When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
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Stephen McHattie
Grant Mazzy
Lisa Houle
Sydney Briar
Georgina Reilly
Laurel-Ann Drummond
Hrant Alianak
Dr. Mendez
Rick Roberts
Ken Loney (voice)
Daniel Fathers
Nigel Healing
Beatriz Yuste
Nancy Freethy
Boyd Banks
Jay (Osama)
Hannah Fleming
Maureen (Farraj)
Laura Nordin
Spooky Woman
Director
Bruce McDonald
Tagline
"Shut up or die."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,500,000
Revenue
$32,000
Production
Ponty Up Pictures, Shadow Shows
Oldnewbie
July 11, 2017
Upon watching this film for a second time I realized just how much it reminded me of the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast Orson Welles aired in 1939. With just the medium of radio he successfully created an atmosphere of panic so real people listening (who had not caught the beginning where it stated that the following was a radio drama) fled their homes thinking aliens from Mars had inv...
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