History isnt kind to a film's special effects

Rating: Null/10 (24 September 2000)

Histroy hasn't been especially kind to this film with regards to the outdated special effects but look beyond that for a brief second and one can truly see the horror that is apprent in this film.
Basically put, I dont know how to describe Hitchcock's films.
Psycho was terrifying......but why......I cant really say. A lot of it was to do with its cinematography and its being shot in black and white, but one of the things that made The Birds such a surreal horrer film was what it lacked ........a musical score.
I never thought I could be scared of the gradual build up of a bunch of ravens on a childrens playground set, but the way Hitchcock shows it is nothing short of genius. The scene of the man in his house with his eyes pecked out also works well as a prelude for things to come