Fido is the name of the domesticated zombie owned by the Robinson family in Fido.
Andrew Currie’s 2006 Canadian film imagines an alternate 1950s in which humans have defeated zombies and placed them under corporate control. Zombies wear control collars that suppress their aggression, allowing wealthy households to use them as servants, laborers, and companions.
The Robinson family acquires a zombie who becomes known simply as Fido. Carrie-Anne Moss plays Helen Robinson, Billy Connolly plays Fido, and Kesun Loder plays the family’s son, Timmy. Timmy forms a close friendship with Fido, treating him as more than household property.
The film’s retro setting combines suburban advertising, domestic comedy, and social satire. Its central idea differs from the usual outbreak narrative: the zombies are not primarily a spreading threat, but an exploited working class whose treatment exposes the film’s themes about consumerism, obedience, and prejudice.