The Birds II: Lands End (1994)

A family named the Hockens moves into a beachhouse at East Coast Island trying to forget the tragedy of what happened to their son in an accident and trying to raise their two little girls named Jill (Stephanie Milford) and Joanna (Megan Gallacher) they best they can. But however the Mom named May (Chelsea Field) has a new job and her employee named Frank (James Naughton) seems to have eyes for her and acts incredibly charming towards her during their summertime at the island.
Her husband Ted (Brad Johnson) gets suspicious that Jill might be having an affair. Yet, the family has a bigger fear as it seems there's some birds attacking them where they live and even invades a bedroom of their daughters while they just healed an injured bird they kept as a pet.
Ted tries to warn some locals but only a gorcery store clerk named Helen (Tippi Hedren) seems to believe his story that these birds are vicous while others think it's just a coincedence.
Yet they meet an old timer named Karl (Jan Rubes) who lives nearby in a lighthouse who clamied this has happened decades ago that gripped the West Coast. Due to this the family tries to struggle to keep their windows boarded up and in their house at night since this is when the birds mainly attack but even that doesn't stop them as they seem to be powerful enough to break through anything.

I kinda wonder if this really is a sequel to Hitchcock's original 1962 classic as there's nothing mentioned on what happened in the town beforehand. It seemed like a remake with some different happenings. It's fun to watch as I enjoyed TV and cable movies but yet the story doesn't go anywhere all that much. Oh well they tried. At the same time I wasn't a fan of the original film either.
There is nice settings with a disturbed family couple trying to forget the past about their son passing away and trying to be there for their daughters. There's also a good impression if the couple will stick together as there's a womaniser working with the wife and she almost seems to give in to him.
I love these scene's with the two little girls helping an injured bird their dog brought in and keeping it as a pet naming it Eggbert. But however I felt sad what happens when it encounters some deadly birds flying into the little girls' room.
So yet the story can seem disturbing when necessary but it doesn't have Hitchcock's feel to it that's all.

The acting is quite good as lead actor Brad Johnson knew how to portray a frusterated and troubled family man in the film with good energy and anger when he needed to be in many scene's of the film. He brought out alot of character in his performance.
Chelsea Field who played his wife was also good with her troubled emotions and was good crying on set when needed to as well as doing her job playing a comforting mother too.
James Naughton really brought his charming attitude to life and his flirtatious behavior as an employee in the film. He stood out quite well in the story. He really reminds me of someone who is a total desperate womaniser.
Jan Rubes does his job as an intimidating eccentric old timer living at the lighthouse and then showing he is warmhearted which is a good part for a horror film like this and he made sure that he came across with this type of role too. A total elderly man next door kind of appeal. I found this character to be my favorite in the story.
We have a special appearance by Tippi Hedren from the original film but yet her character name is different so it makes me wonder if she's playing a different part. Well she brought a nice friendliness attitude as a grocery store clerk expressing nice speaking to her lines.

Many people's eyes are plucked out by the birds
We have some slaughtered birds
A dog is badly bitten by a bunch of birds
There's the odd bloodshed on victims caused by the birds
A birds is shot to pieces

Rick Rosenthal & Alan Smithee both direct separate scene's of this film but doesn't meet up to Hitchcock's work in any way. They show a good beginning with a bit part actor named Jack Riel playing a fisherman and a bunch of birds attacking him with good close up shots on his face.
We have many good takes on seagulls near a sandy beach.
There's a good camera shot on Brad Johnson on a ladder painting an outdoor light lamp and then a camera shot zooming in on him with a seagull swooping at him and him falling off a ladder.
We have some good moments with child actresses Stephanie Milford and Megan Gallacher at a beach collecting sanddollars and then spotting a dead seagull along a corpse but their screaming reactions was very low on energy.
We have a good camera shot on Johnson in a kitchen window with a crow zooming in and biting his face.
There's a good dialogue between Johnson and supporting actress Tippi Hedren in a corner store discussing the birds attacking which looked very effective.
There's a nice emotional dialogue between Johnson and Chelsea Field about staying at the beach house as well as mentioning their dead son with good close up shots on the two of them.
We spot a nice scene with both Milford and Gallacher trying to run after their pet bird running downstairs and a nice dialogue later on with Field explaining to them that the bird got better and now wants to be free.
We spot many good dialogues between Field with James Naughton trying to act flirtatious and charming with her as well as a good close up shot on them nearly kissing one another.
There's a good quarrelling dialogue between Field and Johnson in which they did a great job acting incredibly aggressive and snappy towards one another.
Jan Rubes was coached very well welcoming the family with a large fish for dinner and nice dialogues with him telling some tales towards Milford and Gallacher which looked quite heartwarming.
We have a good angle shot on some pigeons cooing and sitting on a top rail of a kids swing set.
We have a nice shot on the little bird near some drapes tapping on the window with both Milford and Gallacher getting out of bed to open their window and put their bird in it's cage acting happy that it came back and then a great shot on pigeons and seagulls flying in the room and attacking with great reactions on the girls screaming and then Johnson coming in trying to battle the birds which looked incredibly suspenseful.
There's a nice moment between Field and Johnson first thing in the morning discussing to go for a swim in the ocean with them running to the beach and Field running into the water acting so full of life which looked natural.
We have many good shots on Rubes in his lighthouse and being terrorised by the birds attacking him.
We have a good reaction on Johnson frusterated talking to supporting actor Philip Loch as a bartender when he acts arrogant towards him while he tries to warn him and the rest about the birds attacking.
There's also a good shot on Milford slowly walking with her dog to her house and the birds watching her then some swooping down and later on attacking with Johnson trying to get her as well as good disturbing shots on the dog being constantly bitten by the birds. We later have good shots on the birds trying to break through the boarded up windows with the family reacting scared.
We have many good shots on people trying to catch a boat with some birds attacking and shots on people firing at them with their shot gun along with some water on fire during a gasoline spill packing the additional suspense.

We have many good peaceful clarinet playing for many of the scene's that were supposed to look pleasant along with some paino sounds. There's some good suspense with the music too for when the birds attack composed by Ron Ramin.