Ungrammatical advertising campaigns emphasized: "The Birds Is Coming." This Technicolor feature came afterPsycho (1960)- another film loaded with ""bird"" references.Novelist Evan Hunter based his screenplay upon the 1952 collection of short stories of the same name by Daphne du Maurier - Hitchcock""s third major film based on the author""s works (afterJamaica Inn (1939)andRebecca (1940))." Jason resurrected himself, stood over McCulloch, and drowned him head-first in a rusting oil barrel of scum-filled dirty sewage(# 18 death), holding him under while holding onto his thrashing legs."He also spoke about how he next day""s headlines would be: "Body of slain Voorhees woman stolen from morgue" - and how he had stolen Diana""s body and planted it in a closet in the house.They didn""t mind ("Who cares?") when Jason disconnected the power box on the outside of the cabin and darkened the house.