Birdemic: Shock and Terror

Sat., May 8, 11:59 p.m., $9, Ritz East, 125 S. Second St., 215-925-2501, birdemic.com.

by Molly Eichel

[ so bad, it's awesome ]

Birdemic: Shock and Terror is most likely the worst movie you'll ever watch. And that's exactly why it's a must-see. The made-for-midnight film is about a couple trying to survive a bloody attack by malicious birdies. But this ain't no Hitchcock (although it touts a Tippi Hedren cameo, it's really just archival footage). The trailer shows actors who make Taylor Lautner look like John-God-damn-Gielgud and the best CGI birds a $10,000 budget can buy. All reports say director James Nguyen didn't mean for Birdemic to be a so-bad-it's-good cult classic but has since embraced his film's inherent hilarity. How could he not with a movie this fowl (Everybody now: groan)?