The Birds [Universal 100th Anniversary] [DVD] [1963]

After his great success with Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock followed up with a different kind of horror tale. A carefree bachelorette (Tippi Hedren) follows a man (Rod Taylor) she had a less than ideal encounter with to his home town of Bodega Bay. At the same time they reunite, birds of all kinds (seagulls, crows, blackbirds, pigeons, you name it) inexplicably begin attacking human beings all over the place. The character scenes aren't quite as strong as they were in Psycho, but there is so much nervewracking (& even paranoid) tension that you won't care. There is, interestingly, no music score to this flim. But that didn't stop Hitchcock from utilizing the services of the great Bernard Herrmann for the sound work for this pic.

The Birds takes the most innocuous of God's creatures and turns them into Freddy Kruger. In a CGI challenged age, Hitchcock uses camera angles, skilled actors and iconic music to make you glad you're not in that movie. As usual, Hitch leaves it up to the viewer to be a participant in the story (to say more would be a spoiler). The Birds was Hitch's ONLY "monster" movie but a blueprint for all director's who followed to take a piece of.

What starts as playful flirting & pranking turns into fearful horror fill weekend a young woman follows man who played a joke her tracks him down to small town to get even during the flirting and hitting the right nerve the local birds start attacked people and for some reason she seems to be focal point of these attacks

Love this movie as well as other Hitchcock films. I waited on the release of this film for some time to see if it would come down in price or go on sale but it never did---that is until after I bought it. I think 14.99 is way too much to ask for this release. Sure, it has a UV copy, but it doesn't have a DVD copy like many other 14.99 blu rays.

Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" has never looked better on this blu-ray release. In brief, birds start to go awry for no reason. They attack a local town in California. Even though the films is over 50 years old, it still sends thrills and chills down one's spine, better than most modern thrillers.

The video transfer looks great and the audio is crystal clear! The color and grain of the film feel like a window into the 1960s, rather than "looking old", and it's a joy to watch. Lots of interesting extras to watch too, even though some of them are after the fact documentaries.

ah, the colors and sharp angles remind you why this is such a classic. deep saturation, top of the line speical effects for the time still hold up today. its fun to see how many modern filmms stole from this classic. just sit back with your kids and friends and enjoy.

I own this on VHS but now that they are outmoded I have been searching for it on Blu Ray. Thank goodness, the sound and quality are much better than before.