10 Things You Didn't Know About The Birds

[@brianculham1180]

If I had a home like yours, I'd never leave. Lol

Right? That place is awesome!

[@Resimaster]

Looks like KZbin pays the big bucks!

[@naturalcambion3747]

I have to say I really enjoy the older movies you do.

[@LuisM1416]

I love The Birds. Once of my favorite classic film. Alfred Hitchcock is the man My all time favorite film of his are Rear Window, Vertigo, Rebecca Psycho and The Birds.

[@theelder4797]

Never heard of the Rebecca movie.

[@gregmeyer1805]

​​@@theelder4797 Rebecca is one of Hitchcock's most critically acclaimed films. Shockingly it was the only film of his to win Best Picture. I highly recommend checking out his entire filmography. My first taste was Strangers on a Train.

[@gregmeyer1805]

Hitchcock never won an Oscar for Best Director. Criminal to say the least.

[@Verbalaesthet]

I can see where Resident Evil got the idea of the crows hacking people from.

[@IAMTHEMAHDI]

THE BIBLE

[@KuLaydMahn]

Tbf, I think crows actually are capable of this behavior if someone is particularly mean to them.

[@pdmullgirl]

Hey Minty! You do know that crows recognize faces. Also if you piss one off, they will exact revenge. Like pooping on your car and yes, even dive bombing you. They carry grudges. And they pass that to the next generation. Idk about other bird species just crows. Enjoyed the video! ❤️💜💚

[@theelder4797]

Pretty trippy how smart they are. I think they believe they range between a 5-7 year old human.

[@LaraFabans]

Jays and ravens are also members of the corvid family and yes, wickedly smart and can use tools. Look for a video of a crow using a plastic top of a soda as a sled on a roof. I can watch it all day long.

[@dinoegli]

Some of the Parrots could still be alive to this day… lets find one for an interview?😉

[@slake9727]

He'd probably want a cracker...

[@lavo-ld4wm]

The Cathy Brenner character is played by a very young Veronica Cartwright, who's better known by horror fans, as Nancy Bellicec (1978's Invasion of the body snatchers), and Lambert (1979's original Alien).

[@harveylee51]

@Iavo-Id4wm Yes i recognized her my God can she scream ! those two you listed are also awesome movies that i believe Minty has covered as well .

[@QuelSalius]

She also has a role in The X-Files as an abductee.

[@seang2700]

Her sister Angela Cartwright was in 1965's film The Sound of Music, playing Brigitta von Trapp.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

⁠​⁠@@seang2700 Angela was also in 1979's *"Beyond the Poseidon Adventure"* which was produced & directed by Irwin Allen (who previously produced the first film). The film (which got a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes!) also starred Michael Caine, Sally Field, Karl Malden & Telly Savalas.

[@chuckpoore]

@@seang2700 And Penny from Lost in Space, my childhood crush!

[@coreyhendricks9490]

This movie ranked at #96 in the 100 scariest movie moments on Bravo, cool video as always Minty, you take care and have a nice day sir

[@konstantinoskaragiannis1596]

"The Birds"(1963) is an excellent mystery horror movie! The last part of the movie was anxious and very agonizing!

[@apc9079]

I visited the famous house in bodega bay last year.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Isn't Bodega Bay where *The Fog* takes place in as well?

[@kathyharris1627]

I went to Bodega Bay too. We went to see the church and were able to go inside which was pretty cool.

[@michelle78]

If the real Blockbusters were like yours they wouldn't have gone out of business

[@theelder4797]

Well, it was more Netflix that caused them to shut down. I think there's ONE official Blockbuster video store still open and doing business today.

[@gregmeyer1805]

​@@theelder4797 Yes, I believe it's in a small town in Oregon.

[@michelle78]

Still Minty Forever

[@rogerhodge1448]

Happy Halloween Minty and Family and All ya All out there from Hines, Oregon USA! 🎃👋

[@seth8877]

The birds acting like judge Judy and executioner

[@slake9727]

Considering Judge Judy's bailiff was named Bird, that's a hilarious pun, intentional or not.

