Fido (2007)

I rewatched this fine little zombie-comedy gem lately and greatly enjoyed it again. What you get is a little flick with some good ideas, good acting, nice visuals a la 50s style and a pro production - Fido is for certain not the usual "zombie-comedy" which means you get a bunch of amateurs making something "funny" with zombies. If you did not watch Fido already, but you like a good undead comedy, watch.

This one deserves all the accolades! Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish with great performances, awesome effects, and a fun plot. I was really hooked. I love the actor playing the lead zombie. He was so good, and of course, I love Trinity from The Matrix. She always knocks it out of the park.If you thought zombie movies were dead, think again. They keep finding new ways to make them interesting, and this one doesn't disappoint. The music was well done too and the pacing was fantastic. I was never bored at all despite how many movies I watch a day. I think Fido will have to go on my to-watch list for every Halloween. It's going to be a tradition in my family.

This movie is a zombie satirical, but it doesn't necessarily follow the same stereotypical pattern of a zombie film - instead it parodies it with a style reminiscent of Tim Burton (degrees of fantasy and sci-fi) in a very well made 1950s setting.What I liked about this movie was it maintained its theme and its mood through out, unlike films that take unexpected turns (for the worst!) The movie was definitely made by a romantic, and with twists of irony, maintains that fluffy 50s surrealism surrounded by the most absurd of morbid circumstances!The movie could have been explored further and to deeper levels, but it chooses to play itself out closer to its satirical nature; it left the story simple, but still very effective and satisfying in its duration.

After surviving the zombie apocalypse, a small family in the suburbs receives a zombie helper who begins bonding with their troubled son and forces them to question their commitment to it when a series of deaths are blamed on the creature.Overall this one was quite a fine if troubling effort. One of the few good points here is the film's overall premise, which is one of the most creative and original ideas used here to contain zombies and their fate here, making an ingenious nature. Managing to turn the creatures into domesticated slaves and treated much like a household pet, forced into doing chores and treated like members of the family is really unique and logical way of dealing with the creatures. Not only that, there's plenty of enjoyable about the manner of treatment brought to ensure this with some rather well-thought-out explanations used to keep that a cohesive part of the story and really grounds this one quite nicely. The action here isn't all that bad either as the fact that the zombies are still threats makes the rampaging zombie through the neighborhood taking out the different townsfolk and the later scene of the team taking out the reanimated creatures in the park and the encounter with the bullies out in the wilderness come off nicely, through the big swarming battle at the compound here makes for some fun times as there's a lot of the action with the swarming creatures getting free, the panic of the workers and the rather great gore here to make for a great time. These here are enough to hold this up against the one true flaw with this one. The main flaw here is the fact that for nearly two-thirds of the running time there's no horror here, with the domestication taking nearly everything scary away from zombies by design being the biggest hurdle here as instead this is replaced with the drama about the kid growing up being bulled and bonding in a friendly manner, the father overcoming his fear of the zombies and the slight romance that occurs between the two which doesn't come close to providing this with any kinds of scares and keeps this one as a drama throughout this. Though it's enjoyable, there's little of this that becomes centered around horror scenes which is really the only thing wrong here even though it's a pretty big issue.Rated R: Graphic Violence and children-in-jeopardy.