[4][5][6] In the small town of Pontypool, Ontario, radio announcer Grant Mazzy is driving on his way to work.
After Ken is unexpectedly cut off, the group tries to confirm his report, but their witnesses are disconnected before being put on the airwaves.
After they are contacted by the BBC for breaking the story, Ken calls back and says he has taken refuge in a grain silo.
As Laurel-Ann shows signs of instability, Dr. Mendez arrives at the radio station through a window and hides with Grant and Sydney in the soundproof booth.
Laurel-Ann begins to slam her head against the sound booth's window and chews off her lower lip.
When the recording fails, the mob returns but Mendez lures them away, saving Sydney and Grant, who now lock themselves in the equipment room.
While Grant tries to figure out how to reverse the symptom, Sydney begins obsessively writing on the walls and door, and is infected by the word "kill".
In a post-credits scene, Sydney and Grant (now known as "Lisa the Killer" and "Johnny Deadeyes") survive the virus and continue speaking English by maintaining a system of improvisational roleplay as the screen shifts from black and white to color.
Soon after when broadcasting his own obituaries of Laurel-Ann and Mendez (who Grant assumes will meet his demise eventually), he confirms the death of Sydney, implying that he "kissed" her at her request.
Orson Welles' infamous radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds inspired the approach that they decided to take.
At Rue Morgue's 2008 Festival of Fear expo, director Bruce McDonald stressed the victims of the virus detailed in the film were not zombies and called them "conversationalists".
The consensus states: "Witty and restrained but still taut and funny, this Pontypool is a different breed of low-budget zombie film.
[4] Burgess additionally confirmed that Pontypool Changes, also known as Typo Chan, would follow the English language virus passing into the written word, would feature McHattie and Houle reprising their roles, and would go into production by 2019.