The Birds Themes

In The Birds, Melanie is a liar. The first thing she does in the film is lie to Mitch by pretending to be a clerk in the pet store. Later on, she lies about why she's gone to Bodega Bay and about h...

The Birds begins with lovebirds—the feathered kind. And, while we're all eagerly waiting for the birds to viciously attack the unsuspecting residents of Bodega Bay, we're watching a romance unfol...

Humans vs. nature (or human vs. critters) is an obvious theme of The Birds. The film is in some ways a natural-disaster film; it could be about a tidal wave or an earthquake or a hurricane. The nat...

Horror films are generally … violent. Yeah, no one's surprised.The Birds is no different; people get pecked and bloodied and killed. A farmer has his eyes plucked out. Hitchcock doesn't overdo it...