Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is Lloyd Kaufman's best movie to date. Which is true for almost all of his previous movies as the legend only gets better and better. This film can be read on so many levels that finally being able to revisit it over and over again now that it is out on DVD is something many fans have been waiting for. Of course the careless viewer can watch it as a wonderful splattering gory and amazingly entertaining, wildly funny horror musical with a great story and one of the best casts Troma has ever had the pleasure of working with, and even then you are in for a treat because no nanosecond is wasted. There is so much going on in the background, the tiniest props have the most insightful jokes and messages on them. Check what is on the headstones in the opening scenes, read the titles on DVD covers appearing in the film, T-shirts people are wearing - there are many opportunities to freeze-frame your DVD and see what is easily missed when you saw the film in a theater. Every detail has been given much care, down to the names of all the characters. But there are also load of political statements, that can be read painfully wrong if you are not aware of the background of the director, and are all the more powerful if you are. Other than that, it is one of those rare zombie-themed films that are provokingly intelligent. There are so many zombies in hundreds of movies that are there only for gores sake, here they serve a purpose, here they present a striking metaphor of what modern society has come to, filled with unthinking trend-following food-stuffing individuals who seem to have no control over themselves and much less a mind of their own. Most striking is the idea the movie is built upon: a fast food restaurant built on a sacred native American burial ground magnificently represents how the new Americans have treated the land they took and the original cultures that lived on it: destroyed it, killed it, buried it and built a literally and metaphorically totally tasteless new meaningless culture on top of it. The dialog is fast, witty and powerful and the film leaves the viewer with a whole lot to chew upon This again is a movie that demonstrates how ridiculous the popular notion is that Troma makes trivial and tasteless movies. Lloyd Kaufman may make movies the about tastelessness of todays world, but that doesn't make his movies tasteless. Quite the contrary - there are very few directors in the movie industry who are able to show what is wrong with humanity in such a painfully accurate way, The 3-disc DVD set is not to be missed by anyone who is remotely interested in horror, Troma, movies in general and fans of Lloyd Kaufman's work. It is a total encyclopedia on what is Poultrygeist with not only a beautifully presented widescreen version of the film, but loads of insightful extra's on all three discs. There is a feature length documentary on the making of the film, shots of the NYC premiere, deleted scenes, film-making lessons, an alternate ending, music video's, karaoke versions of the songs from the film and many more Tromatic goodies. A great film by a legendary genius director with a very talented cast. And all that in this kind of loaded package for such a price. Get it, before they're gone. It's the best buy for your money.

One of a kind great cheesy movie

This movie is so stupid yet so fun to watch! I really enjoyed watching it and laughed so hard. I give it 5 stars cuz it is a very fun movie just to check out. I couldn't get the theme song out of my head. The video to the theme song is on this disc. If you real serious about watching a movie and want everything to be perfect, this is not for you. It's kind of a sick and twisted movie but fun to watch. It will blow your mind watching it.

If only Troma was able to crank these gems out faster! I was lucky enough to be in a test audience for this movie several years ago. It was unfinished but still very entertaining! Troma was 20 years ahead of its time in the 80's, where now the level of comical gore and perversion of those previous 80's films is now commonplace. Poultrygeist is here to raise the bar up several notches! I cannot wait to see the final cut! I remember seeing and hearing things so outrageous I found myself in some weird moral grey area of feeling guilty that I was laughing. I don't want to go into detail spoiling anything, but you will experience things you've never seen before or could imagine. If you don't like politically incorrect comedy with perverted message of demented hope...avoid this movie! If you've just experienced some harsh reality and would like to escape reality into a world of the ridiculous chicken zombie, then this is the movie for you. This movie is not only for the die-hard Troma fan, but also for anyone who enjoys crude humor that can be found on Adult Swim, Comedy Central, or "the Internets" Prepare to have your mind blown. That's right,..."blown"! UPDATE: After watching the final cut on DVD, I have to subtract 1 star. I was appalled to find out that Lloyd censored the toliet gag. The commentary revealed that his wife, a financier, demanded the effect to be censored. Having remembered the uncensored effect from the rough cut of the movie, I became strangely upset. I wonder if the Blu Ray has added it back? I don't know.

