FilmMonster & Creature Splatter & Gore Survival

Birds of Prey1987

Name: Birds of Prey
Genre: Monster & Creature, Splatter & Gore, Survival
Released: 1987-10-01
Rating: 4.7

Directed by René Cardona Jr.

4.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.6TMDB 4.5

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Year

1987

Runtime

100 min

The premise

Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her cameraman Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife. Vanessa soon comes to the conclusion that the birds are organizing themselves against the ecological ravages of man, but time is running out as thousands of birds launch an attack against a train Vanessa is traveling on.

Horror Vault's take

When TV reporter Vanessa follows up on a bizarre story of a farmer attacked by his own chickens, she uncovers a pattern far more disturbing than anyone wants to believe. Her investigation takes her across borders, where dark history and mounting carnage suggest the birds aren't acting randomly — they're acting together. This Mexican-European genre hybrid delivers feathered mayhem on an escalating scale, from backyard bloodshed to full-blown avian warfare. If Hitchcock's The Birds ever needed a grindhouse makeover, this is the closest candidate.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Animal Attack Sequences, Death Of Children Depicted