Hitchcock's Best Hauntingly Thrilling Movie !

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2008)

Alfred Hitchcock's physiognomy, visage and appearance has all that he portrays in his thrilling, suspense laden and at times nail biting cinematic sequences. He definitely introduced the horror side of cinema to the world. But he was much refined and dexterous while filming the horror scenes then his descendant directors and producers. He had the keen acumen and sharpened intellect to get to the bottom of the suspense creating story and always left some baffling unanswered questions for the audience to cobble with.
"The BIRDS" is much better movie than others of its genre, namely, Exorcist, Evil Dead and The Mummy Returns. Born during the hey days of cinema when the computerized special effects were a far cry, Hitchcock exhibited great skill in filming the special effects with perfection as to leave the audience wonderstruck by his sheer sense of sudden thrill. Coupled by interesting story and nice direction, movies directed by this suspense guru would always remain a toast for the viewers to watch.
The sheer scale and number of threatening sea gulls at the end of the movie is amazing. How did Hitchcock manage such a large gathering of sea birds and also made them to ferociously intrude in the sea side resort house ? Then the rescue of the hostage inmates from the birds encircled resort was all revealing and satisfying.