Rotting Hills

The Canadians were definitely onto something with children's horror cartoons. Nelvana, a Canadian entertainment company established in 1971, is responsible for the humorous "Gruesomestein's Monsters" (2005) shorts as well as this ghoulish little gem, a miniseries called 'Rotting Hills' (2005). It's a cute show, and I'm sad to see that it came to be only five episodes long.

'Rotting Hills' centers on young Clark (Shannon Perreault), whose father (Dwayne Hill) has moved the family out into the country where things are supposedly simpler than in the city. Too bad it happened to be Rotting Hills (formerly known as Restful Hills), a township where the locals are zombies. However, it's not all bad. The neighbors are quite friendly, regardless of being dead, and Clark slowly becomes friends with a zombie girl named Zoe (Julie Lemieux) and her pet dog Buddy, which also happens to be dead.

Normally a miniseries doesn't warrant a rating here at the Darkley Niche, but I have to give 'Rotting Hills' five out of five Zoe zombies. Watch the first episode for yourself to see why. The rest of the episodes are also on YouTube.