Flu Bird Horror

10/29/2020

_**Group Interest vs. Self Interest**_ "Flu Birds" aired on TV in 2008 as "Flu Bird Horror. It is a low-budget creature-on-the-loose flick about mutant reptilian birds wreaking havoc on a group of juvenile delinquents lost deep in the forest. The birds spread a hideous disease to the people they bite or scratch. The Feds quarantine the hospital that an afflicted hunter is brought to and decide to airstrike the birds, whether the teens are still in the area or not. Meanwhile a ranger and a doctor desperately search for the kids. The film combines the delinquents-on-the-run aspect of "The Warriors" with the flying-reptile angle of "Gargoyles" and the skin-eating disease element of "Cabin Fever." Most reviewers tear the film apart. Are their low-ratings and heavy criticisms legitimat