Billy Connolly and Carrie-Anne Moss star in this horror comedy that gives the boy-and-his-dog formula an amusing twist. Instead of an animal, a lonely young boy befriends a domesticated zombie. You see, the Zombie Wars have been and gone and the remaining living dead have been pacified with containment collars that curtail their hunger and allow them to be used for menial tasks. Depending on your needs, they can mow lawns, deliver milk or, if theyre young and fresh enough, be used as concubines. Set in a Norman Rockwell America, and best described as Leave It To Beaver meets Shaun Of The Dead, Fido is the zombie comedy to end all zombie comedies. Mixed in with the laughs and the expected blood and guts is a satire of 50s attitudes, and dont miss Tim Blake Nelsons performance as the creepy neighbor who keeps a zombie for a girlfriend.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
