Pontypool Changes Everything: Movie Edition

by Tony Burgess

Book Overview

The compelling, terrifying story of a devastating virus. Have you ever imagined what it would be like to kill someone? Wondered, in your darkest secret thoughts, about the taste of human flesh? What if you woke up and began your morning by devoting the rest of your life to a murderous rampage, a never-ending cannibalistic spree? And what if you were only one of thousands who shared the same compulsion? Well, today's your lucky day: in fact, by this afternoon, the predators will outnumber the prey.

Pontypool Changes Everything depicts just such an epidemic. It's the compelling, terrifying story of a devastating virus. You catch it through conversation, and once it has you, it leads you on a strange journey -- into another world where the undead chase you down the streets of the smallest towns and largest cities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550228811
• ISBN13: 9781550228816
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Master of Literary Zombie Mayhem

With Pontypool Changes Everything Tony Burgess has proven himself to be the unchallenged master of literary zombie mayhem. The book is a mind blowling experience akin to tripping on acid while both H.P. Lovecraft and William S. Burroughs transmit dark thoughts directly into your brain. Reading the book is a life alterning experience that leaves other horror novels drowning in its wake. More than highly recommended, this book IS required reading for both fans and authors of the horror genre.

not just a canadian art house film...science fiction/horror at the edge

the main concept of the movie, that a deadly virus can spread by words/repetition to violence, horror, and death, is not a new concept. however, the twist the movie brings to the concept is amazingly well executed for an indie film. while the film is not the same as the book, the concept in science fiction/horror has been floating around for some time. about 2/3 through the book, i realized what was tickling me in the back of my mind (ironically enough, given the subject). one of the central concepts of 'snow crash' by neal stephenson was that a virus could be both transmitted by blood as well as by sound to hit the deep structures of the brain. that is what this movie invoked with me, particularly with the 'kill is...' scene. kudos to the director and actors. it is impossible to convey most complex books in a movie - but this movie managed to grab me with the concept. it was slow to start, but built to a successful and mesmerizing conclusion. the use of v/o instead of music at the end was especially inspired.

Mind-blowing madness

This is one of those books that you won't put down until it's finished. The second volume in Burgess's Pontypool trilogy, PCE follows the rise and fall of a destructive virus as it rampages across Ontario, Canada. What elevates this work to truly deranged hights is the seemly-endless array of bizarre characters, from an obsessive compulsive doctor to a walking foetus to relentless zombies. Filmmaker Bruce Macdonald (Highway 61, Roadkill) is expected to film this story; after reading the book, I shudder with anticipation.