Fido

The classic story of a boy and his dog is given a new twist when this imaginative tale of a boy and his zombie blends the innocence of "Leave it to Beaver" and the zombies from "Night of the Living Dead" together. With the different elements from 1950s America that are shown throughout the film the audience is given a portrait of a society with the same values but with flesh eating zombies in the mix. Setting the story in the past gives the tale better dimension within the plot than if it was to take place in today's world or in the future.
Years after the Zombie Wars have taken place science has been able to domesticate some of the zombies into slaves and pets, but when Timmy's pet-zombie Fido kills a neighbor he goes into damage control to cover up the incident. The love and tenderness of the relationship between the Timmy and Fido comes across as genuine, with Billy Connolly doing his best Lassie impression when Timmy is in trouble. With background information about the society given through newsreels, the audience gets the feeling that this is an authentic story that happened in some deep secret past of American history.
This movie was enjoyable from the beginning sequences to the final fade out; any one who found Shaun of the Dead to be fun and hilarious will love this movie. The jokes about the life styles and value system of the 50s is so blatantly funny alone but when the issues of zombie invasion and the American ingenuity to deal with it are added into the mix some of the jokes are superb. With all the zombie films being made now there was bound to be a few the are decent enough to watch, but when a gem like this comes along it stands out among all of them on its own.