Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Pontypool
Pontypool

Pontypool

Shut up or die.

Genres

HorrorMysteryScience Fiction

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$1500000

Revenue

$32000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

6.457/10

Release Date

06 March 2009

Country

Canada

Cast

Stephen McHattie

Stephen McHattie

Grant Mazzy

Lisa Houle

Lisa Houle

Sydney Briar

Georgina Reilly

Georgina Reilly

Laurel-Ann Drummond

Hrant Alianak

Hrant Alianak

Dr. Mendez

Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts

Ken Loney (voice)

Daniel Fathers

Daniel Fathers

Nigel Healing

Beatriz Yuste

Beatriz Yuste

Nancy Freethy

Boyd Banks

Boyd Banks

Jay (Osama)

Hannah Fleming

Hannah Fleming

Maureen (Farraj)

Laura Nordin

Laura Nordin

Spooky Woman

Rachel Burns

Rachel Burns

Colleen (Daud)

Tony Burgess

Tony Burgess

Tony (Lawrence)

Louis Negin

Louis Negin

Conversationalist

Diane Gordon

Diane Gordon

Conversationalist

Daniel Junghuan Park

Daniel Junghuan Park

Conversationalist

Similar Movies

5.7

Mistrz tańca

April 1969 •Polish

A mysterious man takes a writer back to the 19th century, where they meet Death.

6.0

Murder!

July 1930 •English

When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the jurors selected to serve on the murder-trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes it upon himself to apprehend the real killer.

6.5

Witchfinder General

May 1968 •English

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

7.0

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

February 2010 •English

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

7.0

Rewrite

June 2025 •Japanese

Yasuhiko is a transfer student to a classroom with Miyuki. She barely notices him until he suddenly appears before her in the library. The truth comes out: Yasuhiko is from the future. Bound by this special secret, they become closer and closer. Yasuhiko reveals that this trip is inspired by a book from Miyuki’s era, a book, she later learns from her future self, that she authored. On the day of his departure, Miyuki makes a promise, that she will write that novel to treasure this unforgettable summer, just as her future self says. Ten years later, the book is about to be published. As Miyuki waits to reunite with her past self, nothing happens! Did something go wrong in the past? Are there more secrets to come?

5.7

The Ultimate Warrior

October 1975 •English

Only a few people still live in New York in 2012. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.

6.3

Affliction

December 1997 •English

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

7.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

December 1939 •English

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

6.3

Cop

February 1988 •English

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

6.8

Ju-on: The Curse

February 2000 •Japanese

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

7.5

The Incredible Shrinking Man

February 1957 •English

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

3.8

Night of the Zombies

June 1981 •English

Investigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are suspected to be deserters from the old U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. Not to be confused with the 1980 Italian film of the same name (in USA).

6.6

Tales of Terror

July 1962 •English

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

6.4

The Sadist

April 1963 •English

Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.

5.8

The Grapes of Death

July 1978 •French

A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.

6.7

The Unsuspected

October 1947 •English

The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.

4.2

Giallo

March 2010 •Italian

In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

0.0

The Third Parent

February 2026 •English

A neighborhood Fourth of July celebration is interrupted by a ferociously bizarre anomaly who overpowers a family in order to teach them how to become better people and more compliant citizens.

0.0

The Apocalypse will be Automated

December 2019 •English

In the year 2021, a virus wreaks havoc in Melbourne. Quarantine is established as recently-dead roam the streets. Three friends make a run for it, using all the technology at their disposal.

6.3

Treasure Planet

May 1982 •Bulgarian

Adventurer Felipe ventures on a quest with Commander Smollet to stop a villain in search of a gem that will restore life on Earth.