Pontypool vs Vivarium

Pontypool has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 6.1/10 for Vivarium). Pontypool is the older of the two (2009 against 2019). Both are horror, mystery, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Pontypool posterPontypool2009 VS Vivarium posterVivarium2019
PontypoolVivarium
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 6.1/10
Year20092019
Length1h 37m1h 37m
GenresHorror, Mystery, Science FictionHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorBruce McDonaldLorcan Finnegan
Main castBoyd Banks, Stephen McHattie, Rick Roberts, Daniel Fathers, Hrant AlianakImogen Poots, Jonathan Aris, Jesse Eisenberg, Senan Jennings, Éanna Hardwicke

Synopsis

Pontypool

When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.

Vivarium

A young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and forced to raise an otherworldly child.

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