Films like Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) reads as Neutral, breathless, extreme comedy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Father's Day (2011) poster
1. Father's Day2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1 (2013) poster
2. Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 12013

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2012) poster
3. Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) poster
4. Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

RoboGeisha (2009) poster
5. RoboGeisha2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) poster
6. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mutant Girls Squad (2010) poster
7. Mutant Girls Squad2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Manborg (2011) poster
8. Manborg2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Too Many Cooks (2014) poster
9. Too Many Cooks2014

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the running vein of humour; trades toward a white-knuckle intensity.

The Machine Girl (2008) poster
10. The Machine Girl2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a running vein of humour.

Blood Car (2007) poster
11. Blood Car2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Treevenge (2008) poster
12. Treevenge2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a airy, open telling.

These are Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead’s neighbours — where are yours?

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