Pontypool, the acclaimed horror film from writer Tony Burgess and director Bruce Macdonald is set to make it’s UK DVD and Blu-ray debut early next year. The film is the story of:
…”Shock jock” Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie) who has, once again, been kicked-off the big city airwaves and now works at the only job he could get hosting the early morning show at CLSY Radio in Pontypool, Ontario, which broadcasts from the basement of the small town’s only church. What begins as another boring day of school bus cancellations due to yet another massive snow storm, things quickly turn deadly when reports of people having bizarre seizures, developing strange speech patterns and evoking horrendous acts of violence start piling in. Before long, Grant and the small staff at CLSY find themselves trapped in the radio station as they discover that this insane behaviour taking over the town is actually a deadly virus being spread through the English language itself. Do they stay on the air in the hopes of being rescued or, are they in fact providing the virus with its ultimate leap over the airwaves and into the world?
Kaleidoscope Entertainment are set to release Pontypool on DVD and Blu-ray on January 25th 2010.
No news on specs, extras, etc. however I do know the DVD will have an RRP of £15.99, and the Blu-ray £19.99; and I have artwork for both release, which you can see below:
