List of natural horror films
(Redirected from
List of killer snake films
)
Natural horror is a subgenre of horror films that features natural forces,[1] 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
Arthropods
See also the section on insects.
Arachnids
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977; tarantulas)[1]
- Arachnophobia (1990; spiders)[4]
- Ticks (1993; giant ticks)[5]
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002; giant spiders)[6]
- Big Ass Spider! (2013; giant spider)[7]
- Lavalantula (2015; giant lava-breathing tarantulas)[8]
Crustaceans
Birds
- The Birds (1963; flocks of vicious gulls, crows, sparrows and other birds)[3]
- The Birds II: Land's End (1994)[10]
- Beaks: The Movie (1987)[1]
- KAW (2007; ravens)[11]
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010; mutated birds)[12]
- Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013; mutated birds)[13]
Fish
Piranhas
- piranhas)[14]
- Piranha II: The Spawning (1982; mutant piranhas)[15]
- Piranha 3D (2010; prehistoric piranhas)[16]
- Piranha 3DD (2012; prehistoric piranhas)[17]
- Piranha (1995; killer piranhas)[18]
Sharks
- Jaws (1975; a large great white shark)[19][20]
- Up from the Depths (1979; a prehistoric shark)[23]
- Great White (1981 a.k.a. L'ultimo squalo; a great white shark)[24]
- Deep Blood (1989 a.k.a. Sangue negli abissi; a great white shark)[25][26]
- Cruel Jaws (1995, a great white shark) [27]
- Deep Blue Sea (1999; large genetically engineered shortfin mako sharks)[28]
- Shark Attack (1999; great white shark) [29]
- Shark Attack 2 (2000; great white shark) [30]
- Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002, a Megalodon) [31]
- Megalodon (2004; a Megalodon) [32]
- Red Water (2003; a bull shark)[33]
- Shark Zone (2003; great white sharks) [34]
- Open Water (2003, Caribbean reef sharks)[35]
- Blue Demon (2004; a great white shark) [36]
- 12 Days of Terror (2004; great white shark) [37]
- Shark Swarm (2008; great white shark, mako shark, thresher shark) [38]
- Shark in Venice (2008; great white sharks) [39]
- Malibu Shark Attack (2009; goblin sharks) [40]
- The Reef (2010; a great white shark)[41]
- Shark Night (2011; great white shark, hammerhead shark, cookie-cutter shark, sand tiger shark)[42]
- Jurassic Shark (2012; a prehistoric great white shark) [43]
- Bait (2012; two great white sharks)[44]
- 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012; a mutated great white shark) [45]
- Sharknado (2013; swarms of various species of sharks emerging out tornadoes).[46]
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019; cave-dwelling great white sharks)[47]
- Great White (2021; two great white sharks)[48]
- The Requin (2022; a great white shark)[49]
Insects
Ants
- The Naked Jungle (1954; army ants)[1]
- Them! (1954; giant mutated ants)[50]
- Phase IV (1974; super-intelligent ants of various species)[1]
- Empire of the Ants (1977; large mutated ants)[51]
- It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)[52]
Honey bees
- The Deadly Bees (1966)[53]
- Killer Bees (1974)[54]
- The Savage Bees (1976)[55]
- The Bees (1978)[56]
- The Swarm (1978)[3]
- Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)[57]
Cockroaches
- Creepshow (1982, killer cockroaches)[58]
- Mimic (1997, evolved human-sized genetically engineered cockroaches)[59]
Locusts
- Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005)[60]
Wasps
Mammals
Bats
- The Devil Bat (1940; mutant bats)[62]
- Nightwing (1979; vampire bats)[3]
- Bats (1999; genetically altered bats)[63]
Bears
- Grizzly (1976; a grizzly bear)[3]
- Prophecy (1979; a mutant bear)[50]
- Grizzly Rage (2007; a grizzly bear)[1]
- Grizzly Park (2008; a grizzly bear) [64]
- Bear (2010; A grizzly bear) [65]
- Backcountry (2014, a black bear) [66]
- Into the Grizzly Maze (2015; a grizzly bear)[67]
- Cocaine Bear (2023, a black bear) [68]
Canines
- Dogs (1976; domestic dogs turned into killers)[69]
- The Pack (1977; feral dogs)[50]
- The Breed (2006; mutated feral dogs)[71]
- Frozen (2010; gray wolves)[1]
- The Pack (2015; feral dogs)[72]
Dolphins
Felines
- Black Zoo (1963; lions and tigers)[73]
- Maneater (2007; a Bengal tiger)[1]
- Burning Bright (2010, a tiger)[74]
Pigs
Primates
- Blood Monkey (2007)[78]
- Shakma (1990)[79]
- Monkey Shines (1988)[80]
Rats
- Willard (1971)[81]
- Ben (1972)[82]
- Deadly Eyes (1982; a.k.a. The Rats)[83]
- Graveyard Shift (1990)[84]
- Willard (2003)[85]
Others
- Night of the Lepus (1972; giant rabbits)[86]
- Black Sheep (2006; genetically engineered killer sheep)[7]
Mollusks
Gastropods
- Slugs (1988; abnormally large killer black slugs)[87]
Octopuses and squids
- Bride of the Monster (1955; a killer octopus)[88][89]
- Tentacles (1977; a giant octopus)[50]
- Octopus (2000, a giant octopus)[90][91][92]
Reptiles
Alligators and crocodiles
- The Great Alligator River (1979; an alligator god)[93]
- Alligator (1980; an abnormally large American alligator)[3]
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991; a mutant alligator)[1]
- Dark Age (1986; a monstrous crocodile god called Numunwari)[94]
- Killer Crocodile (1989, mutated large crocodile)[95]
- Lake Placid (1999; an abnormally large saltwater crocodile)[96]
- Lake Placid 2 (2007)[97]
- Lake Placid 3 (2010)[98]
- Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)[99]
- Crocodile (2000; an abnormally large Nile crocodile)[100]
- Blood Surf (2001; a monstrous giant crocodile)[101]
- Black Water (2007; a saltwater crocodile)[73]
- Croc (2007; a saltwater crocodile)[1]
- Primeval (2007; Gustave)[102]
- Rogue (2007; a giant saltwater crocodile)[103]
- Crawl (2019; several American alligators)[104]
Snakes
- Rattlers (1976)[105]
- Anaconda (1997)[106]
- King Cobra (1999)[110]
- Silent Predators (1999; rattlesnakes)[1]
- Snakes on a Plane (2006)[111]
- Mega Snake (2007)[112]
Plants
- Little Shop of Horrors (1960; mutant Venus flytrap)[113]
- The Day of the Triffids (1962; man-eating plants)[20]
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; killer tomatoes)[20]
- The Ruins (2008; vines)[114]
Worms
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959, giant leeches)[115]
- Squirm (1976, bloodworms and sandworms)[50]
- Blood Beach (1982; a giant worm)[7]
Miscellaneous
- Godzilla (1954; a giant irradiated Godzillasaurus)[116]
- Frogs (1972; various species of animals)[117]
- The Food of the Gods (1976; various species of animals)[118]
- Day of the Animals (1977; various species of animals)[3][50]
See also
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External links
- List of natural horror titles in the Internet Movie Database
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