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Pontypool received generally positive reviews from critics, currently holding an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews with an average of 6.6/10. The consensus states: "Witty and restrained but still taut and funny, this Pontypool is a different breed of low-budget zombie film."
Pontypool Changes Everything is the second novel in the Pontypool Trilogy, by Tony Burgess, first published in 1995. [ 1 ] It was adapted into the 2008 film Pontypool with a screenplay by Burgess [ 2 ] and was nominated for a Genie Award for the adaptation.
Tony Burgess (born 7 September 1959) is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter. His most notable works include the 1998 novel Pontypool Changes Everything and the screenplay for the film adaptation of that same novel, Pontypool.
Film scholars Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay explain the subgenre as such: "The expression 'adding insult to injury' is an excellent encapsulation of the motivation behind the horror movie obsession with holidays (aside from the obvious desire to brand a killer with a theme and costume that can be revisited many times ...
Pontypool is a town in Wales, United Kingdom. Pontypool may also refer to: Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency) Pontypool RFC, Welsh rugby union team; Pontypool, Ontario, Canada; Pontypool, 2008 Canadian horror film
In 1988, he was nominated for the Genie Award "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" for the 1987 film Family Viewing. [5] He played Pete in the 1995 Adam Sandler movie Billy Madison . He portrayed Dr. Mendez in the 2009 Canadian horror film Pontypool .
Singer drew inspiration for the movie from the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. He wrote the initial story and some of the scenes, while Klein wrote the majority of the script. The film lacked the funding for a casting director, so Singer reached out to people that he had met or worked with previously for the cast and crew.
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