Zombie Hotel is a French-Irish-British animated children's television series about a hotel run by zombies, created by Jan Van Rijsselberge,^[1] produced by French production company Alphanim (now called Gaumont Animation) and shown internationally.

Premise

The main characters are Maggot and Fungus, two child zombies who pretend to be human to get into their local school, and their family and boarders at the hotel run by their parents. They make friends with Sam, a human boy whose mother is away most of the time. Sam soon finds out about their zombie powers and all three make a team of friends. Sam uses an old railway carriage as his haunt. The plot often involves a risk of the discovery of Maggot's and Fungus's zombie nature and the three trying to prevent this. The hotel itself is one of several main locations used in the show. Others include the school and Sam's railway carriage.

Characters

• Maggot: The courageous, bossy and hot-headed twin sister of Fungus. (Voiced by Christiana Anbri)
• Fungus: The hardworking, cool brother who loves doing impossible DIY. (Voiced by Aileen Mythen)
• Sam: Maggot and Fungus' human friend. (Voiced by Thomas Sharkey)
• Rictus: The children's father who runs the Zombie Hotel. He doesn't get along with his father well. (Voiced by Doug Preis)
• Funerella: Rictus's wife and the children's mother. She gets worried a lot, but loves her family. (Voiced by Becca Lish)
• Grandpa: Rictus's father and the children's grandfather.
• Jeebies: The hotel's elderly butler who has a hunched back. He is quite prone to losing his limbs. (Voiced by Rod Goodall)
• Chef: A grouchy vampire who is the head chef in the hotel. He is known for his horrible food creations which even the zombies find hard to eat sometimes. His father is inspired by Count Dracula. (Voiced by Rob Rackstraw)
• Wilson: Chef's assistant. His head is detachable and it is shown he can replace it with a new one. (Voiced by Philip McGettigan)
• The Colonel: A small-headed, but rotund bodied zombie who used to be in the military. He is a resident of the hotel and often rolls using his round shape. In the second episode, it shows that he may have some feelings for Dame Fedora. (Voiced by Paul Tylak)
• Dame Fedora: A ghost resident at the hotel who never stops complaining about things. (Voiced by Fran Brill)
• Uncle Von: Maggot's and Fungus's mad scientist uncle. He has a laboratory in the hotel. In the English dub, he speaks with a German accent.
• Francis: Von's creation and sidekick, a Frankenstein's monster-style character.
• Tut: A mummified DJ who likes telling bad jokes. (Voiced by Gary Hetzler)
• Ms. Harriet Harbottle: Maggot's and Fungus's teacher. (Voiced by Becca Lish)
• Mr. Peabody: The headteacher of Maggot's and Fungus's school. (Voiced by Patrick Fitzsymons)
• Harvey Justine: Harbottle's nephew who Maggot, Fungus and Sam have to often reluctantly babysit. He's similar to Sam in that he loves zombies, though he doesn't yet realize that Maggot and Fungus aren't dressed up and wearing makeup like zombies.
• Araminta: Sam's mother who is away on business a lot. At first, she thought her son shouldn't be friend with Maggot and Fungus.
• Basil: A school bully who is the enemy of Maggot, Fungus and Sam.
• Eli: A student genius at school. When he made a presentation about zombies, he thought that they are dumb creatures, which offended Maggot and Fungus.
• Lucy: A popular girl at school who often makes fun of Maggot and Fungus.
• Dominica: A goth girl who is in love with Fungus.

Episodes

1. First Day
2. Love is in the Air
3. Plumbing the Depths
4. Zombie Pride
5. Brat Attack
6. There's Something About Zombies
7. Vote for Zombie
8. Happy People
9. Oh My Goth!
10. It's Not Fair
11. Funerella's Deathday
12. The Bogeyman Cometh
13. Dead Trendy
14. Something Old, Something Newt
15. Too Many Cooks
16. Hexed
17. Inspector Fungus
18. School Exchange
19. Movie Madness
20. The Wrong Von
21. Night of the Undead Babysitters!
22. Toying with Magic
23. Carrots, Sticks and Robots
24. A Zombie's Best Friend
25. The Hug Bug
26. A Class Act

Home Media

In 2006 Canal J released the DVD "It's Alright, We Don't Bite!" containing the episodes "First Day", "Happy People", "Funerella's Deathday", "Inspector Fungus" and "Movie Madness".

Awards

Zombie Hotel has won a number of awards including Best TV series at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 2006 awards.