A purple, head-banging bird is everywhere now. It's on Facebook, YouTube, in the comments on New York Times stories and even in your texts. The popular pigeon has become a meme monster.

If you've ever doubted that birds are the tiny agents of chaos, pet bird memes will undoubtedly change your mind. Birds are affectionately mean, in a 'knock my drink over and judge me' kind of way.

As any true horror fan should know, in the movies, senses like sight, speech, and hearing sometimes work against characters. All three are terrifying, slightly similar scenarios, so naturally the ...