I finally got why Birdemic's terrible sound mixing actually works after rewatching it at 1am
I used to fast forward through the parking lot scene in Birdemic because the audio is so bad it sounds like a vacuum is fighting a dial tone. Then last Tuesday around 1am I watched it with headphones on and realized the hiss and the weird room echo make the whole thing feel like a bad dream you can't wake up from. Am I the only one who thinks the broken sound is doing more for the mood than any jump scare could?
Watched it with headphones on a rainy night and yeah the hiss gets under your skin. Turned it up loud and the parking lot scene stopped being funny and started feeling wrong in a good way. The bad audio is basically a free creepy soundtrack.