Fido (film)

Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton. It was produced by Blake Corbet, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Trent Carlson and Kevin Eastwood of Anagram Pictures, and released in the United States by Lions Gate Entertainment.

In the town of Willard housewife Helen Robinson CarrieAnne Moss buys a zombie in spite of her husband Bills Dylan Baker zombie phobia, as Bill has had bad experiences with zombies having been a veteran of the Zombie Wars. Their son, Timmy KSun Ray, befriends the zombie, naming him Fido his true name is never revealed, and little is revealed of his prezombie life, except that he died of myocardial infarction, and at one point Helen wishes she had met him before she got married and when he was still alive. One day, Fidos collar malfunctions and he kills their next door neighbor, who turns into a zombie. Timmy kills the zombified neighbor later, but not before she kills and infects another person, causing a small outbreak. Zomcom security forces quell the situation and then investigate what caused the outbreak.When a pair of local bullies are blamed for the missing neighbor, they capture Fido and Timmy. Fido escapes and runs to find Helen, who comes and rescues Timmy from the bullies who, through misadventure and Fidos hunger for human flesh, are now zombies, and they try to forget about the whole thing. Several days later, the neighbors body is found and the murder is traced back to Fido, who is taken away to Zomcon where the public is told he will be destroyed. Timmy learns through Cindy Bottoms Alexia Fast, daughter of Jonathan Bottoms Henry Czerny, Zomcons abusive security chief, that Fido is simply working in a factory at Zomcon. Timmy sets out to rescue him with the help of Mr. Theopolis Tim Blake Nelson, previous security chief of Zomcon who was forced into early retirement when it was discovered he was found guilty of fraternization with his female zombie, whom he has remarkably preserved well to retard her decaying process, thus giving her a relatively attractive appearance. ........

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