There certainly is no shortage of zom coms these days, but this film in question, Fido is a good one and should satisfy most viewers. Radioactive dust from outer space has caused the dead to rise causing a zombie outbreak and war for survival of the human race. The Zom Con corporation has now found a means to control the zombies with a collar and are now commonly used as household pets and menial workers. This is set in a very tongue in cheek 50's like setting and as such works as a nice blend of horror, comedy and satire. This all works together nicely with a very ambitious plot, good performances and gore. This centers around a family that just got a zombie as a household pet(named Fido)and what that would be like as well as a look into that society. Some have compared this to Shaun Of The Dead. I have found this to have more in common in tone to the video game Fallout, but with less action and a suburban 1950's Leave It To Beaver like setting. On the surface this is a very wholesome movie, but in this ultra superficial society things are much more sinister once you scratch the surface. The only actors I am familiar with are the mother(Carrie Anne Moss via The Matrix) and the father(Dylan Baker via Happiness)and they performed well here as well as the rest of the cast. I would not place Fido alongside classics like The Evil Dead series, Re Animator or Dead Alive. But Fido is a cool little film and a very imaginative and well executed splatter comedy that delivers the goods and is good campy entertainment.
Review of Fido
