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Claudio C Fido (2006) Pleasantville With Zombies (11,786 – 25 Jun 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) When Earth is exposed to cosmic radiation, the dead revive and there is a zombie war. Dr. Hrothgar Geiger (Andy Parkin), founder of the Zomcon, discovers that a single shot in the head of the zombies kill them. The humans win the war and Dr. Geiger develops a collar to control the zombies through a remote control, who serve humans in labor work. In Willard, when the powerful security manager of Zoncon, Mr. Bottoms (Henry Czerny), moves to a house near the Robinson family, Helen Robinson (Carrie-Anne Moss) realizes that her family is the only in the suburban neighborhood who does not own a servant zombie. She hires a zombie and her shy and outcast son Timmy (Kesun Loder), who is bullied at school by two brothers, befriends him and calls him Fido (Billy Connolly). When Helen’s husband Bill Robinson (Dylan Baker) sees her acquisition, he becomes irritated since he has a trauma for killing his father when he turned into a zombie and now is scared with zombies. Timmy plays with Fido all the time since Bill neglects Helen and him. When his grumpy neighbor hits Fido’s collar, he attacks and kills her. Timmy and Fido hide her body and his neighbor Mr. Theopolis (Tim Blake Nelson), who has a zombie girlfriend Tammy (Sonja Bennett), helps Timmy to fix Fido’s collar. Soon there is a zombie outbreak in the neighborhood and Mr. Bottoms investigate the case, in the beginning of a series of problems to Fido, Timmy and Helen. “Fido” is a Canadian Zombie comedy by Andrew Currie in a environment that recalls the United States in the 50’s. This kind of Pleasantville with zombies has several funny moments that will certainly make the viewer laugh. The gorgeous Carrie-Anne Moss is hilarious with her performance of a woman neglected by her husband, who only think to afford an expensive funeral to his family and play golf with his friend. The boy Timmy is also responsible for funny moments. Tim Blake Nelson performs as a hilarious weirdo, who has a zombie girlfriend. Henry Czerny is a great villain, and the conclusion is great with him turning into a zombie-pet of his daughter. But Billy Connolly steals the show in the role of the sweet Fido. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Fido – O Mascote” (“Fido – The Pet”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/ Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/26/25 Full Review Emilliano Jr S Stylish, decent zombie comedy. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Jason T We need more original movies like this! Great premise, hilarious, no need for huge budget simply creativity. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/24 Full Review xpig332 B Mildly funny, but mostly boring! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/24 Full Review dave s Imagine, if you can, some sort of weird hybrid where the world of Leave it to Beaver is mixed with The Night of the Living Dead. Throw in some vibrant colors, a lot of peppy music, and a smattering of zombie gore and you are left with Fido, a periodically funny and very cute little movie that offers up a creative solution in dealing with the zombie apocalypse. The small town of Willard exists in some sort of alternate universe where zombies, instead of being destroyed, are used as household servants, laborers, and, in the case of Fido (Billy Connolly), pets. Sure, zombies are awkward and doltish at the best of times, but they are certainly serviceable. The movie is filled with sharp dialogue and interesting scenarios, leading to some decent laughs, but the laughs eventually wear a bit thin since it is essentially a one joke film. Regardless, it's a twisted vision that is worth watching. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review kyle c This was a fun, silly little start to the spooky season. It's unique in a lot of ways and is overall pretty darn funny. I love the aesthetic, blending bright, solid colors in an almost 50s-American-dream setting with literal walking corpses and dystopian corporate rulers. It's kind of like Dr. Suess with zombies. It could have leaned harder into its satire (and probably made the most of its very, very small budget), but at least the humor works well. Carrie-Anne Moss is easily the star here, even though the movie doesn't seem to know it. This is unfortunate because the performance of the "lead" child actor is atrocious. Again, if they had leaned into it a little harder and spread the cheese around, it would have been a slam dunk. Instead, it's just pretty good. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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