A claustrophobic blend of high-concept scares and zombie terror.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 5, 2023

it has so many cool vibes to it... it's actually really clever.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 11, 2021

An original story. Strong performances, particularly from Stephen McHattie. A film that prays on innermost fears of society and individuals. Frightening. Terrifying. Thought provoking.

| Nov 13, 2019

An all-time great zombie film.

| Jan 19, 2019

It's when our grasping for digestible concepts, clear causality, or anything resembling resolution is as thwarted as the characters' struggle to articulate or take action, that we're in the best position to absorb Pontypool's full impact.

| Mar 27, 2018

I liked it, with some reservations.

| Dec 16, 2017

Pontypool's very resonant, localized fright, is to make sense of - to define - the inexplicable.

| Aug 23, 2017

Pontypool has an awful lot going for it. It's technically well made, well acted, creepy, funny, and weird. It's the kind of movie that, if it's seen in the right place and right time, can really have an effect on you.

| Jun 24, 2017

Tightly scripted (Tony Burgess) and directed (Bruce McDonald), but Stephen McHattie's Mazzy is the star!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2016

A winning combination of shuddery suspense and intelligent observations.

| Aug 9, 2010

As a horror fan, this high-minded Talk Radio of the Living Dead left me as cold as a Pontypool winter.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 6, 2010

Its a mighty strange beast, an intellectual B-movie that offers equal parts semiotics and projectile gore.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 30, 2010

Laurie Anderson would be proud: language is a virus in [this] zombie(-esque) thriller set almost entirely within the walls of a basement radio station.

| Jan 27, 2010

Interesting zombie flick. A little too claustrophobic with all of the scenes in a makeshift radio station. Too much description and not enough action, almost like War of the World's radio broadcast. Still, worth watching once. Paul Chambers, CNN.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 15, 2010

This year Canada's PONTYPOOL ranks as high as any United States science fiction films I have seen.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 7, 2010

This low-budget picture is a little too claustrophobic, and it grows tedious. The ominous, overbearing musical score tries but fails to jack up the tension.

Full Review | Dec 17, 2009

An entertaining cerebral chiller.

| Original Score: B | Nov 8, 2009

Compellingly apocalyptic.

| Oct 20, 2009

An original take on genre movies of its kind.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 20, 2009

Inventive and genuinely suspenseful, this is a welcome addition to the expanding zombie/virus canon.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 16, 2009