PONTYPOOL (2008)

Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) is a big city shock radio DJ who’s lost his job and moved to the small Ontario town of Pontypool, where he rants about the day’s hot topics and frustrates his new station manager, Sydney (Lisa Houle). Nothing ever happens in Pontypool, so when Mazzy arrives at the station to start his show one wintry morning, he and his team are surprised by strange reports from town. The station’s tiny crew find themselves holed up in their church basement studio, trying to piece together what’s happening outside, as disturbing details pour in. Callers are making very little sense, and it seems like the English language itself is infected with a strange virus. Scary, spooky and suspenseful, Pontypool plays with words and meanings and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

“McDonald knows it’s the things you don’t see, but only imagine, that best chill the blood. A whistling tea kettle is more frightening than a million-dollar CGI effect.”
– Peter Howell, Toronto Star