Peck or Perish: The Birds and Ornithological Horror

Image for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds

Are birds terrifying? Will their different species one day unite to exterminate us? Apparently so, according to Alfred Hitchcock's classic creature feature The Birds (1963) and Daphne du Maurier's short story (1952) which inspired the film. In this episode, Jason and Ali talk about the real-life terrors of getting pooped on and swooped by birds, as well as the feathered furies of the horror genre.

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