March 27, 2008...1:27 pm
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
I consider myself to be a cineaste and I often check out the latest and greatest (though sometimes the greatest really suck!) film buzz on various movie sites. One site I view, almost everyday, is Movies
So having prefaced the site (yeah free plug for them - now where’s my money, haha?), I came across a film called… Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.
Imagine if Sam Raimi, George A. Romero and Peter Jackson (all in their early days of horror/gore) got together to make a gore-fest feature about, what else, chickens, or better yet, chicken people. I know right? Scary concept.
So what we have then is a GREAT return to the campy splatter genre we’ve come to love from the 70s and 80s gore-fest films.
Poultrygeist is definitely equal parts gore and laughter. I immediately thought of Dead/Alive - the amazing splatter comedy from Peter Jackson, as the basis for this film. The dismemberment’s, proctology exploration, bathroom bowel movements and blood spray showers mixed with the comical commentary from the “living dead” provide for an excellent splatter comedy from a genre I thought was becoming extinct.
I think Tom Savini and his colleagues would be very satisfied with the SFX and Latex galore in this film. The production value of the gore is low budget but creative and definitely effective. Especially if you approach the film as one that came from the late 70s, early 80s with its production budget.
The movies will have a limited release in certain cities and I’m sure a big following in Fangora and direct DVD sales too.
Feel free to watch the trailer below, but be warned: THIS IS NSFW!!!
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