It came out i think in 1963 and i was born in 1962. I can remember being very young and watching that movie. It totally scarred the crap out of me. To this day i still have weird feelings when i see a huge flock of birds. Anyone else freaked out about birds because of that movie?
2007-10-20 14:29:28 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yes, I remember it well. I was born in '59 so I guess I was 4 when it came out. However, I don't remember seeing it in the theater, for some reason I am remembering seeing in on TV like on the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Theater or something, so that could have even been a few years later?
Anyway, it was very scary, probably because it was something that I could actually imagine happening (unlike supernatural monsters such as Dracula, Mummy, Frankenstein). I think we took a trip to the beach at Galveston either that same year or the next summer and I was on pins and needles every time I saw a seagull. And since we lived in the country, there were always lots of other birds around, so anytime I saw a flock of them it would kind of spook me.
Stephen King has used birds in several of his horror books--I think that movie must have had an effect on him, too!
Now I live in a rural part of Texas pretty much surrounded by poultry houses, but since they don't fly and since they are so dumb they don't really freak me out--they just smell bad!
2007-10-20 14:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a classic. But aside of being very entertaining, it was far from being very realistic. So I have no fear of birds as a result.
That said, I definitely thought of it once when I threw some french fries to a flock of seagulls and they came after me when I ran out!
2007-10-20 14:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rod Taylor, sure that was an awesome movie, so realistic. The scenes with the eyes pecked out freaked me out also. I always wondered how in the world did they get all those birds in the scenes?
2007-10-20 14:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by Terry L 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Check out Mel Brooks' sendup of Hitchcock films "High Anxiety." The scene that spoofs "The Birds" is hilarious. Perhaps a good laugh will help you get over the fear.
2007-10-20 15:04:25 · answer #4 · answered by js giggy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I watched the Birds when I was a little girl. I was frightened by it then, of course. Now I enjoy watching it with my sons who get a kick out of the "old time special effects".
It is still one of my favorite old black-and-white movies.
2007-10-20 15:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by ladybug 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Really scary movie. I saw it years ago and still get freaked out by birds.
2007-10-20 14:34:56 · answer #6 · answered by Ralphie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 45 also and I remember the movie... Remember the guy smoking near the gas station and drop the match? ah, the good ol' days,.. now the sky is pink with pollution.
-=John
2007-10-20 14:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by spir_i_tual 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES, great movie!
Alfred Hitchcock is one of the greatest directors in film history!!!
2007-10-20 14:40:41 · answer #8 · answered by suanniiq 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i hate birds they are creepy. It's so weird, I'm watching The Birds right now on AMC
2007-10-20 14:32:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
im 14 and i saw the movie last year
it was good for its time and a lil graphic with the dude's legs there but no body but bad ending
2007-10-20 14:32:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