[@seth8877]

@slake9727 I just can't not hear that when someone says judge, jury, and executioner. I didn't know that, that's awesome. More like magistrate Judy and I right folks

[@rocketdude2969]

You read my mind Minty , because I just watched The Birds a few weeks ago . I watched it and Psycho and it was awesome. It was the first time I had watched the birds and found it to be a very good movie . Of course I immediately fell in love with Tipi . The romantic comedy start to the movie does make the horror elements that much more shocking . I do remember seeing VHS tape of the sequel in my local blockbuster years ago . You have to do 10 things you didn't know about Vertigo.

[@glowormrdr6183]

"From long, long ago." Younger people are so funny. The Birds was one of the first scary movies I saw as a kid, around 1966 or so, on TV. Other favorites: The Crawling Eye, The Blob (both from the year I was born), and Them!, because it was documentary-style and I've always been nerdy.

[@purpleepicicon]

I used to go down to Bodega Bay nearly every summer to visit relatives as a kid. The towns of Bodega Bay and Bodega are actually miles apart. The scene where the kids were running from the schoolhouse made it look like the bay was close by. In reality if they were to run from the schoolhouse in Bodega to the bay it'd be about a 5-mile (8km) run, if not more.

[@larrymead151]

Suzanne was absolutely gorgeous in this movie.

[@leonardceres9061]

She was! Had a beauty that made her seem like I had surely seen her someplace else. The type of face you don’t forget.

[@IamDiamondDraco]

Worthless Trivia; my stepdad Bud Hoffman, an editor at Universal Studios, was an uncredited assistant editor on The Birds.

[@knines4280]

Happy Halloween! Great Choice! Tippy is Melanie Griffiths' mother! Both very pretty women! And a year or two later, when the movie to catch a thief starts, you can see Alfred with a pair of love birds in a cage, ridding the bus! Happy Hauntings people!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@knines4280 Also the Jessica Tandy and Susan Pleshette were also in the Birds. 🐦🦅🎥🎬

[@boris1387]

'feathered barrstards!!' 😂😂😂😂

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

Jessica Tandy and Susan Pleshette were also in The Birds. 👱‍♀🐦🎥🎬

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@emptymannull]

My mother was born in 1949 and she said when she saw this movie, it absolutely traumatized her lol. To this day, she is afraid of birds flying around.

[@luiznogueira1579]

Great video as usual, Minty. Always felt enthralled by Tippy Hedren's classical beauty, but, hey, now that I'm 65 I find myself appreaciating Jessica Tandy's good looks as well... Happy Halloween!

[@musclesforsupes]

Okay in honor of Godzilla’s 70th birthday 🎂. Minty should do 10 things about “Godzilla’s Revenge”. 😂

[@juliacullins-vu1dc]

This movie is definitely a true classic. I have watched interviews with Tippi Hedren and it is incredible how the special effects were done!! Alfred Hitchcock is definitely a true master of horror!! 😊

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

10 Things You Didn't Know About The Tick (1994)

[@chriscoleman6956]

I seen Birds 2 it was a good movie not a great one.

[@okidokicreations1075]

Great idea

[@theelder4797]

The new Tick was great, had a hilarious 2 seasons. Unfortunately it was cancelled to make room for the first stages of wokeWorthless TV and films. Such a shame 😢

[@369frequencyandvibration]

YES!!😂

[@Emily-the_funny_guys]

I'm an Aussie and have seen the sequel, I can't recall where I saw it, but it didn't make a memorable impression on me.

[@the80hdgaming]

The Birds... A classic horror movie... Then you have Birdemic... 🤦

[@cariganpintalba9498]

Birdemic….otherwise known as THE GREATEST HORROR FILM OF ALL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME!

[@the80hdgaming]

@cariganpintalba9498 bwahahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KayCeeTX21]

I loved this film. The screwball song the children are singing at the school always stuck with me. 😂 Minty your Video Store is FABULOUS! It’s perfect. Got some serious happy vibes from the arcade games to the carpet and the shelves of dvds. Blockbuster flashbacks in all the best ways! Love it! 🎥 🍿 ❤️

[@MilkieBeargames]

Oh, the Birds! Grew up with this film. It always felt like an adventure film that I loved as a kid

[@djhinton79]

I enjoyed this movie up until the end. I'm sorry, i was so invested. All this mayhem, and terror. Then, it just ends with such an unsatisfying resolution. I don't believe all movies need a conclusive ending. That all stories need a bow on it to be satisfying is nonsense. This one, I feel, needed it. It just fell flat at the end for me.

