Justin Remer

I read Adam Tyner's DVD review of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=40803 and...

I was a behind-the-scenes editor for Troma back when POULTRYGEIST was in post-production. I cut the Blowing-Up-The-ACB, Meat Grinder Scene, Joe Fleishaker Head Mold, and Recording The Songs featurettes.

So I can tell you that the Recording The Songs featurette is supposed to run about 13 minutes. If it's cut off at 6, well, that's kind of predictable in a really crappy disappointing Tromatic way. I don't have the DVD version, but I've been told the whole featurette is on that disc. Also, it's probably on 3 or 4 random Troma releases from 2006, intended as a kind of teaser for the movie.

Larry C.

Loved this movie great review. Wasn't expecting much from a Troma BD anyways still will get the BD.

Adam Tyner

That's a drag...thanks for letting me know. I don't think the version on the Blu-ray disc cuts off mid-sentence, but it comes really, really close.

I'm not sure if this is a question you might know the answer to, but do you have any idea if Poultrygeist was actually transferred in high definition? (I don't think Troma would've retransferred it after just a couple of years, so I'm assuming whatever transfer they did back then is what they're using now.) It doesn't look like it to me, but literally no one else on any other review site seems to think so, so I'm wondering if I'm off my rocker or not. A couple of people have said the Blu-ray disc looks a little better than the DVD, but that doesn't convince me that it's actually high-def...could just be a better presentation of a lower resolution source.

If you have any idea, I'd definitely appreciate it. Thanks!

Justin Remer

I don't know anything for certain because I left the company just after picture was locked on the film, but before sound was designed/prints were made/etc.

But, having been in charge of making a bunch of their DVDs between 2005-06, I am willing to bet they made an SD 16x9 transfer (odd for them, since Lloyd has always intentionally shot his films since the 70s -- all the way up to and including this one -- in 1.33:1, so that the video version could be made just by adding the information back to the top and bottom rather than panning and scanning) when they finished the film and then figured they could get away with using it again for the BD.

I am a bit curious about this upcoming Tromeo and Juliet disc, though, since there was no existing 16x9 video master for it when I organized the 10th anniversary 2-DVD edition (one of my proudest Troma moments -- I remember being very happy with the DVD Talk review at the time).

Adam Tyner

Thanks for the response! I'm curious about how some of their other movies will turn out on Blu-ray too...some, like Class of Nuke 'em High, haven't gotten any re-releases over the years, so hopefully those will still benefit a lot from whatever polishing they do.

Adam Tyner

Poultrygeist still doesn't really have an HD look to my eyes, but Troma did pass along a picture showing the master tape to show that this isn't an upconvert:

Kurt D

That's awesome, Adam. A real tromatic feather in your cap, or something!