Pontypool

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was: “What?” This syllable, spoken by Grant Mazzy (Stephen McHattie), shock jock in decline, is in response to an encounter at a traffic light as he’s driving to work in the spiffy opening to Pontypool (2008), directed by Bruce McDonald and adapted by Tony Burgess from his book Pontypool Changes Everything.

Its Secrets, Its Tendrils

A young horror-seeker found his dark pleasures in classic monsters, Salem’s Lot, and the art house—and the search goes on.