

Dead Birds
There are worse things than dying.
Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
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5.7/10
298 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- bank
- desertion
- alabama
- supernatural
- plantation
- haunted house
- black magic
- demon
- bank robbery
- super power
- ghost
- american civil war
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSan Francisco Independent Film Festival13 Feb 2005
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival15 Mar 2005
- PhysicalR15 Mar 2005
- PremiereCrossroads Film Festival1 Apr 2005
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1522 Apr 2005
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival13 Sept 2004
ArgentinaAR
- Physical19 Apr 2005
BulgariaBG
- PhysicalDVD1 Apr 2005
FinlandFI
- PhysicalDVD4 May 2005
FranceFR
- PhysicalDVD10 May 2005
- TVCiné+ Frisson7 Apr 2012
- Digital / OTTPrime Video1 May 2021
GermanyDE
- Physical16DVD5 Apr 2005
HungaryHU
- Physical16DVD17 May 2005
JapanJP
- PhysicalDVD24 Aug 2005
SingaporeSG
- PhysicalNC16DVD1 Jul 2021
SpainES
- Premiere18(San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival)31 Oct 2004
- PremiereSitges Film Festival4 Dec 2004
- Physical1812 Apr 2005
- Physical18DVD31 May 2005
Frequently asked questions
Dead Birds was released on 22 April 2005.
Audience reviews
2- J8/10
John Chard
2/18/2017
Damnation and Doom at the Plantation of the Dead. Dead Birds is directed by Alex Turner and written by Simon Barrett. It stars Henry Thomas, Nicki Aycox, Isaiah Washington, Patrick Fugit, Michael Shannon, Mark Boone Junior, Harris Mann and Muse Watson. Music is scored by Peter Lopez and cinematography by Steve Yedlin. 1863 and it's the back end of the American Civil War, a group of Confederate deserters rob the…
- V4/10
viciouslollipop
3/28/2017
Dead Birds-Worth a Look, But Not Much More? Great atmosphere, good acting, decent ending twist, so-so plot. Worth a rent but not much more. Not too confusing if you pay attention and like horror movies anyway. I also thought it would be more scary, but the kids were creepy. The hollowed-out eye-sockets were what got me. The score also set a great sense of dread and foreboding. I suppose for a first time director i…
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