Submitted by DF Dresden on 09/08/08
AKA: Zombie 5, it could be hard to find a worse movie about homicidal pidgeons. Poor Robert Vaughn appears for barely 5 minutes, but it's so worth it when he shows up coz he's sporting a crazy piece of fried-egg face makeup that gives the impression he's got goggly eyes! Aaargh! It's all crap and no suprise, as this is two crap movies patched together to make one big piece of crap.
The opening sequence (directed by D'Amato) has a Vietnam vet return home and kill his family before being attacked and de-eyed by a bunch of flappy chickens. Then, another film starring some morons and Vaughn (as a blind professor who records bird calls on cassette tape) hits the screen. His eyes are hilarious - for a while, then more annoying teens appear and director Lattenzi ruins it further by sleep-filming characters you'll just hate. People stare directly into the camera and Vaughn, Leslie Cumming and James Villemaire are really unfortunate to be trapped between the titles of either production.
Both of which have suicide inducing music, old computers, an evil spirit, jumpers, lame cuts, flashbacks, no actual bird attacks and a scene where Vaughn is described as 'a poor bastard, a blind bird watcher'. Mmm. At least he didn't have to sit through this.
sounds horrendous
Yea Joe D'Amato churned out some real crud to be honest. I used to always read his name on the cult movie sites and rented a bunch one time from Scarecrow Video in Seattle at 3.00 a video..and they all stank, haha. I think he did some porn stuff too at some point. Some of the worst of the worst has come out of Italy to be sure. Some nice looking stuff as well and Mario Bava is one of my favorites. But even my bad taste cannot endure most of that stuff. Strangely, I would sort of like to see this though after your review.
Yes, it's Very Terrible
but, if you can truely endure watching euro-crap, then go for it, at least to see the hi-feckin-larious googly eyes makeup - if not, you'll be praying for scary birds to claw out your own glazzies after 8 minutes.
Either D'amato, or Lattenzi was called in to elongate and expand on the half-a-movie the other made here.... The two are little more than shovelors of film, and this empty, frayed, lifeless and retarded 'screenplay' gets no love from either..., D'amato got it very right occasionaly and has made some grinding, stunning horror cinema, but most of his expansive output is carelessly slapped together in the dark upside down and hard to watch without coveting the contents of the pill cupboard or slipping into alcoholism.
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