Poultrygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead

Lloyd Kaufman
USA
2006

General, what are these tiny little bumps all over my chicken?

103", 35mm
Color, English

about the film

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is the first ever chicken-zombie horror-comedy… with musical numbers! When well-meaning but somewhat dim Arbie returns to the spot of his first romantic encounter with his high school sweetheart –the not-so-romantic Ancient Tromahawk Tribe Indian Burial Ground- he is shocked to discover two horrible realities: Not only has the graveyard been bulldozed to make room for the newest fast-food “American Chicken Bunker” chain restaurant, but after only one semester at college, his girlfriend Wendy has been transformed into a left-wing, lipstick-lesbian liberal, and spends her free time protesting the corporate takeover of America. Reeling from heartbreak and a brutal beating from Micki, Wendy’s new activist girlfriend, Arbie channels his spite into applying for a job at the very restaurant they are protesting against.
But something else is feeling wronged by all of the construction and commotion… Something not human…Poultrygeist doles out everything you’ve come to expect from a Lloyd Kaufman and Troma film -blood, gore, and an outrageous sense of humour!

about the director

Lloyd Kaufman, born in 1945, is an American film director and producer. With producer Michael Herz, he is the co-founder of Troma Entertainment and director of many of Troma's feature films. Kaufman graduated from Yale University in 1968 then went on to work for Cannon Films, where he met John G. Avildsen, director of Rocky (1976) and The Karate Kid (1984). The two collaborated for several years, making low-budget films including Joe (1970) and Cry Uncle (1971). During this period, he also directed his second feature film, The Battle of Love's Return, in 1971, and then wrote and produced Sugar Cookies (1973, with Oliver Stone), and, in 1972, Big Gus, What's the Fuss?.

awards

2007 Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
Fantasia Film Festival

screenings

February 15 Friday, 12:15 AM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

February 21 Thursday, 12:15 AM AFM Fitaş Beyoğlu 2

March 02 Sunday, 9:45 PM AFM CEPA Ankara 4

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