Fido, 2006

This is a zombie film, no mistake. Did I like it? Well, it was alright...but not brilliant. Fido introduces zombies as the latest must-have home gadget – cleaning, cooking, you name it! Unfortunately, these zombies still have an appetite for flesh so things go a bit awry when our zombie friend Fido munches a little dog (sorry Bonnie, yet ANOTHER film where the dog gets it!). It's a silly film but gets a few laughs, perfect for a rainy Bank Holiday weekend like this one!

SECOND OPINION: Set in 1950s America, the middle-class urbanite has a new toy to play with... a zombie. Every good housewife should have one, and since the dead have started rising from the grave they're hardly in short supply. This film is daft, there's no escaping it. There are a few bloody moments, but it's light on scares and gore mostly because of its saccharine 50s setting. Yes, Happy Days meets Dawn of the Dead with Billy Connoly as Fido, the pet zombie. If this strikes you as an odd idea for a film, it is. If you think you might like it, you probably will. Will you "Laugh your head off" as the poster claims? Well, I laughed, but nothing fell off. Not yet anyway...