The Birds
Feathered terror film
*The Birds* is Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror film in which flocks of birds inexplicably attack a California coastal town.
The title has become shorthand for any scenario of nature turning hostile or animals behaving threateningly: It was like *The Birds* out there—seagulls diving at everyone on the beach.
The film adapts a 1952 Daphne du Maurier short story of the same name.
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- AristophanesAncient Greek comic dramatist
- Greek comedyHumorous ancient Athenian drama
Hitchcock · terror · phone booth · Rear Window · flock · political satire · wing · avian · dive · phobia · comedy · metaphor · ornithology · chorus · beak · claw · special effects · paranoia
- Horror FilmsThe Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead
- 60s CinemaDr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, Lawrence of Arabia
- HitchcockVertigo, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Rebecca, The 39 Steps
- Universal MoviesE.T., Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Schindler's List, Despicable Me
- Ancient Greek literatureIliad, Odyssey, Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Medea
- Greek TheaterGreek tragedy, tragedy, Greek drama, comedy, Sophocles
nature portrayal
The BirdsRio
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