High on any list of underrated horror movies is Dead Birds, a supernatural period horror that takes place during America’s Civil War. The film was released in Canada on this day in 2004 (and hit US theaters the following year on March 15th).
If it’s been a while, or if you’ve yet to experience Dead Birds for yourself, check out the trailer and synopsis below.
Synopsis:
William (Henry Thomas), a Confederate soldier, has gone AWOL with a crew of other men. As the group, among it a runaway slave (Isaiah Washington) and a nurse (Nicki Aycox), makes its way along, it stops off to rob a bank clean. Looking to plan a getaway, the gang heads into an empty house to hole up for the evening. As the soldiers start arguing with one another, strange things begin happening in the house — and everyone in the group soon realizes that the place is haunted.
Dead Birds is directed by Alex Turner from a screenplay penned by Simon Barrett.
Trivia:
The town scenes were shot on the old sets of Tim Burton’s Big Fish (2003).
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