A parrot who is obsessed with horror movie The Shining is spooking its owners - by shouting the terrifying 'red rum' catchphrase every day.

Greg Negron, 37, filmed parrot Honey repeatedly squawking the phrase as his girlfriend Sabrina Behrike, 30, watched the film at home in East Valley in Arizona.

The parrot originally picked up on the phrase when her owners first watched the 1980 horror classic ten years ago and has said it daily ever since.

A parrot who is obsessed with horror movie The Shining is spooking its owners - by shouting the terrifying 'red rum' catchphrase every day

The family watch the Stanley Kubrick adaptation of the Stephen King horror, which stars Jack Nicholson, around three times a year and say the parrot goes 'crazy' when it's on.

The phrase 'red rum' - which is murder spelt backwards - is said repeatedly by Danny, the five-year-old son of lead character Jack Torrance in The Shining.

Sabrina, a nutritionist, said: 'We've had her for about 15 years. She's my parent's bird. She's very animated and she only picks up the things that she's interested in.

'We put the movie on when she was about three and she just picked it up. We all went silent when she did it for the first time. It was so creepy.

'We watch it every year. The bird gets a kick out of it. She loves the movie.'

She says 'red rum' is her favorite phrase, adding that people are usually a 'little creeped out' when they hear her say it for the first time.

The parrot originally picked up on the phrase when her owners, from East Valley in Arizona, first watched the 1980 horror classic ten years ago

Sabrina said: 'We just let them know she's very talkative but a lot of people will connect it to the movie straight away when she says it.

'It's hilarious. She's not violent or aggressive she just loves saying it.'

After years of hearing Honey repeat the phrase the pair decided to capture the bird's antics on camera to show everyone else her bizarre habit.

'We were just having fun and we decided to take the video. She definitely likes being the centre of attention,' Sabrina said.

'We have been around her for such a long time you just get used to her.'

Greg Negron, 37, (right) filmed parrot Honey repeatedly squawking the phrase as his girlfriend Sabrina Behrike, 30, (left) watched the film at home

Greg added: 'The bird has been saying it for years. They all love The Shining.

'It's one of about 15 common daily words she says. This happens to be the funniest and most out of the ordinary word or phrase.

'She would say it constantly so we decided to take the video. When we put the movie on she gets a little crazy. We think it's hilarious. Everyone else thinks it's hilarious as well.

'Sometimes it's creepy when you just hear "red rum". The bird's pupils dilate when she does it.'