4. Pontypool
This lesser known Zombie flick starring Steven McHattie tried to turn the genre on its head by coming up with an original way in which the zombie virus was spread. Unfortunately, it sucked. People were slowly being turned to flesh devouring beasts through the hearing of a particular combination of words. At least I think it was something like that - I'll hold my hands up at this point and say I was struggling to make sense of the high concept idea that was executed without conviction. That's not to say it didn't have its plus points. The setting - an 'out of the way' radio broadcasting studio was suitably remote and unprotected and Stephen McHattie put in the usual excellent performance as the DJ desperately trying to make sense of the growing crisis whilst maintaining a constant battle to keep broadcasting. Unless you're an English Literature Teacher or a Crossword Creater I doubt you'd find the concept of this bizarre story much to your fancy. Its a shame because it could have been a classic.