[@1pcfred]

Yeah the no explanation aspect of The Birds annoys me to no end. I have to think it was intentional. The message is things happen for no known reason and that's life.

[@bisseborjesson9533]

Back in 2018 I got the opportunity to visit the home of famous film composer Christopher Young. In his living room I saw that he had a copy of that The Birds Barbie...and it was signed by Tippi Hedren. I even have a photo of it.

[@Buster_Chestnut]

I watched this film at WAY TOO YOUNG of an age. I have had a legit bird phobia since... Still terrified of birds to this day... Some 30+ years later.

[@markweaver1963]

I remember watching this when I was about 12, it was summer holidays and I was at a friend's house in the garden. I was telling my pal about the movie when we were dive-bombed by a couple of crows. I ran home screaming. It's been one of my favourites ever since.

[@brettgerber795]

Have you done a video over your “video store”? You have a massive collection! Any vhs? How do you organize it? Thank you Minty!❤

[@MrWoodMan23]

This movie could really happen.

[@warbunny13203]

actually an incident DID occure were birds attacked🤔🤔😁😁😁😁🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@petermontoya1796]

Don't go to Australia when the magpies have chicks. Magpies will attack you. Magpies love to go for your eyes too.

[@lonestarpatriot5511]

How bout doing a series on the Hammer films, Ray Harryhausen films, Day of the Triffids etc. Keep up the good work on these in-depth reviews 👍

[@cem1133]

GREAT MOVIE!

[@DanielHeale355]

Great video Minty! I would absolutely love to give you a recommendation for your "10 Things You Didn't Know About" videos, and that recommendation is that you should do a make and upload a video titled "10 Things You Didn't Know About Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)".

[@juliacullins-vu1dc]

Wanted to add, your video store is amazing, wow!! 😮

[@katmustang7666]

Love this movie. I watched it on Halloween this year. The lack of music and explanation is perfect. You're left feeling the same way the characters feel.

[@jacotromp59581]

I know you are hot interested in the youtube shorts, but what if you make quick trailers to qll your video's and put in links to all of them. Like the trailers we had on VHS bsck in the day. Maybe just try a few

[@mariovaccarella6854]

Great Video, as usual, Minty. I am happy to see that Tippy Hedren is still alive after all of these years (over 60 years).

[@juliacullins-vu1dc]

Happy Halloween, Minty!! 😊

[@Drew-dd5nh]

Alfred def took a liking to this one. She's gorgeous.

[@gryphonlaw2138]

Capitola still talks about this movie. Beautiful place though. Better than just Santa Cruz. Visit both and half moon bay too if you want some more movie nostalgic locations in California. Some based on true stories

[@jamesstutz-c5o]

I have seen The Birds 2 and it was good.

[@jaymescholtes19]

Nice video as always! I heard or read a tbeory someplace that said that the birds attacked people who were smoking cigarettes. But the kids from the school werent smoking so that pokes a big hole in that theory! Great movie and still scaring people today and giving them a bird phobia! Love your videos!

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

This was one of my dads favourite films. He loved Hitchcock. It scared the crap out of me when I was a kid in the 1960's.

[@wstine79]

The better killer bird movie starting Tippy Hindren

[@harveylee51]

@wstline79 i'm guessing that's a sly jab at Birdemic 🤔 Yes this is the much superior Birds attack movie , suspenseful thrilling unique for it''s time and Tippi Hedren was so beautiful . Happy Halloween 🎃

[@TheDopekitty]

I love that you have a mini video store at home. That's so fun!

[@t2stu]

Excellent review. The Birds was brilliant and the ending was perfect. Hitchcock was a genius.

[@edwardsanchez3708]

I remember watching this as a little kid in the 80s, with my mom and cracking up when the little kids were running and getting the back and tops of their heads attacked by the birds 😂

[@steffanballantine5904]

The Birds 2 is on dvd and Blu-ray!

