Review of Pontypool (2009) by A.d. V — 06 Dec 2009

I think that due to the fact everyone said it was too slow and/or boring helped me prepare for it. Alot of the same people said the same thing about House of the Devil that I just watched before this and I quite enjoyed that so I decided to give it a try.

Again it seems I seem to be in the minority because I quite liked the claustrophobic feel and the slow build up of tension and anarchy that came through from incoming phone calls to the radio station.

I guess it also helped that I've worked in a broadcast for a few years and could better identify with both the setting and the characters working in a low budget radio show.

Another big plus is Stephen McHattie who creates an instantly likeable, grumpy rebellious DJ and without him I don't believe the film would have worked as well as it did considering the really out there but highly original "virus" story.

And then there's the ending. The very, very post credits ending that I thought was just the icing on the cake. Many people have different opinions about what it meant and personally I think mine's the best.