I cannot understand how this flick got such a low rating on IMDb. Despite of its evident flaws, it provides a decent amount of entertainment, gruesome kills, a reasonable share of creepy moments, fitting music and most of the action takes place inside a creepy old mansion, inhabited by rotting zombies. Honestly, what more can you possibly expect in an Italian horror film from the 80s?
In "Killing Birds: Raptors" (which has little to do with killer birds, just so you know), a group of young university students get together for a research, in which they must find out the whereabouts of a rare breed of woodpecker. The students' expedition is cut short when they find a rotting corpse in an abandoned truck, and decide to find shelter in a creepy old house (of course!), which is inhabited by two horrendous creatures that lurk around the place. One of the students actually has a past that is connected to the house and the decaying creatures that are out to get them. However, until they find what the hell is going on, most of them will encounter a gruesome death.
"Killing Birds" is actually a film that is less convoluted and messy than some of its "equivalents" from that period, like "Ghosthouse" (1988) or "Witchery" (1988), among many others. Now, that doesn't mean that we don't get a fair amount of random ridiculousness and we won't have to sit there and watch a bunch of scenes that are solely there for shock value, even if they make zero sense or add nothing to the story. Italian horror flicks from the 80s are pretty random and you either have fun with that, and don't ask a lot of questions or you hate them, because of their lazy writing.
"Killing Birds: Raptors" is worth the watch to anyone who enjoys b-horror flicks from the 80s, that lean a little bit more to the absurd side. It features everything that one would expect from these unpretentious films and, believe it or not, it actually provides genuine moments of creepiness. Nothing that really stays with you, but imagery gruesome enough to satisfy horror fans that simply want to have fun, without expecting superb writing.
In "Killing Birds: Raptors" (which has little to do with killer birds, just so you know), a group of young university students get together for a research, in which they must find out the whereabouts of a rare breed of woodpecker. The students' expedition is cut short when they find a rotting corpse in an abandoned truck, and decide to find shelter in a creepy old house (of course!), which is inhabited by two horrendous creatures that lurk around the place. One of the students actually has a past that is connected to the house and the decaying creatures that are out to get them. However, until they find what the hell is going on, most of them will encounter a gruesome death.
"Killing Birds" is actually a film that is less convoluted and messy than some of its "equivalents" from that period, like "Ghosthouse" (1988) or "Witchery" (1988), among many others. Now, that doesn't mean that we don't get a fair amount of random ridiculousness and we won't have to sit there and watch a bunch of scenes that are solely there for shock value, even if they make zero sense or add nothing to the story. Italian horror flicks from the 80s are pretty random and you either have fun with that, and don't ask a lot of questions or you hate them, because of their lazy writing.
"Killing Birds: Raptors" is worth the watch to anyone who enjoys b-horror flicks from the 80s, that lean a little bit more to the absurd side. It features everything that one would expect from these unpretentious films and, believe it or not, it actually provides genuine moments of creepiness. Nothing that really stays with you, but imagery gruesome enough to satisfy horror fans that simply want to have fun, without expecting superb writing.