The Birds is a very strange film — a horror/animals run amuck film that is posing as a romantic-comedy. A wealthy and mischievous socialite Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren, Roar) and lawyer Mitch Daniels (the late Rod Taylor, Inglorious Basterds) begin a very contentious prank war against each other that ends up blossoming into a romance as she visits his mother’s (Jessica Tandy, Fried Green Tomatoes) home in Bodega Bay. Also during this stay, Melanie meets and befriends Mitch’s ex-lover, Cathy (Veronica Cartwright, Alien). The budding romance is cut short as the birds begin to suddenly attack all the residents in the coastal town. Continue reading
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