Dead Birds is about this group of outlaws who rob a band together were everything goes wrong, and then tries to flee to Mexico but ends up hiding from the law in a deserted plantation house. Soon everyone in the group starts to have visions one by one of events the occured earlier in the same house as they are in. The fear of what might be in the house with them starts to grow and the outlaws starts to turn on each other.
When I sat down to watch this movie I hadn't heard a single thing about, not read any reviews or hadn't talked to anyone who had seen it which was a very good and unusual thing. Since you usually get to hear something about a movie before you actually get to see it. So with no expectations what-so-ever to ruin the movie, it turned out to be a pretty decent and enjoyable flick.
I think the coolest thing about this movie is that it takes place in the 1860's and that adds a lot to the feeling of the movie itself.
It's actually a pretty simple story but it works really well and the movie gets somewhat intense every now and then. It's also pretty cool that you don't know what's in the house and the robbers search it through room by room and you're just waiting for something to happen.
At times the pace of the movie slows down a bit too much but it's really not that bad.
The house is somewhat creepy and especially since you don't know what's in there like I said before. The movie has originality and feels very fresh and creative.
It also has a great score and really good special effects considering the low budget. The actors do a good job but unfortunately we don't get to know the actual characters very well, we get to know them on the surface but it wouldn't have hurt to get to know them on a little bit deeper level.
Dead Birds had an original touch to it and offered some gore, an interesting story along with some good suspense. Definitely worth checking out.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2004
DIRECTOR: Alex Turner
WRITING CREDITS: Simon Barrett
GENRE: Horror, Action, Thriller
CAST: Henry Thomas, Isaiah Washington, Nicki Lynn Aycox
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 91 min
RATING: 8/10
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