[@ciscodeer9094]

Tippi Hedren is still alive as I write this.

[@KuLaydMahn]

For now...

[@ciscodeer9094]

@KuLaydMahn Yep

[@Baysidemom2]

I'm terrified of birds, especially large one. I have to close my eyes a lot during this movie lol

[@jadephillips8953]

When I first arrived in Western Australia, a cockatoo had its way with me at a shitty motel north of Perth. I’m guessing it was the owner’s pet, I was 9 and it was 1984. Love your show, dude.

[@peteconroy1348]

Your place looks amazing Minty! Must have took a lot of work! Very cool mate 👍😀

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Fabulous movie. The Birds, Rear Window and Rope are my favourite Hitchcock movies.

[@NOWtheband]

Good info! (Plus number 11 = It featured a young Veronica Cartwright!) That's wonderful that it doesn't have a soundtrack. I find nowadays that many soundtracks (in mainstream films, at least) are overwhelming, distracting, unoriginal and continual. 🙂

[@angrytvrobot6130]

I'm still super envious of your movie collection. I have one and a half of those shelves full of movies. I need to save up and find a place that sells them used.

[@jamesmccoy3079]

I definitely remember seeing the birds Barbie doll in a Walmart

[@Greg87601]

One of your best videos.

[@peterlundskow4061]

First scary film as I saw as a youngster. That line will always be one of my favorites in any movie, "Mommy are the Birds going to eat us?"

[@SaintMartins]

My personal favorite Hitchcock films 1. Frenzy (1972) 2. Psycho (1960) 3. Strangers On A Train (1951) 4. The Birds (1963)

[@jakebunker8874]

I just got back from bodega bay has been 35 years since I had seen the bay again.

[@BenMassari]

Great as always Minty. Keep on keeping on

[@travist.7279]

On Hitchcock's rough treatment of Tippi Hedron: For the bird attack in the attic, Hitchcock tethered a couple birds to Tippi, so they would go frantic, trying to get away. Tippi panicked, making the scene appear even more violent. Hitchcock was notorious for being brutal with actors, to give scenes more realism. Another director infamous for that, was Stanley Kubrick.

[@RCCRAWL-q7g]

I wish i lived near you. I'd pay to absorb the presence of your store setup. It looks so cool.

[@BobaFettuccine3541]

Love this channel. How about 10 Things you did'nt know about The Outsiders

[@jamesmoss3424]

Tippi Hedren is brilliant in this classic Alfred Hitchcock film. 😀👍

[@purplecrayonchewer]

Great film one of my faves

[@tyeeggleston6159]

The Birds was a great movie...scared the S...T out of me as a child living along the coast. AlH was a master at keeping you in suspense...Thanks Minty for the insight of the movie.

[@pollorican787]

Top 5 favorite Hitchcock films Psycho, Birds, North by Northwest, Rear Window, Vertigo

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

I have both Alfred Hitchcock's *"THE BIRDS"* & Rick Rosenthal's *"THE BIRDS II: Land's End"* on DVD & Blu-Ray. *"THE BIRDS II: Land's End"* (which was released only in VHS & Laserdisc) received a restored 2K Blu-Ray release by Vinegar Syndrome in 2022.

[@thefatratman7736]

WE LOVE YOU MINTY. NEVER STOP!!!!

[@jss27560]

ravens and crows are very smart birds, and they do remember if someone was good or bad to them and seem to pass it on to other birds.

[@animalking28]

Good Choice For The Halloween 🎃 Season! Good Job Mr. Minty!

[@jessemata6714]

The birds 2 did have a blu ray release by vinegar syndrome

[@LaserRanger15]

For the time period those were pretty great effects.

[@julienneaves790]

Agree The Birds is a masterpiece and one of the best from the master of suspense. I've also seen The Birds 2: Land's End which is shlocky but watchable.

[@davegadge1]

Minty hello, can you please do an episode on ‘Murder By Death’?😮

[@Giambijuice]

"Ten people for dinner, and I'm serving hot nothing" 😂

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

This Film is for the Birds......😅😅😅😅LITTERALY!

