Flu Bird Horror (2008)

A group of teenagers go on a excursion to the mountains. There, they are attacked by birds infected with a lethal virus. When the teens reach a nearby village, the haunting birds start passing their virus on to all the dwellers.

Director:

Leigh Scott

Writers:

Tony Daniel (screenplay), Brian D. Smith (screenplay)

Stars:

Clare Carey, Lance Guest, Jonathon Trent

Cast

Credited cast:
Clare Carey	...	Dr. Jacqueline Hale
Lance Guest	...	Garrett
Jonathon Trent	...	Johnson
Sarah Butler	...	Eva
Rebekah Kochan	...	Lola
Bill Posley	...	Derrick (as Bil Posley)
Brent Lydic	...	Gordon
Gabriel Costin	...	Porky
Calin Stanciu	...	Hank
Bart Sidles	...	Counselor (as Barton Slides)
Tarri Markel	...	Dr. Giovanna Thomas (as Tarri Markell)
Serban Celea	...	Oscar Drake
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vasile Albinet
Florian Ciprian	...	Suit Performer / Puppeteer
Roxana Iancu	...	Weisskopf

Storyline

Two amateurish hunters are attacked by creepy birds in the woods. Meanwhile seven delinquents are camping in the forest with their counselor in a program of reintegration to the society. Suddenly they are attacked by the birds and the counselor dies and one of the youngsters is wounded. The brutal Johnson imposes his leadership by force over the others while they are hunted by the birds. Meanwhile ranger Garrett finds one of the hunters passed out in the forest and takes him to the hospital.

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Plot Keywords:

virus | teen | h5n1 bird flu | monster | eaten alive | 

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Taglines:

If They Fly You Die

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some creature violence and grisly images

Details

Official Sites:

Animal Attack

Country:

USA Germany Romania

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Flu Birds

Filming Locations:

Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

Active Entertainment, Castel Film Romania, Nu Image Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, people who become infected would transform into the giant bird-like monsters. However, the budget did not support any good transformation special effects, so the idea was scrapped.

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Connections

References The Yogi Bear Show (1961)

User Reviews

These teens are for the birds

You'll root for the birds. Some obnoxious noisy twerps are camping to get away from "juvie hall" for a couple of days, and a swarm of mutant bird/dinosaur hybrids decide to shut them up. They blindfold their clichéd chubby dumb guy, and send him wandering into the forest. Glad to see how the correctional system is putting our tax dollars to work. Well, at least the birdies have the right idea on how to deal with these fools, and it's worth tolerating all the screaming, yelling, bad acting, and "rebel teen" baloney just to see the birds wipe out these creeps. The losers even bait the bird creatures with an injured guy as a diversion to escape; perhaps a lame attempt at social commentary.

Feed them all (including the crew) to the birdies.