Review of Dead Birds

I first saw this in 2005 on a dvd which I own. Found it to be slow. Did not recognize Michael Shannon then. Revisited it recently on Amazon Prime after one of my pal kept on praising it. I thot mayb I need to revisit it to check if I missed the birds. Ther still ain't no birds man. The film is still boring n Nicki Aycox's double chin is a bit turn off. She was good in Joyride 2 though. I am generous with 6 cos of the the creepy cornfields with the isolated house n the creature effects. The film Husk (2010) has some really creepy cornfields n scarecrows. I did not like this film cos they did not utilize the creatures, the kills were offscreen, specially the horses n the western set up is not at all explored n too much of chit chat n darkly shot scenes. The film Burrowers (2008) got some good creatures n kills n the western set up awesomely done in it.

The film is about a group of army deserters who rob gold from a bank n during the flee one of em gets shot. They come across an unusual creature n a creepy scarecrow in an abandoned plantation. They still rest in the nearby isolated house to avoid an incoming storm. Throughout the nite they experience strange n scary occurrences. As usual things gets complicated as everyone wants their share n to leave the place immediately but the leader doesnt want to leave till morning n doesnt want to do the distribution of gold before reaching Mexico.

Big fan of horror n western genre mash but this ain't a good mash.