Fido (2006)

  This is one of the best zombie comedies ever made.  It is a crime that it is not talked about as much as some of the others.  It is Pleasantville meets Shaun of the Dead.  If that doesn't pique your interest, then we are not the friends I thought we were.

Beginning with a black and white informational film, we learn that a meteor crashed to Earth and released space radiation that caused the dead to come back to life.  In the aftermath of the Zombie War, a scientist invents a pacification collar, turning the flesh-hungry monsters into docile laborers.  Thus, we are introduced to Timmy Robinson (Kesun Loder), a lonely shy boy who lives on an otherwise unremarkable street.  His mother (Carrie-Ann Moss), tired of being the only house on the block without a zombie servant, buys one to impress the neighbors despite Timmy's father's (Dylan Baker) phobia of the creatures.  Fido (Billy Connolly) and Timmy become fast friends after Fido steps in and terrorizes some bullies, but their friendship is jeopardized when Fido's collar malfunctions and he eats a neighbor (Mary Black).  Now, amidst a zombie outbreak, Timmy and Fido must find a way to stay low-profile and under the radar of Zomcom's Head of Security (Henry Czerny).

It is a brilliantly-executed concept that pops with color.  Carrie-Ann Moss is hilarious as the prim, 50's-style housewife.  If you've only ever seen her as Trinity from The Matrix, it will blow your socks off. Billy Connolly is better known from Head of the Class back in the 90's and most recently, as the dad, Fergus, in Brave.  He is almost unrecognizable here as he communicates exclusively through facial expressions and growls.  It is awesome. 

This movie has been a little hard to track down physically, but it's on Streaming from Netflix so there's really no excuse not to watch it immediately.