So, I watched this crazy movie called Fido last night. Let me tell you, it was CRAZY.

Okay, so the premise of the movie was this: in a post zombipocalypse world that is still in the 50's era, there is a company called Zomcon who not only defends the world from zombie attacks, but also tames them when they can. Everyone who can owns a zombie who does their unwanted chores and acts almost as tame as a house pet. The zombies wear collars that indicate whether or not the zombie's hunger for human flesh is repressed or not. This is indicated by a red light on the collar; if the light goes out, it means trouble.

The protagonist, a young boy by the name of Timmy, lives in a nice neighbourhood with a one of those competitive mothers who wants to have everything the neighbours have. You know the type. ((In this case, the 50's hausfrau is played by none other than the actress who played Trinity in the Matrix)). So, when the Zomcon Chief of Security moves in with six, the mom decides that their family needs one. They get Fido.

Timmy, who has no friends, is now pals with Fido, and they go to the park to play catch. Generic things that kids did in the 50's. woohoo. Everything goes awry when Timmy throws the ball too far and Fido has to get it. It lands under an old woman on a park bench, and when he goes to get it, the old woman attacks. She beats Fido with her walker until his collar breaks and then he kills her and eats her arm.

The rest of the movie follows Timmy as he takes on the role of damage control, backed by his mother.

Not only is this movie strange, it is also extremely colourful in filming style. Colourful zombies movies are hard to find, honestly. If you appreciate those crappy B-movie zombie flicks like I do, this movie is actually quite good and worth watching. Have fun finding it though: I didn't know it existed until Netflix suggested it to me.

I wanna work at Zomcon.