by Claudine Zap The acting is wooden. The effects are laughably bad. " Birdemic: Shock and Terror " surely earns its Z-movie rating of worse film ever . But the schlocky, low-budget flick â€" and its lower production values â€" have defied its DVD destiny and become a cult hit. But that's not all. It's been picked up by a major distributor. And the director has snagged a million-dollar deal to make his next (bad) movie.