We continue our journey through a month of frightening, bloody and violent films. For more, check out our 31 Days of Horror homepage. Synopsis: Short version: Birds realize they outnumber humans about a million to 1 and decide strips of bread just aren’t cutting it any more. Worldwide attack ensues. Long version: Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), young, San Francisco socialite, stalks follows a potential boyfriend, the handsome Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), to his lakeside home in the Northern California town of Bodega Bay. There, Melanie meets his mother (Jessica Tandy) and young sister (Veronica Cartwright), and become acquainted with the small town. However, strange things are about to take place. Out of nowhere, the local members of the Avian 404 – read, the birds – decide it’s high time to turn their beaks and claws on the human population. Hitting sporadically and in large swarms, the birds begin attacking the fine people of Bodega Bay. The residents, some believing it to be a sign of the apocalypse, others not having a clue why this is happening, but all of them scared senseless, try to take refuge indoors. But it soon dawns on them that their only way of survival is to escape the town.

Why Watch? Kids can be so cruel. For the next week or so, we’ll be shining a spotlight on some of the short films from the ABCs of Death competition going on right now to find the 26th director for the upcoming horror anthology. Each entry starts with the letter T and has to pick a T-word to use in a deadly way. This no-frills short showcases true dramatics and, surprise, some strong acting. It’s a dialogue-based terror flick, which is certainly rare, but the atmosphere created is still frantic because it places us all in a position we passively fear and seek to avoid every single day. What does it cost? Just 4 minute of your time. Check out T is For TIMECODE for yourself:

Why not? There’s been talk all day about a remake of Sam Raimi’s low budget terror flick. Theoretically it will rise from the grave and come out of the mist sometime in the near future, but until then, let’s take a look at the original trailer for The Evil Dead. Filmed at a real-life abandoned cabin, this movie was the culmination of high school friends who spent too many hours playing around with Super 8 cameras in their youth. Unsurprisingly, they would grow up to film a scene where possessed trees rape a woman, proving that film school just isn’t necessary to create good art. That scene was actually banned in some countries, but the movie also achieved the rare feat of naming its lead male character Ashley and making him a badass. Now why isn’t anyone clamoring for a remake of It’s Murder!?

Every day, come rain or shine or internet tubes breaking, Film School Rejects showcases a trailer from the past. Movies are all about telling us to be nicer to nature and the environment and to hug a tree. It’s disgusting. But it’s not disgusting when we have to learn that lesson because a God-like terror wolf is slashing the flesh of corporate CEOs to violently pay for our crimes against Mother Earth. That’s the fun kind of lesson. But what are Albert Finney, Edward James Olmos, and Gregory Hines doing in flick? No idea. It’s not werewolves….it’s…. Check out the trailer for yourself:

Now to see if they’ll play it as a double feature with Spider-Man 4…