December 30th, 2007

Well… the “Top 10 Films of 2007 That You Never Heard Of”, that is. Hooray for PopMatters!
#3 - Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Sadly, the Troma trademark has been turned into a tag for all that is dumb, dopey, schlocky, and stupid. Frankly, nothing could be further from the truth, perfect proof arriving […]

December 9th, 2007

Check out this great video of Lloyd introducing Poultrygeist’s Austin premiere this weekend (to a sold out audience, of course!), and then his Q&A afterwards, posted by a surreptitious fan. He answers questions about the making of Poultrygeist, The Toxic Avenger Part V, Ron Jeremy, and dirty dirty microphones.

Thanks, TexasGeek.tv!!!

December 8th, 2007

Don’t miss these two interviews with Uncle Lloyd, one appearing in Austinist at http://austinist.com/2007/12/07/_austinist_inte.php, and the other on the legendary Ain’t It Cool News (where advance reviews of Poultrygeist screamed that it’s “a masterpiece… It’s like FAST FOOD NATION meets SHAUN OF THE DEAD!!!”) at http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35001

December 6th, 2007

In anticipation of this weekend’s openings of Poultrygeist — in both Houston and Austin!!! — the Houston Press raved “Move over Morgan Spurlock, Eric Schlosser and China, Lloyd Kaufman has the best reason to avoid fast food!!!… Poultry-geist has a cornucopia of gore, cheesy lines, sexy ladies and off-the-cuff musical numbers!!!”, and then The Daily Texan praised Poultrygeist as “pure creativity and fun at breakneck speeds, covered in soda-fountain blood and UltraSlime… fatal fast food, licentious lesbians, American Indians, hypocrites of all stripes being taken to the blade - or beak - of hilarity as vengeance comes feathered in absurdity.”

December 4th, 2007

Whoa, there cowboy! Hold on just a second! Looks like Lloyd Kaufman is going to be spreading his fowl love across the state, opening Poultrygeist in both Austin and Houston this weekend!!!
Get your tickets early to guarantee yourself a seat at what Variety is calling “A veritable Cluckwork Orange! It takes up where […]

December 4th, 2007

“The results are in: Poultrygeist is a winner… Hilarious musical numbers!… Sick, over-the-top kill scenes… It’s goofy. It’s sick. It’s funny as hell… I applaud Kaufman and the folks at Troma for delivering a fun, nasty, funny sing-a-long that I can sink my teeth into.”
Read the full review over at KillerFilm.com!