{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6639b9bf52fe7e0012beff68/6a9f6146eea4f5ac9a515ee1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Not Your Dad's Zombie Movies","description":"<p>Ep. 43 - The Signal &amp; Pontypool</p><p><br></p><p>This week, we are tuning in to the end of the world with David Bruckner, Dan Bush, and Jacob Gentry’s The Signal (2007) and Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool (2008).  </p><p><br></p><p>Forget flesh-eating ghouls, late 2000s indie horror realized that our obsession with mass communication was the real threat. In The Signal, airwaves hijack human minds and spark immediate, bloody paranoia. In Pontypool, an isolated radio station becomes ground zero for a virus carried entirely through spoken language. We look at how both films ditch standard outbreak tropes to expose our terror of technological overload, proving that the scariest contagion isn't physical, it's the media we absorb every day.  </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🎬 Movies Discussed</p><p>The Signal (2007, Dir. David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry)</p><p>Pontypool (2008, Dir. Bruce McDonald)  </p><p><br></p><p>🕰️ Chapters</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:59 ...Zombies...</p><p>6:54 Double Feature Reveal</p><p>7:00 The Signal</p><p>49:45 Pontypool</p><p>1:27:28 Outro</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 Find &amp; Follow PhantasmaCast  </p><p>YouTube: https://youtube.com/@2certifiedbangers  </p><p>Instagram: https://instagram.com/2certifiedbangers  </p><p>TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@2certifiedbangers  </p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/phantasmacast/id1745055694  </p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0eifTBsW1y8CkGQppn81Hp  </p><p><br></p><p>💬 Join the Conversation</p><p>Do you prefer the multi-chapter, airwave-driven chaos of The Signal or the sound-booth claustrophobia of Pontypool? Let us know in the comments ☝️  </p><p><br></p><p>#Pontypool #TheSignal #IndieHorror #ZombieCinema #FilmAnalysis</p>","author_name":"PhantasmaCast"}