? Well, It is because I find the majority of Canadian movies low quality in almost every way. Boring and poorly made. Now yes there is a few Gems and I think this is one of those.The plot line gets thin around 3/4s through but by then I was committed to watching it. The plot however improbable is original and deserves a nod for that. I gave it an eight which is high but being an older Canadian movie I think most will enjoy this even if the ending is a tad..... Kilakis <---- watch movie for translation.

I know this film is old, only by a few years but definitely worth watching. I only found out about this last night. I downloaded this overnight & had to watch this when alone, my boyfriend won't even watch The Walking Dead. Any horror stuff he makes me watch when he's gone to bed. I started viewing this film not paying it much attention. After five minutes I was hooked. The whole film is almost set in the one place, a radio station. Our main characters are the talk radio DJ & his producer. With just the producers assistant helping the action comes mainly in to the station via calls in. The weather guy, a policeman, town residents contact them and they all try & workout what is happening in Pontypool. Over the course of the film they gradually start to put together a picture of events. Again the Canadian mindset is just as messed up as the Australians and thank the Lord they are.

Thanks to a friend that recommended this movie I got to see how amazing this underrated film is. As the horror genera plots are very saturated, this movie takes a new angle.I had no expectations at all nor did I read what it was about ,I saw it and it blew my mind, this movie feels more like an intellectual film rather than a simple horror movie as it makes you think and use you imagination, a lot of it is tell rather than show as you have to paint images in your mind to get an idea of what's going on, it builds more in suspense and tension instead of shocking visuals and gore. Think of a cross between Orson Wells war of the worlds and George Romero night of the living dead. It can feel claustrophobic at times as most of it takes place in a basement with a blizzard going out side, the cold tones and the dark surroundings with a creepy atmosphere are all over the place it keeps you wanting to find out what's out there.My explanation or trying to understand what's the virusThe virus is part of that world, is an invisible entity and dose undeniably exist, the characters are aware of it. A event just happened and we will never understand it, it's a phenomenon if it defies logic then we disbelieve in its existence, accepting things we will never fully know the answer it's unquestionably, it's simply just a fact. In actual history there's what we know and there's a lot of it we don't understand