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Watched Pontypool last night. Really interesting, one of the best low budget horror movies I’ve seen in a long time. It’d be unfair to say too much about it, but if you’ve seen it, you’ll know why I got a little shiver when I started reading China Mieville’s short story “Entry Taken From A Medical Encyclopedia” this afternoon, less than 24 hours after watching the film:

“Those present during the nonsensical “grandiloquence” of a murrain sufferer report that one particular word – the wormword – is repeated often, followed by a pause as the sufferer waits for a response. If any of those listening repeats the word, the sufferer’s satisfaction is obvious. Later, it is from amongst these mimics that the next batch of the infected will be found”

Also, while browsing Pontypool online I found out that the director, Bruce McDonald, has also made a film based on one of my favourite books, Michael Turner’s Hard Core Logo. That’ll be straight on the Lovefilm list, then.