When Black Birds Fly

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When Black Birds Fly
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Directed by Jimmy ScreamerClauz
Written byJimmy ScreamerClauz
Produced byJimmy ScreamerClauz
Ruby Larocca
Edited byJimmy ScreamerClauz
Music byM. dot Strange
Flyface
Jimmy ScreamerClauz
Swift Treweeke
Production
company
Distributed by Bag Monster
Release dates
  • November 13, 2015 (2015-11-13)(Housecore)
  • January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

When Black Birds Fly is a 2015 American adult animated horror film written, directed, animated, edited, and scored by James 'Jimmy ScreamerClauz' Creamer, the director of Where the Dead Go to Die , and was released by Bag Monster & MVD on January 15, 2016. The film had its official premiere on November 13, 2015 at Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror Film Festival in San Antonio, Texas and was given an award for Best Animated Film [1]

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Plot summary

Heaven is a beautiful, clean suburban paradise. Every block is populated by lush trees and lovely row homes. People are free to roam and do whatever they please, as long as they follow one simple rule: DO NOT communicate with "The Evil One" that dwells on the other side of a giant wall that circles the town, which is under 24-hour surveillance by a team of soldiers wearing monstrous-looking gas masks. The ruler of the town is a man named Caine, who plasters images of himself all around town, insisting that his citizens trust and love him. A small child becomes obsessed with the seemingly increasing flocks of black birds that populate the town. One day after chasing one he discovers a talking cat with a broken leg, who begs Marius and his classmate Eden to crawl through a hole in the wall to help her. The kids decide to do it and she repays them by introducing them to a brightly-colored fruit that grows wildly on the other side of the wall. After consuming it the cat brings them to meet the Evil One, who attempts to teach them the forbidden knowledge that Caine is hiding from them all. [2]

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References

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  2. When Black Birds Fly (2016) - IMDb