Pontypool

I watched this one recently and thought I'd share my review.

This is another interesting take on the zombie pic.  Most of this movie is dependent on the theater of your imagination.  Let me explain...

The movie primarily takes place at a radio station in small Canadian town.  A shock jock banished to this station for some past antics and is paired up with a producer -- who knocks heads with on occasion.  The movie starts at the beginning of the morning drive-time.  The stations traffic reports starts reporting strange happenings from his post in the field. As the day progresses, the reports keep coming in and are increasingly more disturbing.

Okay, now back to my theater of the imagination lead in -- Since most of the action takes place outside the station and is only reported in via the phone, you have to use your imagination to envision them.  In that way, the movie is much like a radio play (e.g War of the Worlds), only you get to see the people in the studio and their reaction to events.   This leaves the actors carrying a lot of the burden of this movie and they acquit themselves quite well.  

There's a lot of tension due to the fact that you can't see the action, but only imagine and react to it.  The stakes rise as whatever is happening outside the studio starts closing in around them.  It's not until the last act of the movie that the action actually comes home to the studio.

There's a very intelligent twist about how the virus that creates "zombies" works.  At least, I thought it was inventive.  

As for this movie being completely a zombie-pic, I'd have to say it's more zombie than it isn't, but it isn't strictly a zombie movie.  For those people wanting gore and zombie's munching down on people, this movie will be a disappointment. If you're looking a tense, semi-intelligent horror/thriller, then this movie is a good choice.