These Birds Will Peck Their Way Into Your Heart ...Literally(SPOILERS)

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2007)

SPOILERS
I am a huge fan of Alfred Hitchcock as you may know and this is one of his most memorable movies. This is actually not his strongest by a mile, nor his best, but it is very thrilling and tense. The ending of this movie was not very strong at all, and I do not really like the fact that they never tell you why the birds are murdering everyone, but maybe like the crazy woman said it was all Melanie's fault, but I doubt it. I also find it kind of ironic that Tippy Hedren's name is this movie in Melanie and she has a daughter named Melanie Griffith. Coincidence? Why should I know? By the way, Hitchcock's cameo consists of him walking dogs in the first scene.
Here is the plot of this movie. It is one of Hitchcock's more simpler plots. A woman named Melanie has to deliver songbirds to a man named Mitch's sister named Cathy that live Bodega Bay . After she delivers them she is attacked by a bird. Melanie stays with Mitch and Cathy's family and Melanie meets Mitch's mother named Lydia. She also meets a schoolteacher named Annie. Then, the birds in the Bay suddenly start to go on a rampage. They attack children at Cathy's party, they attack school children, they gouge out a man's eyes, they stare at people and more. Then, Annie is killed. Most citizens flee the town, except for our heroes. Melanie is hurt and has to go to the hospital. Our heroes eventually flee the Bay.
Overall, this is a fantastic suspense movie. They are a lot of famous images in this movie. They is the birds on the school playground equipment, they are the birds on the telephone wires, Melanie is trapped in a phone-booth, a man in a house with his eyes totally gouged out, the shot of the children fleeing the school, and more. What I always found funny is that after all these horrific attacks by birds Melanie's hair is still perfect. How is that possible? Anyway, this is a another great film by Alfred Hitchcock but definitely not his best.
8/10
Recommended Films: Psycho.