An unknown and deadly virus spreads rapidly through a small Ontario town. Meanwhile radio talk show host Grant Mazzy is in studio with his co-workers Sydney Briar and Laurel-Ann Drummond. They begin to hear reports of what sounds like a riot taking place at the office of local doctor, Dr. Mendez.But as more information trickles in the picture starts to look even more strange and frightening. Reports indicate that the local townspeople are turning into homicidal, cannibalistic zombie-like creatures.
Mazzy and the others are seemingly safe inside their studio, so long as the strange events outside don't find their way to them. They scramble to uncover the cause of the virus and soon come to realize that nobody is safe, no matter where they are.
Ponty Pool is not your traditional zombie film. In fact, we hardly see the zombies at all but are instead left to imagine the horrors as we hear about them over Mazzy's radio programme. We do see some actual zombie action but this is few and far between and largely lacking in the gruesome zombie attack scenes we are used to. Instead it is primarily a psychological, not a visual, effect that is used to get across the horrors of the zombie apocalypse. If nothing else, its concept is undeniably different and interesting.
As independent and small budget as Ponty Pool may be, its actually a well made movie in all respects. Instead of trying to do things outside of the realm of non-Hollywood movies, it does what it does well and leaves the rest to imagination. Imagine a group of rabid undead mauling your neighbours car, pulling him from the front seat and carrying him to the side of the road in their teeth only to devour him before your eyes. See. It works.
4 words out of 5
Unrated: contains violence, language.
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