List of natural horror films

This is a list of natural horror films. Natural horror is a sub-genre of horror films "featuring nature running amok in the form of mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals or plants turned into cold-blooded killers."^[1] Films featuring viruses and legendary creatures are not included in this list.

Contents 1 Amphibians 2 Arachnids 3 Birds 4 Fish, crustaceans, and molluscs 4.1 Sharks 5 Insects 5.1 Ants 5.2 Bees and wasps 6 Mammals 6.1 Dogs 6.2 Primates 6.3 Rats 7 Reptiles 7.1 Crocodilians 7.2 Snakes 8 Worms 9 Multiple animals 10 Animal battles 11 Other animals 12 Plants 13 References

Amphibians

• Frog-g-g! (2004; giant frog)
• Frogs (1972; frogs)

Arachnids

• Arachnid (2001; spiders)
• Arachnophobia (1990; spiders)
• The Black Scorpion (1950s; giant scorpions, spider and worm creature)
• Earth vs. the Spider (1958; giant spider)
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002; giant spiders)
• The Giant Spider Invasion (1975; giant spiders)
• Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959; giant flame throwing tarantula)
• Horrors of Spider Island (1960; giant spiders)
• Ice Spiders (2007; giant spiders)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977; tarantulas)
• Mesa of Lost Women (1953; giant spiders)
• Spiders (2000; spiders)
• Tarantula (1955; giant tarantula)
• Webs (2003; spiders)

Birds

• The Birds (1963; flocks of vicious seagulls, crows and other birds)
  • The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
• KAW (2007; ravens)
• Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008; eagles)
• Flu Bird Horror (2008; birds)
• Dead Birds (2004; birds)

Fish, crustaceans, and molluscs

• Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957; abnormally large crabs)
• The Beast (1996; aggressive giant squid)
• Deep Rising (1998; ottoia - deep-sea worms)
• Deep Shock (2003; giant intelligent electric eels)
• DeepStar Six (1989; reptilian crustacean)
• Frankenfish (2004; mutant snakehead)
• It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955; giant octopus)
• Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006; giant squid)
• Leviathan (1989; various sea creatures)
• Piranha (1978; genetically enhanced piranhas)
  • Piranha II: The Spawning (1981; genetically altered piranhas)
  • Piranha (1995; mutant piranhas, remake of 1978 same name film)
  • Piranha 3D (2010; prehistoric piranhas, remake of 1978 same name film)
  • Mega Piranha (2010; megapiranha)
• Tentacles (1977; abnormally large octopus)

Sharks

• Deep Blue Sea (1999; genetically engineered longfin mako sharks)
• Great White (1980; great white shark)
• Deep Blood (1989, shark)
• Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005; mutant hammerhead shark/human hybrid
• Jaws films (1975 great white sharks)
  • Jaws 2 (1978 great white sharks)
  • Jaws 3-D (1983 great white sharks)
  • Jaws: The Revenge (1987 great white sharks)
  • Cruel Jaws (1995 great white shark)
• Shark Swarm (2008; sharks)
• Open Water (film) (2003; great white sharks)
• Red Water (2003; bull shark)
• Shark Attack films (genetically enhanced great white shark)
  • Shark Attack 2 (2001; 7 genetically enhanced great white sharks)
  • Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002; megalodon)
• The Reef (2010; great white shark).
• Tintorera (1977; tiger shark)
• Megalodon (film) (2002 megalodon)
• Shark in Venice (2008 great white shark)
• Dinoshark (2010 Frilled shark)
• 12 Days of Terror (2004; great white shark, based on true story Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916)

Insects

• Beginning of the End (1957; giant grasshoppers)
• Bug (1975; beetles)
• Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006; prehistoric rhinoceros beetles)
• Creepshow (1982; giant cockroaches)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957; giant praying mantis)
• The Fly 1958 films (mutant fly/human hybrid)
• The Fly 1986 films (mutant fly/human hybrid)
• Mansquito (2005; mutant mosquito/human hybrid)
• Mimic films (giant humanoid insects)
• Monster from Green Hell (1958; giant wasps)
• Mosquito (1995; mosquitos)
• Phenomena (1985; multiple insects)
• Insecticidal (2005; various insects)
• The Thaw (2009; prehistoric parasites)

Ants

• Empire of the Ants (1977; giant ants)
• It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977)
• The Naked Jungle (1954)
• Phase IV (1974; intelligent ants)
• Them! (1954; giant ants)
• The Bone Snatcher (2003; intelligent ants)
• The Hive (film) (2008; ants)

Bees and wasps

• The Deadly Bees (1966)
• The Swarm (1978; killer bees)
• Black Swarm (2009; wasps)
• The Wasp Woman (1959; mutated wasp)

