THE BIRDS (1963) TWIN BROTHERS FIRST TIME WATCHING MOVIE REACTION!

[@cruzcamel]

This one’s a classic in my eyes. So long as people can handle the slower buildup, it holds up perfectly.

[@miatodd3236]

I agree

[@marciabowers7792]

Classic ❤

[@jjjones8609]

The original ending of the movie is much more sinister. I believe they ran out of money to add the extra 10 minutes or so.

[@Sirala6]

"in my eyes" I see what you did there. The Birds - eyes. Congrats to the boys for their respect, intelligence, ability to LISTEN to words A++

[@ellydiaforest5512]

Veronica Cartwright, who played Cathy, 16 years later played Lambert in "Alien"

[@prettypinkpopsicle]

Doodles Weaver (Fisherman) was Sigourney Weaver's uncle. 🤯

[@johnw8578]

And her sister, Angela was in The Sound of Music and in Lost in Space.

[@Cau_No]

More of Veronica Cartwright: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Witches of Eastwick

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@Cau_No And she played Gus Grissom's wife in "The Right Stuff."

[@Cadinho93]

The scene where Melanie is sitting on the bench when the birds gather and the children are singing is a masterclass of building suspense and is so eerie. Also, the ending is perfect. No explanation for why the birds were attacking and it's left up to our imagination what will happen next. That's the best kind of horror, the fear of the unknown...

[@terrylandess6072]

Growing up with an imagination let us really enjoy these films and left room for discussion. Explaining everything turns it into some kind of lesson - will there be a test after the movie? :P

[@Cau_No]

There were actual smaller incidents where birds attacked, because they fed on some kind of poisonous algae - i.e. it was the food. But if the characters can't find that out, why should the audience be told? Daphne du Maurier wrote the story and Alfred Hitchcock made it into a cult film before there was such a thing.

[@andkristianwashisname-o]

I love the scene at the diner/bar where all these different characters come together and share all their point of views - and then the drama of the bird attack that immediately follows.

[@Dreamfox-df6bg]

@@andkristianwashisname-o That scene could have been the inspiration to a good part of the movie 'The Mist' (2007).

[@andkristianwashisname-o]

@@Dreamfox-df6bg Yeah, most likely. And also, now that you mentioned The Mist it also reminds me of the scenes in Bird Box, when they are trapped in the house for a good portion of that movie.

[@vanessamorris1985]

One of my favorites!! You guys should go on an Alfred Hitchcock binge and watch Rear Window next!!

[@DravenGal]

Good choice! Have you ever seen the version with Christopher Reeve in his wheelchair? It was SO good! And such a thrill to see him on the screen again.💙

[@vanessamorris1985]

⁠​⁠@@DravenGalno I haven’t!! I love Christopher Reeve! Thanks for letting me know, I’m definitely watching that next!

[@DravenGal]

@vanessamorris1985 Him and Margot Kidder were also in a few episodes of Smallville. They dedicated one of them to him after he died. Oh dang, now I'm tearing up!😥

[@susanliltz3875]

Mitches mother is Jessica Tandy, years later she starred in : Driving Miss Daisy

[@conureron3792]

And Fried Green Tomatoes with Kathy Bates

[@jollyrodgers7272]

... and don't forget COCOON (1985), and BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED (1987) - just a couple of my favorites (and the boys would enjoy).

[@Spindler2007]

Rod Taylor was a great actor in this movie. He was also the main character in The Time Machine (1960) which is a brilliant movie and always good to watch.

[@johnw8578]

Yes!

[@Harkon75]

Yes, please watch The Time Machine! An all time classic!

[@duncancurtis5108]

With the Boris Johnson morlocks😅😅

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I believe his final role was as Winston Churchill in "Inglourious Basterds."

[@JurassicGodzillaFan]

He also voiced Pongo from 101 Dalmatians.

