You've probably already seen the trailer for Birdemic: Shock and Terror, an ultra low-budget movie that generated a lot of buzz on the Web when it came out earlier this year. But if you haven't, you really must.
And if you have seen it, you'll surely want to watch it again. And again and again.
Remember, it's from "visionary writer/director James Nguyen, the Master of the Romantic Thriller ™."
Fascinating background on this unheralded masterpiece can be found at Wikipedia.
Words fail me. Literally. Workshops for wanna-be screenwriters should be closed. Permanently. I may take a cue from Corman's "X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes" and gouge out my own. Immediately.
Posted by: Kevin W. | September 19, 2010 at 06:54 AM
Oh Lord. You may also want to extend your viewing pleasure with a look at The Human Centipede, which I found at the Birdemic link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX8fKLjC__c&feature=fvw
Posted by: dmduncan | September 19, 2010 at 09:26 AM
My favorite terrible movie will always be Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece, The Room.
Posted by: Sam | September 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM
But... This is a guy who actually followed his dream and made a movie. Sure its crap. But he made it, and as it turns out it may become a classic in the style of Ed Wood.
Sure its laughable but how many of us actually follow our crazy dreams? It does give me a certain pause.
Posted by: elwarzio | September 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM
I never understood how birds could be all that terrifying. I suppose if they all got together as in the original Hitchcock movie, maybe. If it was me, I'd plunk my hero and heroine smack down in the middle of the Artic with a couple of polar bears on their track (and maybe a seagull squawking at them every now and then to make it even more scary). But then they'd have to wear clothes all of the time, so it probably wouldn't "work."
Posted by: Kathleen | September 19, 2010 at 04:16 PM
"You may also want to extend your viewing pleasure with a look at The Human Centipede"
I dunno. The Human Centipede strikes me as a totally different kind of movie. It appears to be made with reasonable professionalism (by the standards of low-budget shock/schlock horror films), but the content is sick and fetishistic. Birdemic, on the other hand, is a valid idea for a thriller - it worked pretty well when Hitchcock did it - but the execution is so amateurish that the whole thing becomes laughable.
Or to put it another way, the Birdemic trailer made me laugh, but the Human Centipede trailer made my flesh crawl.
Posted by: Michael Prescott | September 19, 2010 at 07:31 PM
Yes, the Human Centipede was certainly much better made. It was also gross, but in an Evil Dead kind of way. It was so absurdly over the top, unintentionally I believe, that it made me laugh. The trailer, that is. I don't think it's a good enticement to spend 90 minutes of one's time, though.
Posted by: dmduncan | September 20, 2010 at 02:29 PM
Haha definately off to watch that film! Seems tongue in cheek though, like it was supposedto be that bad..
Posted by: Robbie | September 23, 2010 at 02:30 PM
"like it was supposedto be that bad..."
I don't think so. I really think this is the guy's best effort.
Posted by: Michael Prescott | September 23, 2010 at 03:28 PM
Really? Wow, even I could do better! Might still watch it though..
Posted by: Robbie | October 14, 2010 at 03:26 AM