Refreshingly creepy

Rating: Null/10 (15 May 2002)

There's something about birds in general that is just unpleasant. The beaks, the flapping wings, the claws and dirty feathers. I've always found birds to be a little bit unnerving and that's why I found Hitchcock's "The Birds" to be refreshingly creepy.
Surprisingly, the effects (the birds) were remarkably realistic and effective. The number of birds alone was uncanny. There appeared to be thousands of them. Certainly this excessive number of birds added to the horror of the film.
The performances of the actors were very straightforward, and the story contained a number of bizarre story points or red herrings. Hitchcock has used a large number of devices to surprise the audience just one more time, and keep us expecting more. For this reason, I highly recommend watching this film more than once.