Here’s an interesting little flick that features a somewhat familiar premise only with a freaky spin. It’s called PONTYPOOL (the name of the town in Ontario, Canada where the film takes place, above) and features something very strange as its main villain: the English language. Yes, you heard correctly. Some say that words kill, and this movie is looking to prove it. How, you ask? Take a peek at the plot and find out:
One day in a radio station in Pontypool, the morning team starts taking reports of extreme, bloody incidents of violence occurring in town. As the story unfolds, the radio staff soon realizes the violence that is ripping society apart is due to a virus being spread through the English language. That in turn poses a problem for a yappy radio jock and his staff holed up in the broadcast booth housed in the basement of the town’s abandoned church as a slaughter rages beyond its walls.
A virus in the English language? How the hell did that happen?! I’m definitely willing to check out the flick to find out. It does sound a little similar to Corben Berson’s DEAD AIR (which I last wrote about here), but the whole “language virus” thing just has me so damn curious. Maybe change up that confusing title, though.
PONTYPOOL was directed by Bruce McDonald, written by Tony Burgess, and stars Stephen McHattie, Daniel Fathers, Georgina Reilly, and Beatriz Yuste. It’s currently in production with principal photography being conducted in Toronto.
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