Poultrygeist Night of the Chicken dead is one of the most strangest films ever. It has a lot of things going for it. Directed by Lloyd Kaufman you no it will be weird. Personally I enjoy Troma films. Yes most of them are bad but they all have a charm I believe. Poultrygeist is the best example of a Troma film, it's satirical and weird with all the things that have become common with Troma. The story is very odd and so are the characters which are my favorite part of this film. The disappointing parts are the musical numbers. Some of them just fall flat which is disappointing as I really hoped that they would be good. Although the story is very odd that doesn't necessarily mean good. It is all over the place and quite stupid at times. Some of the practical effects were good and some weren't. I did really enjoy the acting of this film. The jokes were hit and miss as some were just plain toilet humor but some were very funny. In the end Poultrygeist Night of the Chicken dead was an odd film with some hit and miss elements.

I had high expectations when I settled in to watch this, (well, as high as one can get with a Troma movie), however even for them this seems to be nothing more than an drunken excuse to sully their "So bad it's good" reputation. To say that this movie took so many years from script writing to the final product is really indicative of the problems that are obvious throughout the movie as it doesn't gel together like many other Troma films seem to do.This movie is just plain bad in every sense. It starts off fine enough with a young couple, (Arbie & Wendy), getting it on in a old Native American burial ground and before you know it, in typical Troma fashion, the place gets bulldozed and paved over to make way for a burger joint. Suffice to say, the deceased members of the "Tromahawk" tribe are none too happy about it.Arbie has returned to the spot of his one and only sexual encounter and found that burger chain, American Chicken Bunker now stands on the site and Wendy has become a lesbian who's in the midst of protesting the fast-food chain along with her activist girlfriend. So naturally Arbie decides the best way to get revenge, is to get a job there.From there the movie seems to really lack that panache that made many other Troma movies, as low-budget as they may be, enjoyable to watch. I didn't really see the point in having musical numbers throughout the movie, which just slowed it right down. After the first 2 songs, I found myself fast-forwarding the rest as they didn't even add to the story.With a movie like this, you expect bad acting, poor effects, little story, nudity and over-the-top death and dismemberment scenes, yet even knowing this before hand, still won't prepare you for this futile attempt at making a low-budget and watchable movie. The sort of stuff that made Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke Em High and the original Mothers Day etc. the trashy classics that they are.There are quite a number of disgusting and inventive torturous death scenes and random displays of nudity in Poultrygeist to keep most fans of exploitive movies happy throughout, (the woman who gets her breast implants ripped out is a new one), however if you're no stranger to Troma films, there's very little that hasn't been done before. Instead of Zombie Rednecks, Zombie Kids or Rabid Grannies, it's simply Zombie Chicken people who are now disemboweling people, which leaves me to wonder why even make a movie like this. The overall premise of the story is trashy enough to make a fun blood-drenched movie, but the singing, child-like acting and recycled humour just made it boring to watch, (I fell asleep twice while watching this), so there's my summation of Poultrygeist - A snooze-fest.

If you're into horror spoofs, this could be the movie for you. The acting does have an up side. It gets a little goofy at times, but it fits the nature of the movie. However, you'll have to put up with the disgusting parts (slime, bodily excretions from both ends of the digestive system, and blood), the sexually explicit stuff (which includes the stick of a mop taking the place of a certain guy part), and the possibility of being offended. They do take aim at quite a few groups, including homosexuals, Mexicans, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, just to name a few. Another goofy aspect of this movie are the song and dance numbers.

This film was a complete waste of my life. It wasn't even so bad that it was good, it was worse than that. If you want a terrible movie that entertains then you've got to be looking at Megashark Vs Giant Octopus - this will provide all the low-budget thrills you need without wanting to throw up in seconds. Particular low-lights include a man's testicles being deep fried, the singing set pieces and the use of a broomstick as a penis. Oh, and let's not forget the exploding feces guy - that sucked too. This film had no redeeming features; even the lesbians looked like washed out crack junkies barely on the road to recovery. In fact, I watched this film in Canada and somehow this made Canada seem a little seedier and darker than it had before. No more Tim Horton's for me. I hate this film.