Pontypool
“Shut up or die.”
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Studio
Ponty Up Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Pontypool performed
Budget
$1.5M
Worldwide Gross
$32,000
Gross Profit
−$1.5M
Return
0.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~44/56, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (45% of the domestic run, typical for Horror) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Grant Mazzy
Stephen McHattie
Grant Mazzy
Sydney Briar
Lisa Houle
Sydney Briar
Laurel-Ann Drummond
Georgina Reilly
Laurel-Ann Drummond
Dr. Mendez
Hrant Alianak
Dr. Mendez
Ken Loney (voice)
Rick Roberts
Ken Loney (voice)
Nigel Healing
Daniel Fathers
Nigel Healing
Nancy Freethy
Beatriz Yuste
Nancy Freethy
Jay (Osama)
Boyd Banks
Jay (Osama)
Maureen (Farraj)
Hannah Fleming
Maureen (Farraj)
Spooky Woman
Laura Nordin
Spooky Woman
Colleen (Daud)
Rachel Burns
Colleen (Daud)
Tony (Lawrence)
Tony Burgess
Tony (Lawrence)
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