...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
- Animal harm
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and meticulous.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
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- John Chardon TMDB · Dec 20188/10
Birds of a different feather do indeed flock together. The Birds is directed by Alfred Hitchcock and adapted to screenplay by Evan Hunter from the story of the same name written by Daphne du Maurier. It stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright and Ethel Griffies. Cinematography is by Robert Burks and editing by George Tomasini. Mother's love? Better to be ditched or loved? When animals attack! The only outright horror movie that Alfred Hitchcock ever directed, The Birds sees the great man get the utmost terror from something so amiable in our lives - Birds! Modern day critics can hark on about it being dated all they like, it still doesn't detract from what a frenzied experience "The Birds" can still be - let alone what it did for cinema goers in 1963! Admittedly upon small screen ventures too much is missed or under enhanced, which is a crying shame. But it isn't dark Annie! It's a full moon. Plotting is simple in trajectory terms. Hip socialite Melanie Daniels (Hedren) has a friendly vocal joust in a pet shop with handsome Mitch Brenner (Taylor), the result of which sees Melanie, on a mischievous whim, buy a couple of lovebirds and set
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Sep 20206/10
Certainly has some creepy imagery and the acting was mostly passable, and I guess it works as a B-movie horror-thriller, but I never really found the birds all that terrifying. Probably the lower end of the Hitchcock movies I've seen. **3.25/5**
Read the whole review on TMDB - RetroSpyGadgeton TMDB · May 2021
Terrific horror film! Terrific film! But my impression is that The Birds is not really about the birds. To me this movie is all about the characters, their stories and finding something they didn't expect to find in each others. They felt real to me, they evolved and changed alongside their relationship with each others. In the end, even though they are going through hell, they managed to find some closure.
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Cast
- Tippi HedrenMelanie Daniels
- Rod TaylorMitch Brenner
- Jessica TandyLydia Brenner
- Suzanne PleshetteAnnie Hayworth
- Veronica CartwrightCathy Brenner
- Ethel GriffiesMrs. Bundy
- Charles McGrawSebastian Sholes
- Ruth McDevittMrs. MacGruder
- Lonny ChapmanDeke Carter
- Joe MantellLe voyageur de commerce au bar
Crew
- Alfred HitchcockDirector
- Evan HunterScreenplay
- Robert BurksDirector of Photography
- George TomasiniEditor
- Alfred HitchcockProducer
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