Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
A deranged Troma musical turns a fried-chicken franchise into a battlefield against possessed poultry, corporate greed, and bodily-function horror.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- irreverent
- grotesque
- midnight movie marathon
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film tasteless and juvenile but energetic, original, and capable of delivering lively schlocky fun, despite complaints that its extended runtime exhausts the jokes.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Zombie chickens, projectile vomiting, explosive diarrhea, and gallons of fake blood define its comic-horror register.
The American Chicken Bunker functions as both a fried-chicken chain and the target of the film's anti-corporate satire.
The film explicitly combines zombie-chicken horror with singing and dancing sequences.
Its Troma production context, exploitation format, juvenile humor, and deliberately tasteless imagery make transgression central to the experience.
Films like Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, and why
The Toxic Avenger
shares splatter horror, outrageous black comedy, musical interludes, and deliberately juvenile exploitation aesthetics
Street Trash
shares anarchic fast-food satire, grotesque practical effects, and cult midnight-movie energy
Dead Alive
shares zombie comedy, splatter excess, irreverent humor, and ensemble survival dynamics
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
shares musical horror, campy body horror, and flamboyant cult-film sensibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Release Date
- 2006-12-26
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (183)
Cast
- Jason Yachanin
- Kate Graham
- Allyson Sereboff
- Robin L. Watkins
- Joshua Olatunde
- Rose Ghavami
- Caleb Emerson
- Debbie Rochon
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Ron Jeremy
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Troma NOW
- Rent
- Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead about?
- A deranged Troma musical turns a fried-chicken franchise into a battlefield against possessed poultry, corporate greed, and bodily-function horror.
- What is Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead as graphic.
- What did critics think of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead?
- Critics broadly found the film tasteless and juvenile but energetic, original, and capable of delivering lively schlocky fun, despite complaints that its extended runtime exhausts the jokes.
- Which films are like Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead?
- Films with a similar feel include The Toxic Avenger, Street Trash, Dead Alive, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- How long is Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead?
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead?
- In United States, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead streams on Troma NOW.
