Jeff Morrow, Louis Merrill, Mara Corday

When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is ...( read more  read more... )lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 15 min.

Directed by: Fred Sears

Release Date: June 1, 1957

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  • October 26, 2009
    completely ridiculous! and very entertaining! the monster looks like gonzo from the muppets
  • November 23, 2008
    the bird is hilarious! I was half asleep throughout the whole movie. it seemed to go on forever. enjoyed trying to believe their crappy science and technology
  • April 7, 2008
    This movie is amazing... It's like like Plan Nine...only with Bird Bird on PCP
  • January 7, 2009
    Jesus flippin' Christ! How come I took so long in watching this film?!? That bird rocks with it's goddamn balls out!! And the scientists. OMG! I mean, Denise Richards was more convincing as the nineteen year old rocket scientist in the Bond movie, than the numbskulls in this movi...( read more)e. And how many times did they compare the bird with a battleship? 15 times?? Yeah, thats what I thought of everytime the buzzard came on screen... A battleship.
    One abbreviation sums this movie up very nicely. ROFL!
    This is going straight on my list even if it's not really a kaiju...
  • December 26, 2008
    So bad it's 'good'. At times laugh out loud funny...unintentionally.
  • April 21, 2008
    A giant bug-eyed buzzard from outer space is attacking. In addition to the funniest looking monster ever it's worth seeing for the wonderfully idiotic fake science the characters spout. I think the buzzard was made of anti-matter or something according to one scientist.
  • August 23, 2007
    OK, so the monster still makes me laugh, that doesn't make it a bad film. I urge everyone to view this as you would an old episode of Dr. Who- Sure, the effects suck big wind, but the actual story is still good (In this case, even slightly Lovecraftian).
  • July 16, 2007
    This movie is the absolute funniest movie you will ever witness. For the monster, the have a roasted and stuffed, painted turkey with a fake neck and googley eyes. He has a paper mache raptor's claw taped to his feet. The dialogue is equally funny. I recommend this not because it...( read more) is a good movie, but because it is so bad, it's good.

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