DAY 3 (31 Days of Horror)

DAY THREE

FILM - THE BIRDS

PREMISE - Spoiled socialite and notorious practical joker Melanie Daniels is shopping in a San Francisco pet store when she meets Mitch Brenner. Mitch is looking to buy a pair of love birds for his young sister's birthday; he recognizes Melanie but pretends to mistake her for an assistant. She decides to get her own back by buying the birds and driving up to the quiet coastal town of Bodega Bay, where Mitch spends his weekends with his sister and mother. Shortly after she arrives, Melanie is attacked by a gull, but this is just the start of a series of attacks by an increasing number of birds.

ANTAGONIST - I know it's sounds ridiculous and obvious but it's BIRDS. And they are pissed off.

BLOOD AND GORE - A couple very gruesome parts for the 1960's. Not a lot of blood but some shocking scenes of blood. And it's bright red Hammer Films colored blood.

SCARES - Very suspenseful. Very creepy. When you have something you take for granted like birds and turn them against you. It makes you think what if this really happened and that is a freaky feeling.

REVIEW - Alfred Hitchcock is the master of suspense. Not the master of drama. The first hour of this movie is boring with a capital B. Once the birds start attacking this film kicks into high gear and never lets up. The sound effects are the real star of this film. Just hearing the birds is enough to creep me out. The f/x were pretty amazing for the time too. The actors were great. Especially Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mom) who is just stunning. Hitch really knew how to pick woman for role's. I give this film an 8 out of 10 and happy I finally got to see it in its entirety.