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Fido (2006)

Fido poster
Directed by
Andrew Currie
Genre
comedy horror, zombie comedy
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 492 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a 1950s-style suburban world where zombies are domesticated as servants and pets, a family gets a zombie named Fido. The boy in the family forms a close bond with Fido, which leads to complications when the zombie's old instincts threaten the peaceful community.

quirkysatiricalwhimsicalparodydarkly comicretrobittersweetmid-tempo

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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