Birdemic 2: The Resurrection

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
Directed by James Nguyen
Produced by Jeff Gross
Written by James Nguyen
Starring
  • Alan Bagh
  • Whitney Moore
  • Thomas Favaloro
  • Chelsea Turnbo
  • Eric Swartz
  • Stephen Gustavson
  • Damien Carter
  • Rick Camp
Music by Michael Gordon Shapiro
Cinematography Bobby Hacker
Edited by Joe Pascual
Production
company
  • Moviehead Pictures
  • I Got A Fish Productions
Distributed by Chill
Release dates
  • April 16, 2013
Running time
 79 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection is a 2013 American thriller-horror film written and directed by James Nguyen. It stars Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore, Thomas Favaloro, and Chelsea Turnbo as survivors of a bird attack. It is the sequel to the 2008 film Birdemic: Shock and Terror.

Plot

Bill, an independent film director, discovers waitress Gloria and casts her in his new film, which is financed by Rob, an entrepreneur, and his wife, Nathalie. The four travel to the La Brea Tar Pits, where they are attacked by birds, preserved cavemen, and zombies from a nearby cemetery.

Cast

Production

Birdemic 2 was announced in April 2011, along with news that Bagh would reprise his role from the first film.[1] Production began on February 4, 2012.[2] Nguyen included long scenes of dancing in order to satisfy fans of his first film, who he said wanted romantic content; Nguyen himself sees the film as a romantic thriller. Nguyen was influenced by concerns about global warming, which he said was the cause of the bird and zombie attacks in the film.[3] The film was shot in 3D, which Nguyen said he mastered during shooting.[4] Shooting in 3D slowed down production, but Nguyen said he believed it would bring more people to the sequel.[5]

Release

A tie-in video game was released in October 2012.[6] Starting on April 16, 2013, Chill.com exclusively offered the film via video on demand for 90 days before it was released to other services.[7] It was released on DVD in October 2013.[8]

Reception

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote, "Nguyen's partial self-awareness of his new movie's camp value ... only makes it an effortful, half-understood in-joke rather than the guiltily pleasurable unintentional joke that was Birdemic: Shock and Terror."[9] Rod Lott of the Oklahoma Gazette wrote, "What keeps Birdemic 2 from reaching the first film's level of fun is Nguyen's penchant for treating this go-round like a greatest-hits reel."[10] HorrorNews.Net rated it 0/5 stars and called it the worst film of the year.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Miska, Brad (2011-04-07). "'Birdemic' Director Reveals Sequel Details, Returning Cast". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ Barton, Steve (2012-01-23). "Exclusive Birdemic II: The Resurrection News Flys In: Casting News, Start Date, and More!". Dread Central. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  3. ↑ de Semlyen, Nick. "James Nguyen Talks Birdemic: The Resurrection". Empire. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  4. ↑ Gilchrist, Todd (2011-02-21). "'Birdemic' Director on Shooting His Sequel… in 3-D". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  5. ↑ Webb, Charles (2011-02-20). "Interview: Birdemic Writer-Directer James Nguyen". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  6. ↑ Dyar, Amanda (2012-10-25). "Birdemic 2: The Game Flys Onto The App Store". Dread Central. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  7. ↑ Dickson, Evan (2013-04-16). "Chill Gets Exclusive VOD Window On 'Birdemic 2: The Resurrection'". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  8. ↑ Foran, Chris (2013-10-24). "New DVDs for release Oct. 29". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  9. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (2013-04-29). "Film Review: 'Birdemic 2: The Resurrection'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  10. ↑ Lott, Rod (2013-04-26). "Birdemic 2: The Resurrection". Oklahoma Gazette. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  11. ↑ "Film Review: Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013)". HorrorNews.Net. 2013-06-27. Retrieved 2015-03-30.

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