One of his best

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 2000)

This, apart from Rear Window, is the best Hitchcock film I've seen. The symbolism of the birds throughout really does start to freak you out, and the acting of Hedren particularly does bring out genuine terror in the predicament that the people are facing.
The superb use of silence in this film really does grip you, and who can forget the scene when the family's house is under siege from gulls, and the sight that faces them when they go outside.
Truly freaky!