Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead - Horror Comedy Movie DVD - Perfect for Halloween Parties & Cult Film Collectors

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is Lloyd Kaufman's best movieto date. Which is true for almost all of his previous movies as thelegend only gets better and better. This film can be read on so manylevels that finally being able to revisit it over and over again nowthat it is out on DVD is something many fans have been waiting for. Ofcourse the careless viewer can watch it as a wonderful splattering goryand amazingly entertaining, wildly funny horror musical with a greatstory and one of the best casts Troma has ever had the pleasure ofworking with, and even then you are in for a treat because nonanosecond is wasted. There is so much going on in the background, thetiniest props have the most insightful jokes and messages on them.Check what is on the headstones in the opening scenes, read the titleson DVD covers appearing in the film, T-shirts people are wearing -there are many opportunities to freeze-frame your DVD and see what iseasily missed when you saw the film in a theater. Every detail has beengiven much care, down to the names of all the characters. But there arealso load of political statements, that can be read painfully wrong ifyou are not aware of the background of the director, and are all themore powerful if you are. Other than that, it is one of those rarezombie-themed films that are provokingly intelligent. There are so manyzombies in hundreds of movies that are there only for gores sake, herethey serve a purpose, here they present a striking metaphor of whatmodern society has come to, filled with unthinking trend-followingfood-stuffing individuals who seem to have no control over themselvesand much less a mind of their own. Most striking is the idea the movieis built upon: a fast food restaurant built on a sacred native Americanburial ground magnificently represents how the new Americans havetreated the land they took and the original cultures that lived on it:destroyed it, killed it, buried it and built a literally andmetaphorically totally tasteless new meaningless culture on top of it.The dialog is fast, witty and powerful and the film leaves the viewerwith a whole lot to chew upon This again is a movie that demonstrateshow ridiculous the popular notion is that Troma makes trivial andtasteless movies. Lloyd Kaufman may make movies the about tastelessnessof todays world, but that doesn't make his movies tasteless. Quite thecontrary - there are very few directors in the movie industry who areable to show what is wrong with humanity in such a painfully accurateway,The 3-disc DVD set is not to be missed by anyone who is remotelyinterested in horror, Troma, movies in general and fans of LloydKaufman's work. It is a total encyclopedia on what is Poultrygeist withnot only a beautifully presented widescreen version of the film, butloads of insightful extra's on all three discs. There is a featurelength documentary on the making of the film, shots of the NYCpremiere, deleted scenes, film-making lessons, an alternate ending,music video's, karaoke versions of the songs from the film and manymore Tromatic goodies.A great film by a legendary genius director with a very talented cast.And all that in this kind of loaded package for such a price. Get it,before they're gone. It's the best buy for your money.