[@ellenfortenberry5006]

I like how they go from cheering for the birds to cheering for the people.

[@snowbird9660]

I have NEVER seen anyone cheer for the birds to attack…what is wrong with you two?😂😂😂

[@OctoKrool]

@@snowbird9660 A lot to be honest 😂

[@frankerben7666]

@@OctoKrool ...so you crazy guys 😉love to watch movies with animals behave insane? You gotta watch "ROAR" (1981), also with Tippi Hedren and her daughter melanie Griffith. It`s very frightning in a special way, you wouldn`t believe! Not very demanding, but... you will see!☺ Love your reactions, greetings from Germany!👍👋

[@dianalog4760]

My 80 year old mother saw it in the theatre when it first came out, and laughed aloud during a lot of it, especially at "the birds on springs".

[@TheUnfulfilledOne]

@@OctoKrool Watch VIRUS 1999

[@TheUnfulfilledOne]

@@OctoKrool I wish you guys luck in reaching over 100 000 000 Hundred Million Subscribers and over 100 000 000 Hundred Million Views.

[@johnw8578]

I read somewhere that somebody told Hitchcock that his movies were suspenseful/scary just because of the music, so Hitchcock made The Birds without music (other than the children singing).

[@michaelcoffey1991]

Greatest director in film, and i'll die on that hill. It was a treat to see you both watch a timeless classic, and with any luck you two will watch every film he ever directed. Huge thank you for exposing other young men and women to this genius director and this suspense gem

[@auerstadt06]

Too much rear projection for me. Yes, great, but extremely artificial.

[@Pamtroy]

Recognize Cathy? She played Lambert in Alien.

[@terrylandess6072]

Never gets a break. :P

[@KikBlava]

... Wait what? Shit.

[@celsovera91]

And Megan’s mom in the beginning of scary movie 2

[@johnmoreland6089]

And is in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) with Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy.

[@marieoleary527]

Also in the sound of Music too!

[@hawncho7198]

The sound design for this movie is epic

[@julzy3]

Great movie! Rear Window, Vertigo, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, Rebecca.... so many classic films🎥

[@ladynightmare7401]

Rebecca is such a beauty of a movie! It's so insidious and uncomfortable

[@jamesalexander5623]

They mention Santa Rosa in the film. "Shadow of a Doubt" Hitch's favourite, is set in nearby Santa Rosa, California!

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

And then they'll be ready for Mel Brooks' "High Anxiety."

[@PamelaW-t8y]

I saw this film when I was kid. It scared the crap out of me. My little sister and I were walking to my aunt's house, carrying paper bags, to pick strawberries. We passed beneath a phone wire on which a crow was perching. It swooped down at us and followed us, continuing to swoop. We were pretty scared. The crow continued after us. I had my sister cover her head with the bag as did I. I could still see, and we continued running down the road with bags on our heads (what a sight LOL). The crow continued chasing us for at least a quarter mile. We ran to a stranger's house, crying, and they let us in. They told us that a couple of crows had been hanging around a local school and the children had been feeding them bits of food from their paper lunch bags.

[@shallowgal462]

Jessica Tandy (the mom) starred in _Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy,_ and _Fried Green Tomatoes._ Veronica Cartwright (birthday girl) starred in _Alien_ and _The Witches of Eastwick._ Suzanne Pleshette (teacher) is best known as the wife on _The Bob Newhart Show._ Tippi Hedrin (spoiled socialite) is Melanie Griffith's mom and Dakota Johnson's grandma. Richard Deacon (bald neighbor) was Rob Petrie's boss on _The Dick Van Dyke Show._ Ruth McDevitt (bird shop sales lady) was a regular on _Kolchak: The Night Stalker._ Did you spot Alfred Hitchcock during his inevitable cameo?

[@MovieMakerFan4500]

One of the best Alfred Hitchcock movies! So happy that you guys reacted to this one!