Troma Film Studios has assembled a great stellar cast including Jason Yachanin, Kate Graham, Robin Watkins, Allyson Sereboff, Joshua Olatunde, Rose Ghavami, Caleb Emerson, Khalid Rivera, Lloyd Kaufman (also the writer/director), Brian Cheverie, Michael Herz as the Subway guy; Jared, Faith Sheenan Gallivan, Ron Jeremy, Tessa Lew and John Karyus as the main cast members for the best Troma movie. This movie is funny but not for all audiences, unless you enjoy gore combined with more gore. But, it's Lloyd Kaufman, what else to say? The main plot is about an idiotic high school graduate (Jason Yachanin) being hired by the American Chicken Bunker; Tromaville's new fast food restaurant. The restaurant was built on Indian Burial Grounds. After a bunch of deaths and possessions take place; the high school graduate (now a cashier), his lesbian turned girlfriend (Kate Graham), a greedy fast food mogul (Robin Watkins), a fellow protestor (Allyson Sereboff), an oddly familiar old man (Lloyd Kaufman), a goofy priest (Brian Cheverie) and a Muslim immigrant (Rose Ghavami) are the only ones to stop the zombie chickens before they take over America. This is also a very loose parody on POLTERGEIST and NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, you can see why too. A few of my favorite scenes are when Arbie questions Carl Jr. about how to kill these zombies, Denny's monologue about a chicken attack on the Indianapolis delivery truck (spoofs Quint's monologue in JAWS about the Indianapolis shark attacck) and Michael Herz making fun of Jared (the man who lost a lot of weight from fast food sandwiches) 5 out of 5 star rating.

日本ではDVDのみ（現時点で)の発売で終わっている｢チキンオブザデッド 悪魔の毒々バリューセット｣の海外版ブルーレイ（発売元、トロマエンタテインメント）。 毒々モンスターの地元、ニュージャージー州トロマヴィルに、フライドチキンのチェーン店が先住民の墓地をぶち壊して建てられた。彼女がレズの友達を作り、店への抗議デモに参加していると知った主人公の大学生が、フラれた腹いせに店でバイトを始める。 だが、先住民と殺された鶏の怨念で汚染されたフライドチキンを食べた人々が、次々と鶏の羽根や嘴を生やしたゾンビやチキン怪人(!)に変身して、他の人を食い殺していく。 日本語字幕はありませんが、DVDよりも遥かに高画質で、細かいディテールまではっきり見えます。リージョンオール（全世界で再生可能）なので、日本のブルーレイ機器でも問題なく再生できます。 トロマ作品がお好きな方は買いです。

VÖ in der 4-DVD-Hartbox von '84 Entertainment (Tromedition #009). Mit "Poultrygeist" hat Lloyd Kaufman vom Stamme der Tromanianer wahrlich ein absolutes Ei-light im Bereich des Trash-Kinos gelegt. Aber es muss erwähnt werden, dass dieser Film nur für Liebhaber solch absurder Kost zum Verzehr geeignet ist - und für Troma-Fans ohnehin ein Pflichtprogramm darstellt. Heiß wie Frittenfett sozusagen. Der Film ist ein irrer Mix aus Zombie-Streifen, Fast-Food-Gesellschaftsparodie (mit deutlicher Anspielung auf KFC) und dem typischen Troma-Kabinett des grünschleimigen Wahnsinns, garniert mit witzigen Musicaleinlagen. Die Schauspieler (inklusive Lloyd Kaufman himself) stellen in Sachen Charakterdarstellung nicht nur gängige Klischees auf den Kopf (oder schlagen auf selbigen drauf), sondern verleihen auch bekannten Stereotypen ein komödiantisch überspitztes Auftreten. Die Effekte sind schön ekelig, brutal, blutig, schleimig und irgendwie auch pervers (es gibt wahrlich allerhand zu sehen, Stichwort: Jared auf der Toilette), aber in Kombination mit all dem derben Humor gehört das schon zum guten Ton. Herrlich bekloppt. Die Hühner-Zombie-Masken sind ebenfalls sehr gelungen und auch individuell gestaltet, sodass jedes untote Grillmännchen anders schrecklich aussieht. Ein Augenschmaus der ganz bizarren Sorte. Zum Schluss noch ein paar Worte zur vorliegenden VÖ: Fangen wir mit dem Negativen an. Alle 4 DVDs sind auf einem Pin übereinander gestapelt. Sowas muss nicht sein und zerkratzt nur die Discs. Was die Bildqualität betrifft, ist diese leider nur Mittelmaß. Nun zu den positiven Dingen. DVD 1 und 4 beinhalten den Film uncut, einmal auf Deutsch und einmal auf Englisch. DVD 2 und 3 sind voll mit knusprigem Bonusmaterial, wie z.B. Making Of, Behind the Scenes, Musikvideos etc. Die deutsche Comedy-Synchro ist super-witzig und passt zu dieser Troma-Ausgeburt. "Poultrygeist" ist ein absolutes Muss für alle Fans und verdient zu Recht 5 Sterne, trotz der paar Minuspunkte bei dieser Hartbox-Edition. Bitte nur uncut ansehen / kaufen (von '84 oder Shock Entertainment), denn die deutsche FSK-18-Fassung ist (wie immer) geschnitten, gekürzt und unbrauchbar verstümmelt.

