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Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident...

Vanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident. Travelling to Spain with her cameraman Peter, the two discover the survivors of a town wiped out by the birds thirty years ago. Meanwhile, attacks continue as a child's birthday party ends in tragedy and doves devour a poultry farmer and his wife. Vanessa soon comes to the conclusion that the birds are organizing themselves against the ecological ravages of man, but time is running out as thousands of birds launch an attack against a train Vanessa is traveling on...—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • bare chested male
  • mexico
  • natural horror
  • bird attack
  • killer bird
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Horror
Release date Aug 24, 1988
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Mexico
Language English
Filming locations Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico
Production companies Laurent Films Ascot Entertainment Group Dec. Films SRL.A.

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Images of a club de tiro (a shooting club), where a man is shooting birds, until one flies away.

Vanessa Cartwright (Michelle Johnson) doesn't want to interview a farmer attacked by his chickens, but her boss (Elmer Modling) pushes her. She travels to Villanueva del Pardillo, Spain. At a manor house, a nurse (Carole James) is checking on her patient's blood pressure. The patient walks to a balcony, where a hawk attacks him, pulling out one of his eyes.

Meanwhile, Vanessa walks around the chickens - which look absolutely normal - and says her typical corresponding reporter crap. Arthur Neilson (Aldo Sambrell) was attacked. The cameraman laughs about it all, and says that everybody has to do stupid things for a living.

At La Mancha, Spain, [I guess it means Castilla La Mancha]. They go into a church to interview Nielson: he says that the birds worked all together. Arthur says that any bird goes mood when they're close to him. Vanessa creates an experiment by releasing a caged canary bird, hatched and bred at a cage. Tmhe canary flies all over the place until it hits Arthur on his face and then leaves.

An airplane has problems because of a huge flock of birds. They attack the pilot and destroy the machine. Vanessa is still startled about the canary. The man without one eye feels watched by birds. There was a town which was destroyed by birds.

In Rome they interview a couple who blame pollution for the bird attack - a flock which used tactics.

San Juan, Puerto Rico, the father takes photos of Junior his son, his wife and two other daughters in front of huge flocks of birds

Christopher Atkins ... Peter

Sonia Infante ... Carmen

Salvador Pineda ... JoeGabriele Tinti ... Rod

Nené Morales ... Sharon (as Nene Morales)

Manuel Pereyro ... BobCarol Connery ... Susan

May Heatherly ... Olivia

Pilar Brescia ... AlexandraNane Wenhammar ... MarianFrancisco Gutierrez P. ... AlexIsmael Miranda ... Pilot

Dalissa Villalobos ... LizNohemio Garcia ... GeorgeJosé Lifante ... Governor (as Jose Linfante)Michael Sondow ... Chief of PoliceKunio Kobayashi ... Dr. Murayama (as Kunio Kobayasy)Eva Cooper ... CathyTony Cabon ... Tower ControllerMariel Ramirez Carrera ... LorraineRicardo Ramirez Carrera ... JuniorJose Ramirez Carrera ... JoseMiguel de Grandy ... Editor (as Miguel de Grandi)Franca Tomé ... TouristFrancesca Pancorvo ... JenyJorge Bosso ... Police OfficerMaria Jose ... SecretaryKenya Magaly ... CathyLaura Pearson ... LauraLuis Da Camara ... LuisTess La Touche ... TessEva Pearson ... PatyAlan Larson ... AlanMario Gómez López ... ChildMario Gutiérrez Pinilla ... Child

Olga Maroto González ... ChildEnrique Oviedo ... ChildRaúl Lucas Rodríguez ... ChildWenceslao Garcia Galeana ... ChildRoberto Maroto ... ChildMargaret Paola Rosas ... BabySamuel Sanchez ... BabyAmanda Cacho ... MotherPilar Labarthe ... WomanRoberto Schlosser ... SoldierRené Cardona III ... Soldier (as Al Coster)D'Awilda ... Talent Agent

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