[@terrylandess6072]

"They're rollin up". This makes reactions so fun. I never would've used gangsta language to describe the action.

[@tmrezzek5728]

Nice one! In the original script, the characters drive to San Francisco and the birds attack the car, slashing up the canvas roof. They car is able to outrun them, but in the final shot you see the characters staring at the Golden Gate Bridge..which is covered with birds. Hitchcock couldn't film it because it would take too long and was too expensive.

[@maryrichardson1318]

My best Halloween costume ever was when I went as Melanie Daniels. French twist hairdo, kitten heels, skirt and jacket, fake blood and fake birds all over me. It was gruesome.

[@GhostKyng]

Interesting facts on this movie: • Alfred Hitchcock revealed on The Dick Cavett Show (1968) that 3,200 birds were trained for the movie. He said the ravens were the cleverest, and the seagulls were the most vicious. • Several endings were being considered. One that was considered would have shown the Golden Gate Bridge completely covered by birds. • Rod Taylor claims that the seagulls were fed a mixture of wheat and whiskey. It was the only way to get them to stand around so much. • When the children are running down the street from the schoolhouse, extra footage was shot back on the Universal soundstages to make the scene more terrifying. A few of the children were brought back and put in front of a process screen on a treadmill. They ran in front of the screen on the treadmill with the Bodega Bay footage behind them while a combination of real and fake crows were attacking them. There were three rows of children, and when the treadmill was brought up to speed, it ran very fast. On a couple of occasions, several of the children in the front fell and caused the children in the back to fall as well. It was a very difficult scene to shoot, and took a few days to get it right. The birds used were hand puppets, mechanical, and a couple were trained live birds. • 24:58 The song the children are singing at the school as the crows mass outside is known as "Risseldy Rosseldy", an Americanized variation of the Scottish folk song "Wee Cooper O'Fife".

[@jazzyd312]

Although the film is loosely based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier (Hitchcock's only Oscar was for "Rebecca", also a du Maurier story), the bird attacks were based on an actual event that happened in Capitola, CA on August 18, 1961. The birds' behavior was caused by them having eaten toxic algae. Fun fact: Tippi Hedren's daughter, Melanie Griffith, was named after the lead character. I was Melanie Daniels for Halloween this year. 😊

[@ThePandoraGuy]

Were you successful in stalking a man that knows you from court?

[@RedDawnRocker]

Not just Capitols, there was another incident in Santa Cruz.

[@jazzyd312]

@@ThePandoraGuy I'll never tell. 😉 😀

[@ThePandoraGuy]

@@jazzyd312 Fine. Just beware....of the Birds *dramatic sting*.

[@All_Access_Passes]

Like many other directors, Hitchcock makes a cameo as the man who walks out of the pet store with his own two IRL dogs as Tippi Hedron walks in.

[@TayTayLove988]

I love this movie

[@BunnyGirl71]

The actress's name is Tippy Hedren, who was Melanie Griffith's mother. Many years ago I read that filming that scene in the bedroom ended up triggering some sort of severe PTSD, and she was never quite the same afterward. Hitchcock lied to her, telling her for that pivotal scene that they were going to use mechanical birds. Instead, they were throwing live birds at her. (I don't think the American Humane Society was monitoring animal handling in movies at that time.) Tippy later created a large cat sanctuary named Shambala, where she actually lived with lions. There was a documentary about it.

[@aidanclarke6106]

Hitchcock was terrible with his actresses.

[@BunnyGirl71]

@ Indeed. I read that he had a habit of falling for the beautiful lead actresses he would cast, but when they didn’t return his affections, he would find some way to treat them unmercifully. He was a great filmmaker but a lousy human.

[@Buckaroo_Baldwin]

She's also Dakota Johnson's Grandmother

[@rnw2739]

​​@@BunnyGirl71Well that was not the case with Janet Leigh, Grace Kelly, Julie Andrews or Barbara Leigh-Hunt to name four.

