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Pontypool on DVD and Blu-ray in January

11 November 2009

Following on from its critically acclaimed UK theatrical release in October 2009, the gripping, intelligent and unpredictable Pontypool comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray in January 2010.

Adapted by author Tony Burgess from his award winning bestseller Pontypool Changes Everything and directed by Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo; The Tracey Fragments), Pontypool stars Stephen McHattie (Watchmen), Lisa Houle (Due South; Seinfeld) and Georgina Reilly (Terry Southern's Plums And Prunes).

It appears to be just another humdrum winter's day in Pontypool, Ontario as shock-jock Grant Mazzy (McHattie) goes on air to present his morning phone-in radio show from a studio in the basement of the town's church. But amidst the minor news items regarding school bus cancellations and missing cats being reported by Mazzy's listening public and his "Eye in the Sky" reporter are a series of bizarre reports of local people developing strange speech patterns and committing acts of horrific violence. With no confirmation of these events on the official news wires, Mazzy, his producer (Houle) and assistant (Reilly) suspect an elaborate hoax is being played. However, it isn't long before the radio team realise that the reports are real and that something terrible is happening beyond the studio walls. Trapped inside the church as bloody chaos reigns outside, they must decide if they should stay on air in the hopes of being heard and eventually rescued, even though they suspect their broadcasts may be contributing to the madness infecting the residents of Pontypool.

Currently being promoted as a blend of Oliver Stone's Talk Radio and John Carpenter's The Fog, Pontypoolwill be released on UK DVD and Blu-ray by Kaleidoscope Entertainment on 25th January 2010 at the RRP of £15.99 (DVD) and £19.99 (Blu-ray). No details of extra features have been specified yet.