Episode 294 · Film year 2008
Pontypool (2008)
- Special Guests
- Bruce McDonald, Tony Burgess
- Guest Co-Host
- Maurice Bursztynski
Show notes
Mrs. French's cat is missing.
In a rather different take on the typical zombie story, Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (2008) has the English language as the infectious agent which drives people mad. Written by Tony Burgess (and based on his novel, Pontypool Changes Everything), the film stars Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy, a shock jock from the big city now working in backwater Ontario with his audio engineer Laurel-Ann (Georgina Reilly) and producer Syndey Briar (Lisa Houle).
Mike discusses Pontypool with See Hear (opens in a new tab)'s Maurice Bursztynski.
In a rather different take on the typical zombie story, Bruce McDonald's Pontypool (2008) has the English language as the infectious agent which drives people mad. Written by Tony Burgess (and based on his novel, Pontypool Changes Everything), the film stars Stephen McHattie as Grant Mazzy, a shock jock from the big city now working in backwater Ontario with his audio engineer Laurel-Ann (Georgina Reilly) and producer Syndey Briar (Lisa Houle).
Mike discusses Pontypool with See Hear (opens in a new tab)'s Maurice Bursztynski.
Labels: Bruce McDonald Maurice Bursztynski See Hear Podcast Stephen McHattie Tony Burgess
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Music credits
- "English is Infected" - Claude Foisy
- "Words" - Missing Persons
- "Talk Talk" - Talk Talk
- "No More Words" - Berlin
Links & resources
- Buy Pontypool on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess (opens in a new tab)
- Buy the audio version of Pontypool Changes Everything (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the CBC Radio Play (opens in a new tab)
- Claude Foisy (opens in a new tab)
- Bruce McDonald (opens in a new tab)
- Follow Tony Burgess on Twitter (opens in a new tab)
- Follow Bruce McDonald on Twitter (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to Maurice's band, the Ice Haloes (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to the Faculty of Horror Pontypool episode (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (1)
Grebo Truly one of my all-time favourite horror-films. Unique and tense as hell, with a wonderful performance by McHattie. Thank you for this in-depth Episode.