Pontypool

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Pontypool
Review added by
David Beckett

Shut Up Or Die
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 97
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 25/01/2010
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
It appears to be just another humdrum winter's day in Pontypool, Ontario as shock-jock Grant Mazzy (McHattie) goes on air to present his morning phone-in radio show from a studio in the basement of the town's church. But amidst the minor news items regarding school bus cancellations and missing cats being reported by Mazzy's listening public and his "Eye in the Sky" reporter are a series of bizarre reports of local people developing strange speech patterns and committing acts of horrific violence. With no confirmation of these events on the official news wires, Mazzy, his producer (Houle) and assistant (Reilly) suspect an elaborate hoax is being played. However, it isn't long before the radio team realise that the reports are real and that something terrible is happening beyond the studio walls. Trapped inside the church as bloody chaos reigns outside, they must decide if they should stay on air in the hopes of being heard and eventually rescued, even though they suspect their broadcasts may be contributing to the madness infecting the residents of Pontypool.

Special Features:
• Director's Commentary
• Pontypool: The Radio Play
• 2 Short Films: Eve and Dada Dum
• Stills Gallery
• Trailers