List of natural horror films


List of natural horror films


Natural horror is a subgenre of horror films that features natural forces, typically in the form of animals or plants, that pose a threat to human characters.

Though killer animals in film have existed since the release of The Lost World in 1925, two of the first motion pictures to garner mainstream success with a "nature run amok" premise were The Birds, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1963; and Jaws, directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1975. Following Jaws, numerous horror films of a similar narrative were produced, including Grizzly (1976), Piranha (1978), and Alligator (1980).

Arthropods

See also the section on insects.

Arachnids

  • Kingdom of the Spiders (1977; tarantulas)
  • Arachnophobia (1990; spiders)
  • Ticks (1993; giant ticks)
  • Eight Legged Freaks (2002; giant spiders)
  • Big Ass Spider! (2013; giant spider)
  • Lavalantula (2015; giant lava-breathing tarantulas)

Crustaceans

  • The Bay (2012; isopods)

Birds

  • The Birds (1963; flocks of vicious gulls, crows, sparrows and other birds)
    • The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
  • Beaks: The Movie (1987)
  • KAW (2007; ravens)
  • Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010; mutated birds)
    • Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013; mutated birds)

Fish

Piranhas

  • Piranha (1978; genetically enhanced piranhas)
    • Piranha II: The Spawning (1982; mutant piranhas)
    • Piranha 3D (2010; prehistoric piranhas)
    • Piranha 3DD (2012; prehistoric piranhas)
  • Piranha (1995; killer piranhas)

Sharks

Insects

Ants

  • The Naked Jungle (1954; army ants)
  • Them! (1954; giant mutated ants)
  • Phase IV (1974; super-intelligent ants of various species)
  • Empire of the Ants (1977; large mutated ants)
  • It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)

Honey bees

  • The Deadly Bees (1966)
  • Killer Bees (1974)
  • The Savage Bees (1976)
  • The Bees (1978)
  • The Swarm (1978)
  • Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)

Cockroaches

  • Creepshow (1982, killer cockroaches)
  • Mimic (1997, evolved human-sized genetically engineered cockroaches)

Locusts

  • Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005)

Wasps

  • Stung (2015; large mutated wasps)

Mammals

Bats

  • The Devil Bat (1940; mutant bats)
  • Nightwing (1979; vampire bats)
  • Bats (1999; genetically altered bats)

Bears

  • Grizzly (1976; a grizzly bear)
  • Prophecy (1979; a mutant bear)
  • Grizzly Rage (2007; a grizzly bear)
  • Grizzly Park (2008; a grizzly bear)
  • Bear (2010; A grizzly bear)
  • Backcountry (2014, a black bear)
  • Into the Grizzly Maze (2015; a grizzly bear)
  • Cocaine Bear (2023, a black bear)

Canines

  • Dogs (1976; domestic dogs turned into killers)
  • The Pack (1977; feral dogs)
  • Cujo (1983; a Saint Bernard infected with rabies)
  • The Breed (2006; mutated feral dogs)
  • Frozen (2010; gray wolves)
  • The Pack (2015; feral dogs)

Dolphins

  • Orca (1977; a killer whale)

Felines

  • Black Zoo (1963; lions and tigers)
  • Maneater (2007; a Bengal tiger)
  • Burning Bright (2010, a tiger)

Pigs

  • Pigs (1973)
  • Razorback (1984; a huge wild boar)
  • Pig Hunt (2008; a boar)

Primates

  • Blood Monkey (2007)
  • Shakma (1990)
  • Monkey Shines (1988)

Rats

  • Willard (1971)
  • Ben (1972)
  • Deadly Eyes (1982; a.k.a. The Rats)
  • Graveyard Shift (1990)
  • Willard (2003)

Others

  • Night of the Lepus (1972; giant rabbits)
  • Black Sheep (2006; genetically engineered killer sheep)

Mollusks

Gastropods

  • Slugs (1988; abnormally large killer black slugs)

Octopuses and squids

  • Bride of the Monster (1955; a killer octopus)
  • Tentacles (1977; a giant octopus)
  • Octopus (2000, a giant octopus)

Reptiles

Alligators and crocodiles

Snakes

Plants

  • Little Shop of Horrors (1960; mutant Venus flytrap)
  • The Day of the Triffids (1962; man-eating plants)
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; killer tomatoes)
  • The Ruins (2008; vines)

Worms

  • Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959, giant leeches)
  • Squirm (1976, bloodworms and sandworms)
  • Blood Beach (1982; a giant worm)

Miscellaneous

  • Godzilla (1954; a giant irradiated Godzillasaurus)
  • Frogs (1972; various species of animals)
  • The Food of the Gods (1976; various species of animals)
  • Day of the Animals (1977; various species of animals)

See also

  • List of disaster films
  • List of eco-horror films
  • List of films featuring giant monsters

References

External links

  • List of natural horror titles in the Internet Movie Database

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