[@m.hreels9822]

I would love to see a modern adaptation of this movie! ❤🎥🐦‍⬛

[@lavo-ld4wm]

@@m.hreels9822 I think that was Birdemic

[@maximoreeves2199]

Honestly it's surprising with all the remakes it hasn't been done.

[@m.hreels9822]

@ exactly

[@NGMonocrom]

"Horrifying" One, Minty. 😉

[@leonardceres9061]

One of my favorite movies of all time. I feel like there are such deep human interactions at play albeit subtle ones. You really have to pay attention to the nuance. Only then does the real horror set in.

[@j.r.cruzaguirre2734]

I always found the ambiguity of why the birds were attacking everyone and destroying everything to be more frightening. It’s actually scarier, to me, to not know why it’s happening. It makes the mystery of the unknown, primal and haunting.

[@mrpopsful]

From the Burbs to the Birds, Minty is your tour guide!

[@travist.7279]

A better idea for a sequel, would start with the family driving off from Bodega Bay. It could include the proposed bird attack while crossing the GG Bridge. From there, it would become a large-scale "Man against the Forces of Nature" story, similar to Godzilla or the giant monster movies of the 1950's.

[@lucrativesoundsent.1274]

The Birds- love that movie! Minty, you should review the movie The Mack 😎

[@JeffreyMoore-r4w]

I don’t know about anyone else, but during the spring and summer, I get dive bombed at least once a week when I walk the neighborhood or while mowing the yard. Sometimes I had to have my sun stand outside with the water hose to keep them at bay.

[@Martin48964]

Visited Bodega Bay in 2011 and ate at the Tides Restaurant. Unfortunately the original restaurant burnt down in the mid '60's. It was rebuilt as a beautiful meeting place for people to eat. Nothing like the original diner type restaurant that is in the movie. However the movie is still a big thing there.

[@deathstroke5335]

The Birds is one of my faves!! All the critics are useless--the movie is brilliant!! I love the ending, but would have loved to have seen the full ending as well.

[@GroomLakeStudiosAU]

I definitely rented The Birds 2 from my local video store as a kid here in Australia, would have been the only way i could have seen it.

[@D.A.B-w7n]

A good modern comparison to this movie is From Dusk till Dawn. Hard to see it today but that’s the same kind of reaction audiences had back then to this film.

[@macecrawford2860]

There was a DVD release of Birds 2. I owned it at one time. But lost it sometime over the years. I enjoyed it though

[@briwanderz]

i may have suggested this before but, this is the right time of year, and actually slightly similar story to birds.. 10 things you didn't know about "Day of the Animals" 1977 (all the animals on a mountain go crazy and start attacking people) i saw this when i was pretty young probably on HBO, it has Leslie Nielsen who by the time i saw this, i had only known from comedy roles like Airplane and Police Squad! but he is not being funny in this movie! surprisingly right now the movie is available on several streaming services, including amazon prime, so i might finally get to watch it again (i have seen it a couple times)

[@framesdaimaginacao]

One of the BEST movies of Alfred Hitchcock!

[@martinfobert9407]

I remember my dad showing me this movie when I was a kid. I always interpreted as some kind of environmental related meaning. The birds don't like the human's encroaching on their territory. Upsetting the balance of nature. When the lady showed up with two birds in a cage that was like the last straw. The birds wanted the people out of their space.

[@drdogbarker3830]

The tiny village of Bodega still has some of the original buildings that were featured in the movie. The best is Potter School, which is now a private residence, and the St Teresa of Avila Church. There used to be a funky deli/antique store across the street that had a funky Hitchcock mannequin out front. If you didn't stop to have your picture taken with Alfred, there was something wrong with you. Then one day it was gone...the business had been sold. 😢 Most people drive through Bodega on their way to Bodega Bay. Don't blink. People from other countries will stop in Bodega Bay looking for the gas station and The Tides as they were in the movie (60's.) They're always disappointed (me, too). For decades, Tippi Hedren came to the Tides on Labor Day Weekend and mingled with fans and signed autographs. She remained an elegant, beautiful woman. The restaurant still displays old photos on the wall. It's a shame so many people don't know this great film.