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Killing Birds (1987) Ultraviolent gorefest supernatural zombie flick with a difference. The zombies here aren't interested in brains or flesh-they feast on fear and this leads to some impressively gruesome ends to the yuppie cast. Surprisingly creepy despite the cheesy music towards the start as the characters are introduced. Builts up nicely to a very sudden ending. Quality 80s horror but don't expect any hitchcockian plagiarism-here the zombies are the main threat though the birds do come into it at pivotal points. Definitely a nod towards Fulci's gates of hell trilogy (despite being released in Italy as Zombi 5 stupidly) but the zombies are different enough to make this movie stand up on it's own merits. A must-see for 80s Italian horror fans.