The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
The Old Dark House (1963 film) been as well received by modern critics as the original film. Craig Butler of the film database Allmovie wrote of the 1963 film, that "When compared with the James Whale original upon which it is based, this remake of "The Old Dark House" is pretty sorry stuff." "Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 2000" describes this film as "a travesty which has nothing to do with the 1932 film and possesses no merit of its own. The cast is left floundering". "The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films" called it "one of the oddest pictures [Hammer Film Productions] ever