Only
Alfred Hitchcock could make a movie about blood-crazed seagulls a
terrifying motion picture! Some of the scenes where swarms of birds
swoop down on screaming people are laughable, but the shocking gore
presented when the grisly remains of a dead farmer are discovered
late in the film. This was nearly 20 years before Dawn of The Dead,
and for a mainstream film of the early 60s to show such a horrifying
scene was unheard of, especially in full color. I still cringe when
seagulls fly overhead when I'm at the beach. I always thought it'd
be cool to make a sequel where the local townsfolk get revenge by
throwing out large amounts of bread with Alka-Seltzer tablets hidden
inside. It's such a well done scene with only minimal background
sound. Plus when the woman discovers him, instead of the trademark
Hollywood screaming, she nearly chokes in terror and simply runs back
to her car and speeds away, without muttering a word.
