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The Birds (1963): The Squawking Dead — How Hitchcock Made the First Zombie Apocalypse Movie

The Birds (1963): The Squawking Dead — How Hitchcock Made the First Zombie Apocalypse Movie

Update: 2025-10-27
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The Birds is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, released by Universal Pictures and starring Jessica Tandy, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, and introducing Tippi Hedren in her film debut. Loosely based on the 1952 short story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California, over the course of a few days. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks.


 


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The Birds (1963): The Squawking Dead — How Hitchcock Made the First Zombie Apocalypse Movie

The Birds (1963): The Squawking Dead — How Hitchcock Made the First Zombie Apocalypse Movie

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