Hugely over-rated

Rating: 3/10 (7 October 2008)

When I first watched "The Birds" on television years ago, I was left quite cold by the whole experience. Far be it from me to knock Alfred Hitchcock as a serious film-maker, but I wasn't exactly impressed by this effort from 1963. Although there were some genuinely horrific scenes and iconic scenes (such as the famous scene showing a flock of Blackbirds sitting on the climbing frame) on offer, the ending seemed rather unresolved to me. On top of that, some of the photography effects looked extremely dated.
There is a distinct sense of coldness and isolation in the small-town setting of "The Birds" Definitely not the scariest horror film I've ever seen by a long shot, but I suppose I could do a lot worse.