!!!!Warning!This review may contain Salmonella!!! Despite protests, the American Chicken Bunker chain build an outlet on top of a sacred American Indian burial ground in Tromaville. Head chickadee General Lee Roy(Rob Watkins) evens turns up to promote his tasty morsels. Meanwhile, affable loser Arbie(Jason Yachanin), pining for his ex-girlfriend Wendy(Kate Graham) who has eloped with militant Lesbian anti-Chicken Bunker campaigner Micki(Allyson Seraboff), decides to join the fast food empire and gets a job as a counter girl. However, there's something nasty bubbling away in the Bunker kitchen, something feathered, beaked and ready to eggsact revenge on those who disrespected the sacred burial ground. The night of the Native American zombie chicken has started, and workers and protesters alike soon realise its time they counted their chickens. This hilarious film is a real triumph for Lloyd Kaufman and Troma. It's laugh a minute stuff, and is a winning mix of over the top gore, catchy musical numbers(I dare you not to sing along!), vomiting, diarrhoea and deliciously incorrect humour. Its targets are so wide ranging(i.e everybody)that it can't be criticized for offending any group in particular. The great climatic scenes of bloody chicken carnage rival Peter Jackson's Braindead for sheer outrageous gore quotent, and you'd have to be a very hard person not to fall in love with cute little Paco, the militant homosexual chicken sandwich. Eggcellent eggxtras too. I suggest you just capon going to your local dvd store and pullet a copy of this great movie from the shelf. Its better than a bargain bucket. 5 out of 5

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Here it is, finally, THE Troma movie! The one Lloyd Kaufman had to almost starve in order to produce it. Poultrygeist is a hysterical satire about America and most particularly the capitalistic fast-food industry, mostly KFC. Add to this the secret ingredient only Kaufman can add and you have yourselves a cornerstone in the genre. The plot is simple, yet interesting. Arbie always wanted to go to college, but is unable because he has to support his handicapped parents. His girlfriend Wendy goes but comes back as a liberal socialist lesbian, trying to stop the American Chicken Bunker chain to open on an ancient Indian burial ground, along with her girlfriend Mickie (Troma HAD to include lesbians!). Arbie enlists to work at ACB to get revenge on Wendy. From there, the movie becomes really tromaesque: incredibly funny, shoking, gory, perverted, twisted, bizarre, freak, extreme and bloody, with Tromatic cameos and nudity all over, you know, the usual...++! Somewhere between "On the Town", "Fast-Food Nation" and "Day of the Dead" hatches this wild and raw comedy from the dear bottom hole of Uncle Lloydie! Simply his masterpiece, the most "Tromatic" movie from Troma. It is hilarious and spectucular. Independant art doesn't get any better than this! The DVD, even for double that price, would be superb! 3 discs filled with bonus features, including a two-hour documentary about how even a pleasant Kaufman doing a pleasant movie can be really an unpleasant experience! The sacrifices made by that man to bring us this movie are unbelievable. Poultrygeist might be the best Troma movie ever, maybe the best independant movie ever! Buy it and have a blast with a couple of buddies, it's a memorable experience!