SIFF Notes: Fido
If you’re looking for something to do on Saturday evening, say around 9:15 pm, and you’re willing to drive over to Lincoln Square in Bellevue, I urge you to get tickets to see Fido.
Fido tells the tale of quaint little Willard, a small town fenced off from the dangerous zombie infested world outside. You see, the Earth has been contaminated by a cloud of space dust and now, whenever someone dies, they rise again as a zombie (unless of course, their head is removed). Willard isn’t just quaint though, it’s Leave It To Beaver, just with a little twist. You see, ZomCon, a mega corp born during the zombie war, has figured out a way to domesticate zombies. So of course, everyone in town has at least one domesticated zombie.
Now, if you’re well versed in zombie lore, you might have a few issues with this movie. The zombies in Willard aren’t perfectly true to conventional zombie wisdom, but the movie is just so campy and fun that I’m willing to overlook these little issues. The movie is highly entertaining and funny with a very rewarding ending.