Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Poultrygeist

On the third night of the festival, I had the “pleasure” to watch Lloyd Kaufman’s (of TROMA entertainment) horror-comedy, Poultrygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead.
The film is about a chicken fast food restaurant which is built on an Indian burial ground and the spirits have possessed the chickens and are turning everyone into “chicken zombies”

Since I was a little girl, I have always wanted to watch TROMA films like ‘The Toxic Avenger,’ but my mother always forbid me to watch them. I never understood that because I was able to watch tons of other horror films. After watching Poultrygeist….now I know why.

THE GOOD

The only redeeming remark I can say about this film is that the make up effects were great for a horror indie. It definitely pleased the TROMA fans, and by far the goriest film I have seen in recent history. Yup….that’s all the good I can say. Now on to the bad.

THE BAD

I cannot express how I felt about all the negative things about this film, so I will just point out just a few scenarios the audience is “treated” to.

-A character’s insides are torn out from his ass
-A character’s testicles are torn off, and then fried and eaten
-We see a chicken zombie ejaculating on someone’s face
-We see from a toilet camera an obese man crapping in the toilet, and spewing excrement all over the bathroom floor
-We see a threesome on the fast food restaurant floor
-A severed penis ends up in someone’s food
-The film is filled with every racial and discriminatory slur you could think of
Now can you understand why I couldn’t express ALL my feelings toward the bad?

OVERALL

I have watched many horror films in my time. Never has any movie challenged my gag reflex as much as ‘Poultrygeist’ had. It is by far the most offensive, most shocking, and most sickening film I’ve ever had to sit through. If you are not a fan of TROMA or have not watched any of their films, I suggest you stay FAR away from this one! This movie is definitely an acquired taste (like bean juice) and I unfortunately will never forget the images that were shown onscreen. Every vile and disgusting thing you can think of was in ‘Poultrygeist.’ Troma fans have fun! Everybody else, bring your barf bags! I give this film a rating of 1 out of 10 AND on a TROMA-meter scale, I give this film a 10 out of 10. ;)