Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

Arbie and Wendy attempt to consummate their relationship at the Tromahawk burial ground. A gravedigger watches the scene from nearby, and the couple leaves in disgust. Moments later, zombie hands erupt from the ground and kill the gravedigger, marking the film’s first brush with the undead.

Arbie returns to the site and finds the burial ground bulldozed, replaced by a mega fast-food complex called American Chicken Bunker. Wendy is now involved in activism with her girlfriend Micki, opposing the construction. Arbie wrestles with disillusionment and a desire for revenge.

Arbie starts minimum-wage work under paranoid manager Denny. Inside the restaurant he meets a quirky staff lineup—Paco Bell, Carl Jr., Hummus—and a mysterious 60-year-old mascot lurking in the basement. The monotonous grind reveals a darker undercurrent to the operation.

While grinding meat, Paco is shoved into the meat grinder by an uncooked chicken. General Lee Roy decides Paco should become a sloppy joe sandwich rather than die outright. Arbie begins to sense a sinister plot tied to the restaurant’s operations.

Paco, now reanimated as a sandwich, warns Arbie of the spirits of disenfranchised Native Americans and the billions of slaughtered chickens seeking revenge. He describes a plan for vengeance that could unfold through the restaurant’s façade. Arbie starts to realize a larger, supernatural scheme at play.

In the storage area, Carl Jr. becomes involved in a disturbing incident with an uncooked chicken. Hummus dispatches the chicken by shoving a broom into the area, and Carl Jr. dies as a result. The gruesome moment underscores the nightmarish chaos festering in the kitchen.

Later in the same shift, Arbie gives Carl Jr. alcohol to drink, and the boy dies as a consequence. The deaths pile up as the store’s underworld begins to surface. The horrifying event pushes Arbie deeper into the conspiracy.

Mickie proclaims the chicken delicious, drawing cheers from protesters. Wendy discovers Mickie was paid by General Lee Roy to promote the product and ends her relationship with Arbie. The abandonment deepens the rift between the lovers.

The poisoned chicken sickens customers inside the restaurant. Lee Roy tries the product and experiences a brief high before succumbing to diarrhea. He lays an egg in the bathroom, and a chicken zombie hatches from it, escalating the nightmare.

Denny leads everyone toward the kitchen and recounts his first chicken encounter, only to be decapitated by the General. His death signals the blood-drenched unraveling of the establishment. The outbreak begins to surge outward from the kitchen doors.

Customers, workers, and protesters all transform into zombie chickens as chaos erupts. The mascot fires an M-16 at the rising flock, and the General Lee Roy zombie returns only to be shot down. In a cruel twist, a zombie Denny tears off the General’s nose before Arbie finishes him off.

Wendy flips the open/closed sign to 'closed' in a desperate bid to contain the outbreak. The mascot reveals he is Arbie’s future self and becomes a chicken zombie, while Mickie also falls to the infection and joins the hunt. The trio flees as chaos closes in.

Hummus drinks a meat steroid to try to save them, accidentally killing herself in the process. Arbie and Wendy realize that beer can kill the chicken zombies and begin to formulate a plan. The outbreak continues to wage a brutal battle around them.

Arbie, Wendy, and the young girl escape through the wreckage as the building explodes. The girl experiences stomach cramps from beer and clucks before laying an egg, foreshadowing further danger. Arbie loses control of the car, which flips and detonates, ending in an explosive crash.

During the credits, various chicken zombies dance to a reprise of the film’s theme. The sequence leaves the world in a ridiculous, over-the-top finale. It mirrors the film’s satire and comic grotesqueness.