Release Date: Apr 7, 2007 Wide
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Average Rating: 2.2/5
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Sean Patrick Flannery and Rod Taylor star in this horrific tale of a small town overrun by a conspiracy of flesh eating ravens. Middletown sheriff Wayne Merkle (Flannery) has grown used to the quiet life over the years, and like the other citizens of his bustling community he could have never suspected what horrors were about to unfold during his last day before moving to the city with his pretty new bride Cynthia (Kristin Booth). The first sign that something was amiss in the skies over
Apr 7, 2007 Wide
Oct 23, 2007
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
pays homage a little too much to The Birds
There are two extras on the disc: a 'making of' featurette, and an interview with supporting player Rod Taylor.
Flops because it lacks true tension and certainly can't keep up with the shock value of its gore-filled horror contemporaries.
...ultimately undone by the inclusion of at least one needless subplot and a pace that's almost glacial in its execution.
The film is relatively well made. I never doubted the existence of these ravens, nor their animosity towards humans. It was well shot and had some decent actors too. The problem is that it played it too straight. It never really found the humour. This would be OK if it managed to get the tension or scares right, but it
May 7, 2011Super Reviewer
More or Less a Modern remake of the Birds by Alfred Hitchcock. Enjoyed the Rental, but will not own this one.,
October 28, 2007Super Reviewer
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