6.7
Sabotage
1937
“...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!”
The Birds (1963)
March 28, 19631h 59mEN
7.5
4.4K votes
Overview
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Director
Alfred HitchcockWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2.5M
Revenue
$11.5M
Production Companies
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
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User Reviews
John Chard
8.0Birds 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…
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JPV852
6.0Certainly 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**
RetroSpyGadget
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.