Dead Birds is a small, mostly unnoticed horror flick from 2004, and that's a shame. With all of the crappy low budget clunkers that flood video store shelves, it's nice to see one actually not suck for a change. For one of the little guys, it manages to pack quite a punch.
When a gang of bank robbing Confederate soldiers hole up in an old deserted farmhouse smack dab in the middle of a cornfield, they figure they got it made. Aside from the demons roaming around, they do. Worst of all the demons are the tricky kid demons; they lure you in playing on your sympathies, then turn into toothy face eaters, who eat your face with their teeth!
There's actually more than one kid demon in this movie, and even though the weeping little girl in the corner is creepy, the kid under the bed takes the cake. The lesson to be learned here is when in a creepy house or setting you come across a weeping or frightened looking child, just walk away. Nothing good ever comes from trying to comfort them.
The Master Says- A solid story with impressive visuals and a great atmosphere, Dead Birds is one of those movies that should really have sucked, but didn't at all. As creepy kids go, these demon children go a long way towards making me hate old houses and cornfields. And kids, even more than I already do.
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