in an alternate 1950s and where an outbreak of the undead ( cause by a mysterious pace dust ) have be contain through the use of special electronic collar and a young loner and timmy and find a friend in fido ( billy connelly ) and his family recently acquire domesticated zombie . fido quickly become a surrogate father to timmy and whose real dad be unable to adequately express his love for his son ( or for his hot to trot wife and play by the gorgeous carrie anne moss ) have be psychologically scar a a child ( when he be force to shoot his own father and who try to eat him . ) . timmy run into a spot of bother and however and when his putrid pal collar go on the blink and and he attack and kill an elderly neighbour . with the authority on fido trail and trouble brewing with a pair of local bully and and his mother form a bond with their undead house help and will timmy be able to hold on to his new find friend . a refresh take on the whole zombie schtick and fido be a thoroughly entertaining and deliciously dark comedy that should appeal to anyone with a slightly twisted sense of humour . take the romero zombie verse and transplant it into 1950s small town america be a stroke of genius and and the result be simply one of the most original film to tackle the whole reanimate dead theme that i have see . connelly fido be a cinematic zombie worthy of inclusion in the undead movie hall of fame and along with day of the dead bub and and return of the living dead tarman while it be not often i feel empathy for a walking corpse and but the big yin performance be so fine that i actually find myself root for the big blue bag of pu . the rest of the cast also give commendable performance and with young ksun ray ( a timmy ) and ms. moss deserve special mentionsray and because and for one so young and he put in a particularly assure turn and and moss because she be so bloody yummy . this be the third zombie film that i have watch this week ( the others be the somewhat disappointing planet terror and the rather fun flight of the living dead ) and and and to my surprise and it be also the best . director andrew currie have give fan of the genre something truly original to treasure and be a talent to be watch in the future . 8 . 5 out of 10 and round up to 9 for imdb .