A film that stays interesting through repeated viewings

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 1999)

It's interesting how many of the previous user comments have discerned different aspects of this film. Besides the horror elements of the movie, the relationships between Mitch and his mother (who he calls "Darling"), Annie Hayworth and Melanie Daniels and Melanie and Mrs. Brenner are plenty to keep the viewer interested.
Although the movie did not have a musical score, there was one song in the film if you noticed. When Tippi Hedren plays the piano in the Brenner home, the strains of a song familiar as the closing theme of the PBS "Stargazer" show are heard.
I particularly enjoyed Suzanne Pleshette's performance as Annie Hayworth and the entire diner scene with the various viewpoints of the townfolk on the "bird" situation. The overhead scene of the gulls swooping down on the burning gas station is incredible to me. The two deaths due to bird attacks are done in a way to produce maximum shock.
These are some of the reasons why this movie doesn't wear out after repeated viewings.