[@stephaniehickey4103]

@@aidanclarke6106 I don’t know if you could find it but HBO did a movie about Hitchcock’s obsession with Tippi. It was one of the most disturbing films. To see the abuse she endured and to have things turn out the way they did for her…

[@jeffchapman6016]

60 years ago this was a very scary movie. Even in the 80's when I was a kid it gave me nightmares. Yet in 2024 it's treated as a comedy. That is NOT a complaint, just me marveling at how much society has changed. lol.

[@DetectiveAlley]

This has to be your best reaction video ever. Congratulations! I was 8 when I saw this at the movie theater and it scared the crap out of me. Walking out of the theater and looking everywhere for birds. Yep.

[@deankh55]

I live in Santa Rosa. Very close to bodega bay. Still a great place. The tides still has great sea food. The school house is still there

[@deborahcornell171]

@deankh55 Interesting info. Does "The Tides" still look pretty much the same?

[@deankh55]

@ the building is the same. They really keep it up.

[@BloodylocksBathory]

My favorite behind the scenes tidbit about this film is how one of the crows grew very attached to Tippi Hedren. He would regularly visit her trailer and there are even photos of him holding a match to light her cigarette. Rod Taylor meanwhile seemed to be despised by another of the crows. This one specifically is seen toward the end pecking at Rod's hand on the porch. I can't recall if it was the same crow that liked Tippi, but that would be very funny if it was.

[@riskey]

Not only was Veronica Cartwright in _Alien_ , she was also in the '78 remake of _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ ...

[@Cau_No]

Write just "She was in the movie." Are you not aware of spoilers and how to avoid them?

[@riskey]

@@Cau_No Corrected. Sorry. I don't usually think of something 45 years old as spoilable, but you're right.

[@kathihein5524]

One thing about dial phones that was awesome was the fact that my boyfriend, now my hubby of 55 years, could set our watches to match. Then he would dial my number and I would pick up just as or before the phone rang and talk as late as we wanted after the parents went to bed. Ta da!

[@christi776]

I can just imagine how your hearts fluttered 😍

[@megdelaney3677]

🪟Please react to Rear Window!

[@conureron3792]

Rear Window is a masterpiece of suspense…and so much fun with the interaction of Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly

[@RocketRoketto]

i think we need a ''grandma's recs'' marathon. if grandma loved it, we will too!

[@CrownlessKing88]

The actress who plays Cathy, Veronica Cartwright, plays Lambert in Alien!

[@paulstewart6203]

"Fried chicken and baked potatoes", my favorite part of the movie.

[@wheredidthetimego8087]

I find it interesting listening to you guys laugh at this so much when back then when it first was airing, it was horrifying to people. I guess that shows how desensitized to things we have become.

[@NeetkaAbru]

For something completely different you guys should watch "Top Secret" with Val Kilmer. Totally absurd, all kinds of sight gags and throw-away lines while it makes fun of spy movies and rock&roll and pretty much anything else it can think of.

[@shainewhite2781]

Alfred Hitchcock treated Tippi Hedrin very poorly on the set of the movie, and had real birds thrown at her off camera to give her a proper reaction, and she even had real cuts and bruises on her face and hands, which were covered up by the makeup artists.

[@theartsyzoologist]

10:37 Suzanne Pleshette was so stunning! And her voice so much more softer than I expected. Granted her voice got huskier with age, but it’s almost hard to believe she voiced Yubaba in Spirited Away and Zira in The Lion King 2.

[@peterdunlap7126]

Also she was the wife in the Bob Newhart show

[@Ragnar6000]

Rod Taylor is actually one of the toughest guys to come out of Hollywood, He had a real on screen fight with William Smith {who was a scary dude in his own right} Taylor did some amature boxing before acting!

