tonight's first #halloween #horror #movie was The Birds

BLUF: WTF

1. There are three adult women in this movie and all of them act deeply predatory towards Mitch

2. #Hitchcock was British and famously misogynistic (including towards Hedren specifically)

Conclusion: "the birds" are women...?

I have no idea why they put Bodega Bay, which has New England architecture, a robust lobster fishing industry and even robuster Maine accents in northern California.

Also the gasoline explosion scene with the seagulls watching it in delight.

There's a couple good moments. The birds gathering behind Melanie (though I feel like that should have been one shot showing both her and the gathering threat) and Mitch walking slowing through birds.

But overall this feels like a cult classic, not a Hitchcock movie.