Released in 2010, Birdemic came to the attention of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fans for its laughably cheap effects, bad acting and corny storyline, which might be entertaining if watched with an audience, but anyone whos ever sat through this turkey on their lonesome will see things differently. Half the movie is given over to whether or not yuppie Rod will score with Victorias Secret model Natalie, and when he does, they suddenly find their small town overrun by crappy digital birds created in 5 minutes on the directors laptop. Taking inspiration from Alfred Hitchcocks The Birds (Tippi Hedren is seen on a TV at one point), writer/director James Nguyen has instead created a movie that ranks with the worst movies ever shown on MST3K its cheap, sluggish and coma-inducingly awful.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
