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classichorrorblog · 7 months

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10 Overlooked 2000s Horror Movies To Consider For October/Halloween

#Horror #Filmedit #Horroredit #Bubba Ho-Tep #Frailty #The Gravedancers #LO #The Loved Ones #May #Pontypool #The Skeleton Key #Windchill #The Woods #CHB #2000s

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goryhorroor · 7 months

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day 9 of horror: canadian horror

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theotherhappyplace · 1 year

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Someone on Twitter said what if the Horror movie Pontypool was remade with Frasier and I immediately had to make these

#pontypool #frasier #Fraiserpool #I don't know who would be Carol Anne.#Also please add to this if you want to make more

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forthegothicheroine · 8 months

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30 Days of Horror, Day 13- favorite zombie movie

Pontypool (2008)

"This is Grant Mazzy for CLSY radio nowhere, and I'm still here, you cocksuckers!"

#pontypool #horror movies #30 days of horror

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awkwardsonicphotos · 2 years

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This one off IDW comic is just Pontypool.

#i only know this movie because my husband loves it #it all takes place in one location and never leaves lol #sonic the hedgehog #idw sonic #Pontypool

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connecticut-turnpike · 6 months

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Pontypool (2008) dir. Bruce McDonald

#augh #scenes that i think about a lot #00s #horror #pontypool

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razzek · 7 months

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Look, I'm not kidding about how much I love this movie. When I was an artist for a Metalocalypse horror film zine (Snuff Films) my first piece idea was immediately Pontypool. XD

#metalocalypse #pickles the drummer #dethklok #murderface #william murderface #nathan explosion #toki wartooth #skwisgaar skwigelf #magnus hammersmith #charles foster offdensen #pontypool #tw blood #blood #zombies

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bogleech · 2 years

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I’ve amassed a pretty decent list of monster movies to potentially review now based on them having exceptionally original, strange monsters that challenge conventional tropes. To give you an idea of what my parameters are: no carnivorous plants, fungi, slimes, insect creatures, undead or any parasites easily explainable by evolution even made the cut. Some of the things that did make the cut and are real movies include the collective consciousness of television media, a viral mutation of the english language, something hypothesized to be microscopic extradimensional beings channeled through water, and an apartment that gives blowjobs. None of these are played for schlock or comedy, either.

#in order they are:#await further instructions #pontypool #terrified #and deep dark

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redacted-metallum · 6 months

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Im most of the way done with Pontypool and im just. H. Bugs. Bugs in my head.

The words. The words are the infection. Language is the vector. It can't take effect if it's not understood. There's. There's connections.

Do you see. Do you understand.

Have you. Have you found the Yellow Sign.

#revs thoughts #cthulhu mythos #the king in yellow #hastur #pontypool #horror

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webbywatcheshorror · 1 month

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Pontypool (2008)

Pontypool, based off of the 1995 novel 'Pontypool Changes Everything' by Tony Burgess, is a story about a small group of people trapped inside a radio station, desperately trying to find out the truth of the madness that's transforming the world around them. It's also about hope, about learning to care about others, and about the coolest zombie virus concept I have ever heard of.

It bears a lot of similarities to the 2023 game Killer Frequency- a disgraced former big-shot radio host who's been relocated to a small town, a station producer trying to reign him in and keep things on track, and a terror that unfolds right outside their doors that, at first, they only hear about through callers. There's even a reference to it in the game- I can't imagine it's a coincidence that there's a character named Ponty who features repeatedly.

Review under the cut, and as always, beasties and ghouls, there will be SPOILERS AHEAD!

Pontypool is an unusual entry into the zombie/virus outbreak subgenre. Many of the typical hallmarks are not featured- there's very little gore, no hero with a gun, and with only a small handful of characters, there's no Death Fodder.

It does, however, feature a scattering of details that enhance the experience on subsequent viewings- Grant Mazzy's encounter with the strange woman before he gets to work becomes more chilling as it becomes clear that the virus has spread that far before the characters even know it exists.

The tension builds slowly, coming in the form of calls from listeners and their 'field agent' Ken. Strange things are afoot in Pontypool, with people chanting nonsense, usual callers not reaching out, and employees pulling no-call no-shows, but it's hard to verify any of the claims when they have no visual confirmation.

Pontypool uses the isolation of the radio station and the uncertainty of the truth to create its horror, along with very good sound design, and does a fantastic job of making you need to know what's going on- viewers can intuit that it's a zombie outbreak, but its not the usual type. There's a mob, but they're not out to eat the living, and they retain their powers of speech.

