Dead Birds

Starring:Henry Thomas, Nicki Aycox, Isaiah Washington, Michael Shannon, Patrick Fugit, Mark Boone Junior, Muse Watson, Mikal Kartvedt, Allan B. Holt, Ken McGhee, David Dwyer, Harris Mann, Steve Green (VIII), Sam Rhymes, Michael Purnell, Sam Breslin Wright, Drew Hall, Melanie Abramoff, Robbie (III), Ken McGee
Director: Alex Turner (II)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Description

When a group of criminals on the run after a bank robbery take refuge in an abandoned house, they have no idea what evil they have come upon. Isolated and presumed deserted, the house is anything but safe...As the night wears on and a thunderstorm grows outside, each member of the group begins to have visions of the atrocities that occurred within the house, haunting it forever. Voices in the well, visions of mangled bodies and clawing under the stairs plague their waking hours. As the fear in the group begins to grow and the supernatural forces in the house start to manifest themselves, the group turn on each other and exact the wrath of the soul trapped within the walls.

Customer Reviews:

Don't look under your bed!.......2007-06-06

I am a horror movie junkie and although I know I am about a year late catching this movie but I'm glad I watched it. I haven't jumped in my seat at a horror movie that much in long time. Dead Birds is a creepy good time. This movie has a great story. Set during the Civil War bank robbers hold up in an abandoned plantation. Well, it's abandonded for a reason. It's haunted! It's haunted but not just by ghosts but other worldly demons. Infact that whole part of the story has a very Lovecraftian feel to it which I really liked. This is a movie with genuine suspense and some great effects/gore. It has a great combination of suspense and gore. The cast is very good even though in my humble oppinion the female lead was the weakest. Two huge thumbs up in my book.

Be warned! Don't look under your bed.

Dead Birds.......2007-05-20

Dead Birds should have been entitled, Dead Ducks! It wasn't the actors, it was the plot! Something (skinned dog manufactured out of spent gum?) attacks the 5 people heading for the old farm and they are forced to kill it before they even get close. Hmmmm, not too promising in my book! Nevertheless, the group continues to the old farm and spend lots of time wandering around the interior (neat old house!) There is also the subplot of the original owner who turned his children into little sneaky things with sharp teeth via cutting up his slaves. Of course, we don't really know why he did this or for what purpose. The kids only show up two or three times to scare someone and their moment of glory is so fast you have to stop frame them to get the full effect. In spite of the feelings of unrest and the fact that characters regularly walk out of the house and disappear, the group continues to stay. Personally, I would have kept walking on down the road after the gumby dog showed up; go figure!

One of the best horror movies i've seen in a long time !.......2007-05-14

This has it all!..a great story, decent acting and very nice effects to make you jump out of your seat. I love this film, and i got it cause i didnt know what to get as a movie. I was truly surprised how well done this movie is for being a low budget film. If you are seeking a little bit something different, with great effects and no huge stars to watch their egos only get bigger..than this film is for you and its worth the money for sure. Highly Recommended !

Superb.......2007-02-07

one of the only Western-horror movie.
Its HP Lovecraft style also.
not much gore exept for exploding head at the bank robbing scene, children getting head shot, a old man getting shot too, and some corpse looter looting a caravan of rotten corpse. very nice scene that slowly create the ambiant, then we hear children and demon kind voice. some disrtubing twisted ending that create another incoming ''plot'' that you would ask for more.
dark and evil ambiance make this movie a cult one to me.
If you preffer badly filmed Cannibal Hollcoaust snuff wanna be movie, then thsi movie might not be for you. but if you like different movie, and nice background with eery ambiant and something different, give this one a try. i instantly loved it from the start to the finish

A rare period haunting.......2006-11-28

This movie is more of a psychological thriller with special effects weaved through out the movie. I really liked the movie after it got started. It does have a very slow start and it is a little difficult to get into, but near the middle and end it turns very good. This movie is a movie to make you think about what is going on. It isn't a movie that you can have on in the background when you are doing housework. I do recommend this movie for anyone that wants a complex horror flick!!!

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