Fido

  Riding high on my first post, I've decided to post another. Whooo. I'm on fire! This movie is one of my top ten favorite zombie movies. I'm talking about Fido! This takes place in a world where zombies are still very dangerous but can be very useful. See inside these fenced cities (where its safe) you can get zombies with remote control collars to be cheap help. Need a butler? Get a zombie. Need a gardener? Get a zombie! Need a girlfriend? Get a zombie... well at least in one character's case. In this wonderfully 50's-esque world Timmy has always wanted a dog, but he's never had one. Helen (Timmy's mom) has wanted a zombie for quite awhile but hubby (Bill) doesn't like the idea. As a veteran of the Zombie Wars he's leery of the undead. But Helen goes out and gets one anyway, I mean all the neighbors have zombies! Timmy is sad it's not a puppy but he will take what he can get, so he names his new best friend Fido.

One day Timmy takes Fido to the park, while playing catch Fido's collar (which controls the zombie's cravings for flesh) malfunctions. Not good. Fido attacks one of Timmy's neighbors. She was a unpleasant old lady so, eh, whatever. Then the collar snaps back to work and Fido's a good little zombie again. What should Timmy do? Tell an adult? Tell Zomcom (the company that polices the zombies)? They'd only take Fido away. Really, she was old and mean and bound to die sooner or later. So he does what he has to do, he hides the body. Two bullies suspect Timmy's zombie so they capture them and take them to a deserted area. You see, these two have never liked Timmy and they're both batshit crazy. They plan to take Fido's collar off, wait till he's eaten Timmy then shoot him. Then tell everyone in town that they tried to save Timmy but it was too late. That's not exactly how it goes down. The two little jerks get turned into zombies and locked inside a shed. Unfortunately Timmy is tried up outside of that shed. Now those two zombified jerks are trying to get out and eat him and Fido is all thumbs. So Fido goes home to alert Helen to Timmy's peril. Which gives us the classic quote: Helen "Is Timmy in trouble?" Fido "Ehhhhhhhhh." That's just great writing there. Mom saves the day by running one down, then shooting the other over and over again. But they have to keep all of this secret.

Zomcom finds out because, well really Timmy is just a terrible liar. Fido is taken away. Timmy finds out from Zomcom's security chief 's daughter that Fido hasn't been put down but put to work inside a factory. So launches Timmy's rescue plan! With the aide of his neighbor who was the former security chief, they plan to break in get Fido and get out. Plans don't really go well in this movie. Timmy finds Fido but he's captured by the current security chief Mr. Bottoms and thrown into the "wild zone" where zombies run free and.... murder freely. Bill shows up to try and save Timmy but, well, he doesn't. Good try though. A for effort. He's killed by Bottoms who is in turn killed by Fido. Nobody messes with Fido's boy! In the end Helen, Timmy and Fido live in happy domestic bliss. Just remember: "In the brain and not the chest. Head shots are the very best."