And worse- this virus does not spread through contact with an infected person. It seems to manifest spontaneously, starting with the afflicted seeming to get stuck on a word or mimicking sounds around them before it starts to take over.

You see, it spreads through something much harder to fight off- the spoken word itself is the carrier, and the virus takes hold through the carrier's comprehension. Certain words are identified as being more likely candidates for carrying the infection, such as terms of endearment or philosophical and religious discussion, but anything could be a trigger- but only in English.

An infected individual is compelled to speak their trigger word, even as they try to stop themselves from it. Switching languages, once infected, will slow but not stop the virus as it copies itself through the host's comprehension. It starts subtle, but then rapidly takes over, scrambling the host's brain and attempting to jump into another host in any way it can.

The concept is so fascinating to me. How do you fight comprehension? How do you stop understanding what you're saying? I mean, I do it all the time, but not on purpose- trying to deliberately NOT understand something is a bit like trying not to think of pink elephants, right? Fighting against your own brain, against your own understanding, is hard enough without a virus upping the difficulty.

So how can you fight back? You kill the word that's killing you. You take the word and you break it, you make it mean something else, you take kill and make it mean kiss. You take the sense and remove it.

There are several chilling moments in this movie, with my favorite one being the scene where they're reading a translated warning over the air that describes how the virus takes hold and ends in "Please avoid the English language. Please do not translate this message." It's just so simple and effective, especially the look of realization on Grant's face as he finishes reading the translation.

Another way Pontypool differs from the usual zombie movie formula is the small cast, as I mentioned before. When we lose a character, it's more personal. Even the loss of Ken, who never appears on screen, is felt as we hear him succumb to the infection. When Laurel-Ann is infected, it's even sadder, watching her go from realizing there's something wrong with her to endlessly slamming herself into the door until she collapses.

Pontypool is not a story about action heroes. It's not about overcoming hordes of undead. It's about hope. The radio station itself is called The Beacon, and it's through this beacon that our protagonists try their best to deliver that hope. The doctor sacrifices himself to keep Grant and Sydney safe, in the hopes that they can survive. Grant sends out the message 'Sydney Briar is Alive' in the hope that the infected will echo it far enough so that her family knows she's safe.

Grant and Sydney spend their last living moments broadcasting what sounds like incomprehensible gibberish in the hope that, even if they don't make it, someone will hear it and be saved. That maybe someone else can find the sense in the senseless.

The credits reveal that, sadly, the infection still spreads, but Grant's name does, too. There's still hope that someone can hear his final message.

Pontypool delivers a new kind of zombie film experience, one I have enjoyed repeatedly and recommend at every opportunity. I give it ten outta ten ghosts- the tension delivers, the concept is unique and creative, and Stephen McHattie's radio voice is superb. I've said it before and I'll say it again, please watch this movie.

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#webbywatcheshorror #movie review #webbyreviewshorror #horror movies #pontypool #zombie movies #killer frequency #sydney briar #grant mazzy #stephen mchattie #lisa houle #georgina reilly

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hesawifebeaterdanusethegun · 5 months

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Currently watching Pontypool (2008)

#pontypool #horror #horror movies

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classichorrorblog · 1 year

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Pontypool (2008)

#Horror #Pontypool #Bruce McDonald #Stephen McHattie #Lisa Houle #Screencaps #2008 #2000s

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goryhorroor · 1 year

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horror sub-genres • virus horror

virus horror is a sub-genre that defines itself differently than zombie horror. this sub-genre toys with people’s fear of sickness/parasites and the devestating outcome that it could have on society.

#ok yea 28 days later is on here that's cause i mistakinly labelled it as a zombie film but give me a break they look really close to zombies #but still my mistake #they don't technically die when they turn more like their rage is amplified #horror #horror movies #horror sub-genres #the crazies #the sadness #bird box #pontypool #planet terror #28 days later #slither #cabin fever #carriers #i am legend

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arr-jim-lad · 8 months

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just watched Pontypool and i can definitely say it's a hidden gem among zombie and thriller movies.

the movie doesn't have much action or jumpscares, and takes place entirely within a radio station during a (very unique) zombie outbreak

if that premise sounds even remotely interesting to you, i strongly recommend it

#pontypool #movies

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molkolsdal · 6 months

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