[@susanliltz3875]

Kathy is Veronica Cartwright, she was in the movie “Alien”

[@danielesteve8359]

And "Snatchbodies"

[@alisonarias978]

The Simpsons pay homage to this the ending of this of this movie, in its very first seasons, when Homer takes Maggie home from daycare 😂

[@robertcrundwell2782]

I didn’t see this movie until I was a senior in high school in 1968. I stayed at a friend’s house and we watched this on the late late show which ended at 3 AM. When I drove home through the country, a damn crow flew into my windshield right in front of my face. Scared the shit out of me. I sat least 15 minutes along the road Until I was ready 35:06 to drive again.

[@Pamtroy]

No, actually it was not hard to find people at all (I vas dere, Sharlie.) Phonebooks included not just your number, but your home address, and anyone could call the DMV to have a license number looked up.

[@itsjuliescottyay]

The reason they got away at the end without being attacked is that they had the lovebirds in the cage. The head bird screamed out “Back off guys… They have hostages!“

[@danielesteve8359]

XD Best comment ever!

[@conureron3792]

Love this theory! Lol

[@herronariela7469]

This would be so terrifying if it happened irl, bird just straight up attacking you, and the birds of prey would definitely fuck you up

[@Connery007neckache]

Rod Taylor once did an interview about his experience while making the birds. He said it was fun but there was bird poop everywhere. 😂

[@tdali8347]

Curtis is a closet film studies professor! My favorite visual in this movie is after the car blows up at the diner. Hitchcock brilliantly turns Melanie's horror into almost a series of snapshots @28:26

[@bdavis7801]

Ah a classic! The phone's not a pain at all, it's actually rather fun to dial.

[@lawandabrown3472]

If you like old movies. You need to watch” What ever happened to BabyJane” or the “Bad Seed “.

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

I bet you guys didn't know that the little girl who played cathy brenner in the birds is played by Veronica Cartwright who also played Lambert in alien (1979) she was always crying hell she was also crying in scary movie 2 (2001) 😭 but funfact tippie hedren was really attacked and injured by real birds during the filming of the attic scene which left her traumatized during the shooting of the ending...

[@nessaarandur7740]

Cartwright was also in The Witches of Eastwick

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

@@nessaarandur7740 I know lol that movie was so funny 🤣

[@Pamtroy]

Notice how much his mother resembles his love interest?

[@wordfairy1]

When I was about 8 or 9, I watched this movie one night and the next morning when I walked down the alley to school, there were birds all lined up on their clothesline and their fence. Creeped me out,

[@melenatorr]

Thanks for this great discussion about writing! You are so right about how to start to be a truly good artist of any kind.

[@Sepheryn]

Good movie. There is a theory that the bird attacks are symbolic and represent women being jealous and attacking each other over men, and in England where the director is from "bird" is slang for a woman. There is the tension between Annie and Melanie, and of course the mother, and everything goes bad when Melanie shows up, so it's an interesting idea. Hope you guys are doing well.

[@Ccg9024]

Tippi Hendren is the mother to actress Melanie Griffith and the grandmother to actress Dakota Johnson (who’s father is actor Don Johnson) So yeah the whole family is in acting.

[@LoriLynch-bt8tj]

This is classic Hitchcock. He didn't explain it because he knows that whatever YOU come up with in your own head is going to be WAY worse than anything he could dream up. LOL Did you see Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in this one? He ALWAYS appears in his movies. Hitchcock's films were a huge influence on Steven King. He also made small appearances in his movies to honor Hitchcock. Hint: He appears in the very beginning of the movie.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

The little girl is Lambert from Alien. And the mother is the old lady from Fried Green Tomatoes and numerous other movies. She had a career resurgence late in life. As far as dialog being better back then, not only where they better writers but the movies were written then the studio picked the best before it was ever approved. Now they write a movie two weeks before it's filmed or even during filming. So yeah it sucks.

[@jeffbassin630]

I'm glad you both liked this movie. It's one of Hitchcock's classics!

