The Chicken from Outer Space (1996)

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John Dilworth

Written by

John Dilworth

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An elderly couple's dog must defend them from a malicious space chicken, bent on conquest by infecting them with mutagenic eggs. First this quiet farm in the middle of nowhere, next, the world!

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"11.12. It's really not that hard to see why this short became such a beloved classic. The humor is extremely dark, but at the same time these guys really seem to get the style of the genre exactly right and it's just constant laughter."

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"DIR: John Dilworth SUMMARY: An elderly couple's dog must defend them against a malevolent space chicken. WHY IT'S HERE: John Dilworth's 'The Chicken from Outer Space' is a short which ultimately spawned the Cartoon Network TV series 'Courage, the Cowardly Dog'. It has a very 90s TV feel to it, with the grotesque and the surreal (staples of 90s kid's cartoons) playing a large part but it is also very funny. The short's relative obscurity, despite an Oscar nomination, is due to the fact that i"