Summary
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 71Audiences 68GoodWatch 69
Tomatometer71%
Metascore70
Audience score72%
IMDb6.7
User score6.6
Letterboxd · 15 K ratings3.2/5
Box office
5%of its budget back
- Budget
- $8 M
- Worldwide
- $426 K
Worldwide it made back $426 K of the $8 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for horror movies
typical 9592Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 25 more
Released
2006
September 7, 2006
20 years ago
Genres
HorrorComedyRomanceDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more16 people
- Billy ConnollyFido
- Carrie-Anne MossHelen Robinson
- Dylan BakerBill Robinson
- Kesun LoderTimmy Robinson
- Henry CzernyJonathan Bottoms
- Tim Blake NelsonMr. Theopolis
- Sonja BennettTammy
- Alexia FastCindy Bottoms
Brandon OldsStan Fraser- JCJennifer ClementDee Dee Bottoms
Rob LaBelleFrank Murphy
Tiffany Lyndall-KnightMiss Mills
Mary BlackMrs. Henderson- RERaymond E. BaileyFloyd
Doug AbrahamsCommanding Officer- ABAaron BrownRoy Fraser
Directing · 1
- Andrew Currie Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Robert Chomiak Writer
- Dennis Heaton Writer, Original Story
Production · 14
- Jason Constantine Executive Producer
- Patrick Cassavetti Executive Producer
- Shelley Gillen Executive Producer
- Daniel Iron Executive Producer
- Blake Corbet Producer
- Mary Anne Waterhouse Producer
Camera · 1
- Jan Kiesser Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Roger Mattiussi Editor
Sound · 1
- Don MacDonald Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Rob Gray Production Design
- James Willcock Set Decoration
- Michael N. Wong Art Direction
Other crew · 15
- Melissa R. Stubbs Stunt Coordinator
- Rick Pearce Stunt Coordinator
- Doug Chapman Stunts
- Nicholas Podbrey Makeup Effects
- Brad Proctor Makeup Effects
- Jamie Salmon Makeup Effects
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