Suspense through something you never thought could be scary

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 2000)

Who would think birds can be presented as scary? I knew that they would be attacking before I saw this film, but I never thought I could be frightened by them. Well, Hitchcock makes it happen. He has closeups of birds doing things to people that you would never imagine being possible to do without computers. The beauty of the film isn't the birds, although they put films like Deep Blue Sea that are plastered with effects, to shame. The beauty is the suspense. Hitchcock knows all the tricks to scare an audience. Put them in a small room with no way out because the exits have all been boarded up. Then have the real terror begin. Everyone says he is a genious, but this film proves it more than any other. Sometimes I watch movies of his like Saboteur and say "What's so great about Hitchcock?" After seeing The Birds, the answer is almost impossible not to see. His timing, music, and ways of framing scenes so that they are completely frightening. If you want a scary movie, don't see the Haunting or the House on Haunted Hill (new versions), see this movie right here. You may not think birds can be scary but after you see it you won't believe how wrong you were.