[@CherylHughes-ts9jz]

My grandma Elsie Steen was the model for the waitress with the dark framed glasses. She worked at the Tides restaurant when they made the movie. My Aunt Vicki told me that one day when she was waiting for the school bus Alfred Hitchcock's limo stopped, and he gave the kids candy 😅

[@TheLightbane]

The fact that at the end they just...Stop..like their back to just being birds is the cherry on the cake to me. No explanation on WHY they attacked and no explanation on WHY they stopped.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

In the book it ended up being all the damage caused to the planet from World War II disrupted the birds to the point where they were attacking based on whatever the tide went in or out. Of course the book was set in Europe, not the US. So that explanation makes less sense.

[@Orange.cats.r.cutest]

I love a classic Hitchcock 😊

[@Tom-Mac1975]

Of all the Hitchcock films so badly remade, I think this is the one Hitch film that could be remade better. I'm Gen X and all about practical effects but CGI could really help here. Yes rotary phones were a pain. I dated this girl in HS with 2x 0s in her number. If you didn't rotate the dialer fully for any digit you had to redial the entire number.

[@philliphadathought1537]

You guys are hilarious. I have never seen anyone crack so many jokes about a movie that is supposed to be kind of scary. LOL

[@lnwolf41]

The birds were attacking based on the tides. When Melanie entered the upstairs room, they were real birds that were thrown at her because the mechanical ones were broken. The chickens were doing their version of the B4 movement. 🤣

[@terrylandess6072]

When film lover's explore the old classics, much of modern film becomes clearer. Always enjoyed this as a child in the 60's on TV. Yes, we kids were tough back then - no sopping milk biscuits. If you liked the lead actor, the OG Time Machine is fun.

[@whitehhe]

I love how this reaction went from praising this amazing classic to a serious intellectual takedown of modern storytelling. You are right on so many levels! I think a HUGE component of the change in writing is simply that studios are driven by the bottom line and only green light the projects that are “sure sells.” There are PLENTY of phenomenal writers and original stories out there. And notice that all the beautiful, groundbreaking shows or movies are always based on a book or short story. The art is still there, we just have to find it in its original format-in word only.

[@susanliltz3875]

Tippy is also Dakota Johnson’s grandme

[@Cau_No]

Tippi Hedren - Melanie Griffith - Dakota Johnson

[@toodlescae]

One of my favorite "horror" movies since I was a kid and my favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie.

[@brynprobert54321]

So glad to see some reactors reacting to older films. I seem to be surrounded by people who think movies began with Star Wars and although I was born in 1977, I really love going back into the past to see these incredible classics. Yes, they're slower. Yes, they have a different style of acting and writing etc. But, like great novels, if you can appreciate these films on their own terms, the rewards you get from them are endless.

[@yomebravo5030]

I love this movie and the superior secuel birdemic.

[@cflournoy1529]

Not sure if anyone mentioned it but Cathy was in the original Alien.

[@brittneyairgood]

try "rosemarys baby". its a classic film too

[@lollym.9422]

I live near Bodega Bay where the birds was filmed the original school house still stands. A friend in high school lived there at the time sometimes had parties at that house. And your grandma is so awesome for referencing this movie.

[@sammyt7981]

21:15 birds together strong

[@miatodd3236]

Another one y'all totally need to watch is jaws!!! Another certified classic!!

[@katelynrushe9025]

“The Birds” is absolutely a horror film, and whether or not it was a direct influence, it definitely laid the groundwork for a lot of other horror classics. “Jaws,” George Romero’s zombie movies, and several Stephen King stories all utilize elements that this movie used first.

[@karenbordage3168]

So glad you bros enjoyed the gifts! Karebear has been a nickname of mine for many years 😂

[@NeetkaAbru]

I blame the lovebirds. The attacks started when they came to town, but when they were carried outside at the start and at the end, the birds were calm.

