GamerTab That was an excellent one.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

bmurf-39449 OK, I admit, the effects were pretty well done. The music - pretty darn good. The way this was shot however, was somewhat similar to a TV series, not as cinematic as I hoped. The thing that REALLY stood out to me was how brightly lit everyone was in every scene. Think of a large house in the middle of a corn field at night with no electricity...it would be super dark and a lantern would only light several feet from where you hold it. If you pay attention, there's light brightening up a room just below the camera at floor level in every interior shot, there are artificial lights put behind objects and so obviously in shadowed areas, it was extremely distracting to me and if this were lit better, it would have totally changed the look and feel. If a set is lit well, you can't tell, that's the trick of it all. Even in the corn field during the rain storm, it looks like all the actors have a set of car headlights on them...crazy.

lewiskendell Most of the recent horror movies that I've seen have been so dismal that Dead Birds gets a slightly favorable review just for not being awful, despite the fact that it's not particularly scary.The setting and time period were refreshing and the build-up and pacing of the movie were enjoyable. However, once the full story behind the haunted plantation is revealed, it was disappointingly generic. I only paid about $3 for Dead Birds, and I suppose that it's worth that price and a hour and a half of the average horror fan's life. You won't hate it, but a few months from now you won't really remember what the movie was about.And yes, there was a dead bird in the movie, but what's with the name?

loomis78-815-989034 Set in Alabama at the end of the Civil War, we focus on a group of criminals who turn a bank into a bloodbath as they steal the gold and head for the border and Mexico. Their leader Will (Thomas) decides to stop at an abandoned plantation house for the evening. Making their way through a large cornfield in front of the house a white hairless creature with fangs jumps out of nowhere and delivers the first jump scare of the film before being gunned down. Once at the house, a few of the gang's members are thinking of grabbing the gold and deserting the gang but that is the least of Will's troubles. The house has a sense of dread and dark atmosphere hanging over it from what the former owner (Muse Watson) may have done to his family and his slaves. Voodoo may be at the end of it but the group begins having frightening visions, hearing voices and some of them start turning up missing. This independent feature from Writer Simon Barrett and Director Alex Turner is a high quality horror film. Making the most of an excellent two story house in the middle of nowhere, the house is practically a character in this movie. The rain storm raging outside makes this film's atmosphere top notch, and the creepy sounds and visions this film provides will put any viewer on edge. Don't forget the gore and some of the scariest original creature monsters you've seen in a while and Dead Birds is one creepy Horror film. Director Turner gets a lot of credit for not going overboard with the spooky elements and gore, he sticks to the story and all of it comes off very believable. The only frustrating part of this movie is its back story concerning the former owner and what happened on the property. It's obvious it has everything to do with what is happening to our gang of thieves and why the house is the way it is, but we never really find out why. They're a few flashbacks which show you some great stuff but the film never ties it all together in an understandable fashion. It's a shame but this head scratching over the storyline will be what stops this from becoming a classic. It's still a ton of fun and must view for any horror fan.

irrelevantlife Dead birds has a couple of good things going for it, the scenery and time period and the depiction of anti hero characters that do not gather much sympathy during the first half of the picture due to events I won't spoil. Where the movie falls short is in the presentation of the actual horror, very early on we get to see a frighting and hideous beast in daylight and the movie treats it with utmost indifference. As the movie progresses, signs of imminent danger are displayed for the viewer yet nothing happens for a good while and the characters seem unresponsive or even interested in the deciphering the signs that something is horribly wrong, of course no horror movie would be without these conventions yet the movie wants to create a serious tone to which the actions of the characters does not lend itself to. One character even finds clear cut evidence that something monstrous is on the prowl, yet keeps it for himself as if he/she doesn't really bother. The movie ends up reusing demonic/ghost themed thrills that have all been done better in other pictures and fails to capitalize on its strong parts (creature design) and shock the viewer, in the end the only thing that has some horror to it was what came before the climax early in the picture in bright daylight. Had the creatures been used properly we would have an effective horror as the creature design is very good, but ultimately underused.