Killing Birds
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Killing Birds |
| Original title | Killing birds - uccelli assassini |
| Country of production | Italy |
| original language | Italian |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Claudio Lattanzi |
| script | Daniele Stroppa |
| production |
Joe D'Amato Claudio Lattanzi |
| music | Carlo Maria Cordio |
| camera | Joe D'Amato |
| cut | Kathleen Stratton |
| occupation | |
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Killing Birds (original title: Killing birds - uccelli assassini , German alternative title: Killing Birds - Raptors ) is an Italian horror film from 1988. The direction is attributed to Claudio Lattanzi ; however, producer and cameraman Joe D'Amato probably directed it himself.
action
The ornithologist and lecturer Dr. On his return from Vietnam , where he was stationed as 1st Lieutenant, Fred Brown finds his wife in bed with a lover. In cold blood he cuts the throat of his sleeping rival. The same fate happened to his wife and to a related elderly couple who happened to drop by for a visit; only his newborn Steve is spared. After that bloody act, the war veteran covers his tracks when suddenly a bird of prey attacks him on the head. In this incident, he loses his sight.
Twenty years later, a group of seven students, led by the unsuspecting Steven Porters, undertakes a faculty-funded research trip in search of the almost extinct ivory woodpecker in order to write a paper on it. You start your expedition with a visit to Dr. Browns, as he is considered to be one of the last to see a living specimen of the species worthy of protection. The blind scientist gives Steve and Anne, a reporter for the university newspaper, his old notes, which the group eventually takes to a remote forest area, where they find an abandoned house and spend the night for a short time. The venerable building is the decaying Browns estate and the scene of the bloody crime.
In the house there are sometimes bloody visions among the students, which are initially not given any importance. At dusk, however, bloodthirsty, walking creatures emerge from a neighboring swamp and kill some of the young scientists. The terrible events initially cause consternation, but then hysteria and downright panic - but escape is not possible because of the thick fog. The remaining young people hide in the house, but here too there is no escape from the attacking undead.
Only Anna and Steve survive the next morning when suddenly the blind Dr. Brown appears out of nowhere and reveals himself to be Steve's father. Regardless of the possible dangers, the house is suddenly surrounded by a multitude of birds, at the end of the film Fred sacrifices himself to his inevitable fate - the revenge of the birds for his blood orgy long ago. In the last scene of the film, Anna and Steve leave the property unscathed when they hear the ornithologist's screams.
History of origin
Michele Soavi was originally supposed to direct, but then got the offer to direct the horror shocker The Church for Dario Argento . Therefore the producer Joe D'Amato passed the dialogue direction to Soavi's assistant Claudio Lattanzi, and he himself took care of the special effects .
Reviews
"Poorly invented and weakly told horror story."
Web links
- Killing Birds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Killing Birds in the online film database
- Comparison of the cut versions Italian TV version - export version , FSK 18 - unchecked Astro , unchecked Astro - Fr. Tape by Killing Birds at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Palmerini, Luca M .; Mistretta, Gaetano: Spaghetti Nightmares. Fantasma Books, Key West 1996; there: 79. ISBN 0-963-49827-4 .
- ↑ Killing Birds. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .