Pontypool
“Shut up or die.”
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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Cast
16 people
Stephen McHattie
Grant Mazzy
Known for
300
Watchmen
Daniel Park
Conversationalist
Lisa Houle
Sydney Briar
Also in
Ejecta
Dreamland
Georgina Reilly
Laurel-Ann Drummond
Known for
Murdoch Mysteries
Quantum Leap
Hrant Alianak
Dr. Mendez
Known for
XIII
My Babysitter's a Vampire
Rick Roberts
Ken Loney (voice)
Known for
The Company
Transplant
Daniel Fathers
Nigel Healing
Known for
The Witcher: Blood Origin
The Void
Beatriz Yuste
Nancy Freethy
Known for
Rabbit Hole
Vladimir
Boyd Banks
Jay (Osama)
Known for
11.22.63
Dawn of the Dead
Hannah Fleming
Maureen (Farraj)
Also in
Silent Hill
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Laura Nordin
Spooky Woman
Also in
The Listener
La vie à mains nues
Rachel Burns
Colleen (Daud)
Bruce McDonald Director · Tony Burgess Writer Claude Foisy Composer
Worldwide gross $32K · Budget $1.5M · United States release May 29, 2009
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Worldwide gross
$32,000
Production
Ponty Up Pictures
Production
Shadow Shows
Production
IFC Films
Studio
Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Armenian · English · French
Release dates
Canada · September 6, 2008
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Canada · March 6, 2009
Theatrical · Toronto
United States · May 29, 2009
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · January 26, 2010
Physical · DVD
United States
March 14, 2009 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film Festival
October 10, 2009 · Premiere · Indie Memphis Film Festival
Brazil
January 25, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Canada
September 26, 2008 · Premiere · Edmonton International Film Festival
July 21, 2009 · Physical · DVD
France
September 5, 2010 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
November 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Germany
September 19, 2009 · Premiere · Oldenburg International Film Festival
November 13, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
November 12, 2009 · Digital
Poland
July 25, 2009 · Digital
United Kingdom
June 26, 2009 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
October 16, 2009 · Theatrical
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