"Few films depict so eerily yet so meticulously the metaphysical and historical sense of a world out of joint."—Richard Brody, The New Yorker
"Hitchcock makes the malevolent birds seem like manifestations of his characters' mental unease."—Alastair Sooke, Daily Telegraph
"A triumph of special effects, as well as the fountainhead of what has become known as gross-out horror."—J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Wealthy reformed party girl Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enjoys a brief flirtation with lawyer Mitch Brenner in a San Francisco pet shop and decides to follow him to his Bodega Bay home. Bearing a gift of two lovebirds, Melanie quickly strikes up a romance with Mitch while contending with his possessive mother and boarding at his ex-girlfriend's house. One day, during a birthday party for Mitch's younger sister, a flock of birds attacks the children in what seems to be a random incident. In fact, it signals the beginning of a massive and organised avian assault on the residents of the town—a mysterious spate of violence that no one can explain, and from which no one might come out alive.
