Daddy, I'm a Zombie

Papá, Soy una Zombie
Spanish language film poster
Directed by
  • Ricardo Ramón
  • Joan Espinach
Produced by
  • Alberto Gerrikabeitia
  • Executive producer:
  • Joxe Portela
  • Beñat Beitia
Written by Daniel Torres
Starring
  • Spanish voice cast:
  • Paula Ribo
  • Núria Trifol
  • Ivan Labanda
  • Luis Posada
  • Roser Batalla
  • Clara Schwarze
  • English voice cast:
  • Kim Wharton
  • Ratana
  • MJ Lallo
  • Doug Gochman
  • Karen McCarthy
  • Liz Joseph
  • Heather Downey
Music by Manel Gil-Inglada
Production
companies
  • Abra Producciones
  • Digital Dreams Films
Distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
(United Kingdom/Ireland)
Phase 4 Films
(North America)
Release date
Running time
 80 minutes
Country Spain
Language
  • Catalan
  • English
  • Basque
  • Spanish
  • French

Papá, sóc una Zombie (English: Daddy, I am a Zombie) is a 2011 Spanish animated comedy-drama film. The movie was directed by Joan Espinach and Ricardo Ramón.[1][2] The film premiered 25 November 2011 at the Gijón Film Festival in Spain. Spanish actress Paula Ribó voiced the main character of Dixie and Kim Wharton voiced the character in its English adaptation.

Plot

The film follows Dixie Grim, a thirteen-year-old gothic girl. Her father is a recently divorced mortician who tries to connect with his daughter, but she seems to want nothing to do with him. She has a giant crush on Ray, a boy in school who doesn't seem to know she exists. All goes wrong when she witnesses her best friend seemingly flirting with Ray. Heartbroken, she runs away from the scene. During this, a tree falls in a forest and seemingly kills her. Dixie wakes up in a graveyard and discovers she has become a zombie. In there she meets Isis, an Egyptian mummy who helps Dixie and explains her situation and about the zombie world. The two friends go on a quest to find a way to bring her back to life. Along the way they meet Gonner, a zombie pirate who plans to steal Dixie's necklace, which turns out to be a powerful key that can bring the dead back to life. Gonner soon turns his way around and joins the pair.

Voice actors

Spanish release

  • Paula Ribó as Dixie Malasombra
  • Núria Trifol as Isis, Julia
  • Ivan Labanda as Gonner
  • Luis Posada as Ricardo Malasombra, Vitriol
  • Roser Batalla as Nigreda / Sofía Malasombra
  • Clara Schwarze as Brianna, Lilianna
  • Elisabeth Bergalló as Piroska
  • Albert Mieza as Fizcko
  • Manuel Osto as History Professor
  • Francesc Belda as Thorko

English release

  • Kim Wharton as Dixie Grim
  • Ratana as Isis
  • MJ Lallo as Gonner, Sophia Grim
  • Doug Gochman as Phil Grim, Vitriol
  • Karen McCarthy as Nebulosa
  • Liz Joseph as Piroska
  • Heather Downey as Allyssa
  • Tracey Charles as Melissa, Julia
  • Danny Katiana as Frizcko, Thorko
  • Josh Snyder as History Teacher

List of characters

  • Dixie Grim, (Dixie Malsombra in the Spanish version) is a thirteen-year-old girl who just wishes for her life to be more normal and to be different. She has divorced parents named Phil and Sophia (Ricardo and Sofia in the Spanish version). Dixie is depicted as a noble and brave girl.
  • Gonner is a rogue zombie pirate who steals the Azoth necklace from Dixie yet becomes her boyfriend..
  • Isis is a mummy who dislikes Gonner because he is male and a pirate. She is bossy, crude, and impolite towards him, but the opposite towards Dixie.
  • Piroska is a spy for Dixie sent by Nebulosa to capture Dixie's Azoth necklace. Isis does not know at first that Piroska is working for Nebulosa. Piroska has orange hair and yellow eyes, she wears thunderbolt earrings and has stitches on her forehead. Piroska has had a crush on Gonner for three hundred years, and as she says: "He hooked up with the first newbie deadhead that came his way."
  • Julia used to be Dixie's best friend.
  • Ray was Dixie's crush until he began dating Julia.
  • Elissa and Melissa are friends and do not like Dixie or "loser" people

Thorko is the leader of the ghost wolves and works for Nebulosa Phil is dixie's dad and has no wife

Recognition

Reception

Starburst Magazine panned the film overall, stating that although the film did have good music and cinematography, that overall it "isn't funny, it isn't frightening and every set-piece action scene is a dismal failure."[3] Common Sense Media was somewhat more positive, rating it at three out of five stars.[4]

Awards and nominations

Sequel

A sequel entitled Mamá, soy un zombi (also known as Mummy, I'm a Zombie) which had a later Spanish re-titling to Dixie y la rebelión zombi, was given a theatrical release on 7 November 2014 in Spain. Kim Wharton returned to voice Dixie for its English release.

References

  1. ↑ Catálogo BAFICI 2012. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 2012. p. 129. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes. "'Daddy I'm a Zombie' Coming to North America". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Knott, John (26 October 2012). "DVD Review: Daddy,I'm a Zombie!". Starburst Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  4. ↑ staff (13 May 2014). "review: Daddy, I'm a Zombie". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  5. ↑ staff (10 February 2012). ""Papá soy una zombi" ha obtenido el premio Enfants Terribles". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  6. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (11 January 2012). "Goya Awards Reveal Feature, Short Noms". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 Fernandez, Jordi. "Awards: Daddy, I'm a Zombie". The Loop. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
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