[@victorjohnson7512]

The little girl was played by Veronica Cartwright. She also played Lambert in Alien (1979).

[@bea3ce687]

See, I forgot she was a prankster. I love the fact that they had a female character being a prankster, all the way back then. It is very unusual.

[@jamesalexander5623]

I loved this Movie since I saw it as a kid in the 60's! On my first trip to California in 2006 I drove up the Coast Road, like Melanie, it is a very beautiful drive. Bodega Bay looked very much as it did in the film. One little Hitchcock trick, when I asked a local where the Schoolhouse was, he chuckled and filled me in. The School is in the town of Bodega which is 6 miles inland from Bodega Bay. He filmed the Kids running from the School and cut to them running into Town. Those Kids became Long Distance Runners when they grew up!

[@crazyratlady3026]

This movie traumatized me as a child...I had a little green Budgie, and I always kept him 10000% happy after this 😭😭😅😅

[@UncleMilo]

You guys are close... it's not the writers, it's the executives who are fucking with the writers' material to make it "commercially successful"

[@joanward1578]

The rumor was that Cathy was Annie's daughter.

[@goldbrooks]

Shout out to your Grandmother 🙌🏽👏🏽🙏🏽

[@michaelz9892]

You guys have to check out "Rosemary's Baby"

[@ins1981Lest]

Wonderful choice! Thank you for taking on a classic. If you want to be blown away by an old ass movie, check out M by director Fritz Lang. It's almost a century old and is a masterpiece.

[@flubber1557]

A classic. This movie makes my hatred for sea gulls even more valid. Poor gramps just wanted to enjoy his rocking chair. Next up the film bats.

[@shallendor]

Hitchcock made so many great movies, this is my favorite of his films!

[@rnw2739]

'Frenzy' (1972) is the Hitchcock classic that is criminally overlooked by reactors.

[@rebeccatidwell2723]

The funny thing is the actress became terrified of birds after this movie. Alfred wanted to capture real fear so he used real birds

[@GhostKyng]

This movie was so crazy for a movie with a bunch of random birds just start killing on sight. I had a first grade teacher who was afraid of birds and part of the reason why is because she saw this movie as a kid. As an adult, i can see why

[@sceneitfan]

I absolutely love Jessica Tandy in anything she is in!

[@Immortalheart66]

A classic for the ages. Master of suspense. “ Hitch” was a master class Director. He has a cameo in all of his films in one way or another. He was the guy coming out of the bird shop with the two dogs in the beginning. When i was younger this movie was traumatizing. Grand reaction as usual. Love this movie. 🔥✌️

[@finster1968]

The little girl, Cathy, is Veronica Cartwright who did the famous cherry scene in Witches of Eastwick. 😂

[@alyxgriffen5073]

Re why the bird died when it flew into the door.... It's not that it "rattled its brain" or anything (although I wouldn't be surprised if a surviving bird had a concussion, maybe even unaliving not too long thereafter from an intracranial bleed), it's that birds flying at high enough speeds into stationary objects, like walls or windows (or dooors) tend to break their necks. Bird bones are very lightweight and hollow, and it sadly doesn't take all that much flight speed to cause a fatal collision.

[@cliffchristie5865]

You guys must be a riot at a memorial service.

[@zatoichi1]

Where can I book them way in advance for mine?

[@purplecatangel1379]

A classic of classics😊

[@Kat-gj9pq]

daphne du maurier is often criticized for plagiarizing the birds from another short story published in a magazine a few yesrs earlier especially since the content and style was so different from her other work( also much of her other work is thought to to be stollen from other authors) but another Daphne de maurier/Alfred Hitchcock collaboration is "Rebecca " more of a dark soap opera type movie but excellent cinematography with light and shadow( despite the studio had no faith in Hitchcock's directing ability at the time and not allowing him full control of the set and final film cut.) And some brilliant actors perfomances.

[@luisomar7129]

You should watch Vertigo (1958)