Fido (2006)

Space radiation turns the dead into Zombies. Zomcon fights zombies and finds ways to pacify and use them. On pre-teen Timmy's (Kesun Loder's) 1950s suburban street, they all have a zombie doing menial chores. Timmy's zombie becomes his pet and friend, and is named Fido (Sir Billy Connolly).

Director:

Andrew Currie

Writers:

Robert Chomiak, Andrew Currie

Stars:

Kesun Loder, Billy Connolly, Carrie-Anne Moss

13 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Kaye	...	Narrator (voice)
Jan Skorzewski	...	Eating Zombie
Kevin Tyell	...	Zombie's Victim
Andy Parkin	...	Dr. Hrothgar Geiger
Lynn Pendleton	...	1940's Mother
Gary Slater	...	Father Zombie
Taylor Petri	...	Little Girl
Glenn Richards	...	Vicious Zombie
Raphael Kepinski	...	Collar Light Zombie
Carl-James Kalbfleisch	...	Child Zombie
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight	...	Miss Mills
Kesun Loder	...	Timmy Robinson (as K'Sun Ray)
Alexia Fast	...	Cindy Bottoms
Henry Czerny	...	Mr. Bottoms
Aaron Brown	...	Roy Fraser

Storyline

In an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. A company called Zomcon has been able to control the zombie population. Zombies can be temporarily neutralized by being shot, but can only be permanently neutralized by their brain being destroyed. Their ultimate disposal is through cremation, or burial, the latter which requires decapitation with the head being buried separately from the body. Conversely, Zomcon has created the domestication collar, when activated and placed on a zombie makes the zombie controllable, and thus an eternally productive creature within society. Because all dead initially become zombies, the elderly are viewed negatively and suspectly. And all people, adult or child, learn to shoot to kill to protect society. Zomcon is the go to organization for all things zombie. In the town of Willard, the Robinsons - father Bill (Dylan Baker), mother Helen (...

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Plot Keywords:

neighbor | suburb | classroom | character name as title | next door neighbor | 

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Taglines:

Good dead are hard to find

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for zombie-related violence

Details

Official Sites:

Anagram Pictures

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Fido

Filming Locations:

Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,203, 17 June 2007

Gross USA:

$304,533

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$426,224

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lions Gate Films, Anagram Pictures, Astral Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White (one scene) Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sir Billy Connolly was reportedly very upset that the role required him to shave his beard. He described it as, "ripping out my fuc-king personality."

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Goofs

When Timmy is hiding behind the red car watching his father pull in, the hood pops on Timmy's father's car.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: [with schlocky sensationalism] Zomcon presents A Bright New World. From the darkest depths of outer space came an evil no man could predict. A cloud of radiation engulfed our great planet. Scientists discovered that these space particles caused the reanimation of dead bodies. Zombies. Creature with but one destructive need, to devour the flesh of the living. And so we were forced to defend our homeland. The Zombie Wars. Mankind against legions of the undead.
Narrator: But in our darkest hour,...
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Crazy Credits

No zombies were hurt in the making of this motion picture.

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Connections

Referenced in The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Episode #3.14 (2006)

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Soundtracks

Powder Your Face With Sunshine
Written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski
Performed by Kay Starr
Licensed courtesy of Soundies Inc. by arrangement with DePugh Music and Ahlert-Burke Corporation (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell Music Canada Ltd. obo Lombardo Music,
Inc.

User Reviews

I won' judge horror movie by it's cover again

I have pass on this movie so many times because of the cover , when i looked at reviews on here and i had to see this movie.

When i was reading plot, i thinking it dose not sound that good, i so sat thinking, i don't think i would like this movie and i was think i was going waste hour and half of my life.

Soon as put on i was total shocked how different this zombie is, i thought this movie was fantastic, i could not believe not seen it before, the whole story was great idea and this movie did have some nice gory scenes however this movie more about boy being friend with zombie building connections with Fido the boy named the zombie Fido.

Great fun movie 8 out of 10