The film creates an unsettling mood, and the actors do a solid job, culminating in a passable plot development. It's suitable for renting, but that’s about it. If you focus while watching and enjoy horror films generally, it shouldn't be too difficult to follow. I had hoped for something more frightening, though; the child performers were unsettling. The depiction of empty eye sockets was particularly disturbing. The…

Damnation and Doom at the Plantation of the Dead. Dead Birds was directed by Alex Turner and written by Simon Barrett. The film stars Henry Thomas, Nicki Aycox, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, Michael Shannon, Mark Boone Junior, Harris Mann and Muse Watson. Peter Lopez composed the music, and Steve Yedlin handled the cinematography. The story unfolds in 1863 during the latter stages of the American Civil War.…