India, Oct. 28 -- "Yes, the bird war, the bird attack, plague... call it what you like. But they're massing someplace, and they'll be back. You can count on it," warns Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic The Birds (1963). Now, more than six decades later, the avian attackers return with The Birds, a visceral murder mystery limited TV series starring Sarah Snook.

Set in the present day, the HBO series follows Snook's Myra Massey as she faces a terror like no other while grappling with a personal problem.

According to Deadline, the series is inspired by both Hitchcock's classic and Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story, while presenting a fresh interpretation of the unsettling premise.

So, what does a modern re...