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''The Birds'' is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the short story of the same name by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. The film's innovative special effects, soundtrack, and apocalyptic theme influenced later "[[GaiasVengeance revenge of nature]]" disaster films.

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''The Birds'' is a 1963 suspense/horror film directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on]] the [[Literature/TheBirds short story of the same name name]] by Creator/DaphneDuMaurier. The film's innovative special effects, soundtrack, and apocalyptic theme influenced later "[[GaiasVengeance revenge of nature]]" disaster films.

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* ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: The whole premise is that birds are not behaving like they always do.
** Birds attack humans in huge swarms for no apparent reason.
** Birds of different species start flocking together.
** Chickens refuse to eat perfectly good seed for no apparent reason.
** The sounds that birds make are heavily stylized and often sound more like snarling cats than birds.



* VomitDiscretionShot: When Cathy starts coughing and acting like she's nauseous after a bird attack, Melanie takes her to the bathroom, and while we don't see what's going on, we can hear Cathy getting sick.

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* VomitDiscretionShot: When Cathy starts coughing and acting like she's gets nauseous with anxiety after a bird attack, prompting Melanie takes to take her off screen to the bathroom, and while we don't see what's going on, we can hear Cathy getting sick.bathroom. The sound of her puking is euphemistically rendered as coughing.



* ZergRush: Once the birds get wound up in large numbers, this becomes their favorite tactic.

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* ZergRush: Once the A bird or crow isn't very dangerous by itself, but hundreds represent quite a threat. The ornithologist notes that there are billions of birds get wound up in large numbers, this becomes their favorite tactic.North America alone. Humans wouldn't stand a chance in a war against them.

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