REWATCH: Birdemic: Shock And Terror [2008]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

Yesterday we had another classic rewatch at the Bad Movie Night party, "Birdemic: Shock And Terror," and this time we were armed with hangers to fight those crazy birds off.

"Birdemic" has quickly become a bad movie classic among the likes of "The Room" and "Troll 2" for its long shots of driving in real time, meandering score that at one point blatantly rips off "Imagine" by John Lennon, charmless lead actor, poor sound, occasionally confusing dialogue, and, of course, the worse special effects you could imagine. Layered with unsubtle environmentalism and many discussions of "sorah paalels" (solar panels for those who don't speak bored actor), this film wants so badly to be a modern horror romance that pays homage to Hitchcock's "The Birds" but mostly just shows that the bad movie tradition is alive and well. It's a classic story of environmentally-conscious yuppie boy creeps on Victoria Secret model girl and they have a lengthy courtship that ends when birds go crazy and start attacking certain people who agreed to be in the movie. They wander around the California coast, picking up people and having them die, and frequently stopping to buy food or to inexplicably have picnics outside where birds generally are. On their adventures they meet an Iraq War veteran with a hero complex and his girlfriend, an old man on a bridge, two annoying kids who complain about wanting a Happy Meal when given un-scaled fish and seaweed salad, and pony-tailed not-Woody Harrelson who lives in a tree. Other memorable things include, a bunch of people getting covered in . . . bird juice or something, a board room scene where everyone claps every ten seconds, and "Hanging Out With The Family" by Damien Carter, one of the best original songs you will hear in a bad movie.

We didn't watch the commentary this time but if you can get your hands on the Blu-Ray which definitely has it (I don't know about the DVD), I highly recommend both tracks. There's one of the director, James Nyugen, who clearly has no idea that he is making a bad movie, and one of a fan and the two lead actors that is hilarious.

Adam's Grandma's Review: "Wasn't bad."

And here's some pictures of us employing the defense techniques shown in the movie.

Preparing for war.

SHOCK AND TERROR (or a yawn).

Fighting against the bad CGI.

(And yes, that's a framed picture of a spoon)