Fido (2007)

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Studio: Lionsgate
Rating: R
Release Date: Jun 15, 2007
Running Time: 91 mins.
Country Of Origin: Canada
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Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50's, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies carry the mail. Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Terror spread across the land, until a collar was invented that made the zombies docile, even useful. A company was born: ZomCon. Thanks to their patented domestication collar, zombies became gardeners, milkmen, servants, even pets. ZomCon would like everyone to believe that they have the world under control. But do they? Timmy Robinson doesn't think so. He thinks the world is "phony-baloney." An awkward loner, Timmy spends so much time in his room even his own parents don't notice him. So when Mom buys a zombie to help around the house, Timmy is surprised, and even curious, when the beast wants to play catch. When the zombie saves him from the local bullies, a true friendship is born, and Timmy names the zombie "Fido." But Fido's collar goes on the fritz, and the neighbors start paying the ultimate price. To complicate matters, ZomCon's notorious zombie-control specialist, Mr. Bottoms, has moved in across the street.
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Fido is a hilariously poignant Leave it to Beaver send up--with flesh-eating zombies added in for kicks.

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The Robinsons lead a rather idyllic life in Willard, a town that looks like a throwback to the 1950s. But actually, we are in the future, where zombies once walk the Earth. A corporation called Zomcom has figure out how to control all the zombies and suppress their flesh-eating nature with collars, so now the undead have become domestic servants to the living. Mom Robinson (Carrie-Anne… Continued

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rating  PETER TRAVERS - June 13, 2007
Just when you thought there was no way to spin a fresh zombie story, along comes Fido. Set in a Canadian suburb during the 1950s, the movie boasts a delicious premise: What if humans were the victors in a zombie war, and now the living dead – fit with dog collars to zap their cannibal instincts – were turned into domestic slaves? Hey, zombie, mow that lawn. Housewife Helen, played with inspired silliness by Matrix diva Carrie-Anne Moss, persuades her wimp hubby (Dylan Baker) to get the family… Continued