Mammals

• Attack of the Sabretooth (2005; cloned sabretooth tiger)
• Bats (1999; genetically altered bats)
• The Edge (1997; bear)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996; lion)
• Grizzly Rage (2007; grizzly bear)
• Grizzly Park (2008; grizzly bear)
• The Killer Shrews (1959; giant shrews)
• Night of the Lepus (1972; giant man-eating rabbits)
• Nightwing (1979; vampire bats)
• Orca (1977; highly aggressive orca whale)
• Pet Sematary (1989; undead cat)
• Prophecy (1979; mutant bear)
• Razorback (1984; giant wild hog)
• Sabretooth (2002; genetically created sabretooth tiger)
• Black Sheep (2007; genetically engineered sheep)

Dogs

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 • 1939 • 1959 • 1978 • 1981 • 1983 • 2000 • 2003; hound, based on the Sherlock Holmes novel)
• The Breed (2006; mutated dogs)
• Cujo (1983; St. Bernard)
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978; demonic rottweilers)
• Dogs of Hell (1982; rottweilers)
• The Pack (1977; feral dogs)
• Frozen (2010; wolves)
• Rottweiler (2004; genetically altered rottweiler)
• Man's Best Friend (1993; genetically altered Tibetan Mastiff)
• Pet Sematary Two (1992; dog)

Primates

• Congo (1995; gray gorillas)
• King Kong films (abnormally large gorilla)
• Link (1986; super-intelligent orangutan)
• Monkey Shines (1988; monkey)
• Blood Monkey (2007; man-eating monkey)

Rats

• Altered Species (2001; giant rat)
• Deadly Eyes (a.k.a. Rats) (1982)
• The Food of the Gods (1976; giant rats)
  • Food of the Gods II (1989)
• The Rats (2002)
• Willard (1971)
  • Ben (1972)
  • Willard (2003)

Reptiles

• Cloverfield (2008; semi-aquatic giant reptile)
• The Giant Gila Monster (1959; giant gila monster)
• Godzilla films (giant mutated dinosaur)
• Jurassic Park films (genetically engineered dinosaurs)
• Gorgo (1961; abnormally large bipedal aquatic dinosaur)
• Komodo (1999; starving Komodo dragons)

Crocodilians

• Crocodile (2000; giant Nile crocodile)
  • Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002; giant saltwater crocodile)
• Lake Placid (1999; two abnormally large saltwater crocodiles)
  • Lake Placid 2 (2007)
  • Lake Placid 3 (2010)
• Rogue (2007)
• Primeval (2007; Gustave crocodile)
• Black Water (2007; saltwater crocodile)
• Alligator (1980; mutated giant alligator)
  • Alligator II: The Mutation (1991; mutated giant alligator)
• Killer Crocodile (1989; abnormally huge crocodile)
• Croc (2007; crocodile)

Snakes

• Anaconda (1997; giant anacondas)
  • Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004; giant anacondas)
  • Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008; giant anaconda)
  • Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009; giant anacondas)
• New Alcatraz (released on DVD and VHS as Boa) (2002; giant, prehistoric boa constrictor)
• Boa vs. Python (2004; genetically altered boa constrictor and an abnormally large reticulated python)
• Copperhead (2008; abnormally large copperheads)
• King Cobra (1999; mutant King Cobra/eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake hybrid)
• Python (2000; abnormally large reticulated python)
  • Python II (2002)
• Rattlers (1975; rattlesnakes)
• Rattled (1996; rattlesnakes)
• Silent Predators (1999; rattlesnakes)
• The Snake King (2005; snake/human hybrid)
• Snakes on a Plane (2006; numerous poisonous snakes)
• Snakes on a Train (2006; numerous poisonous snakes)
• SSSSSSS (1973; humans turned into cobras)
• Venom (1981; black mamba)
• Vipers (2008; snakes)

Worms

• Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959; Giant Leeches)
• Mongolian Death Worm (2010; enormous white worms)
• Slither (2006; alien worm parasites)
• Slugs (1988; Giant Black Slugs)
• Squirm (1976; worms)
• Tremors (1990; giant, prehistoric worms)
  • Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996; giant, prehistoric worms)
  • Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001; giant, prehistoric worms)
  • Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004; giant, prehistoric worms)

Multiple animals

• Prophecy (1979)
• The Day of the Animals (1977)

Animal battles

• Komodo vs. Cobra (2004; genetically engineered Komodo dragons and King Cobras)
• Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009; Megalodon and gigantic octopus)
  • Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010; Megalodon from first film and gigantic Guarinisuchus; a sequel to Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus)
• Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011; giant pythons and giant alligators)

Other animals

This list includes extinct animals and genetically engineered hybrids.

• The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955; a sea monster)
• Humanoids from the Deep (1980; genetically engineered fish mutations)
• Monster Shark (1984; genetically engineered hybrid between common octopus and dunkleosteus)
• Dinocroc (2004; genetically-engineered Suchomimus/modern-day crocodile hybrid)
  • Supergator (2007; genetically-engineered Deinosuchus)
  • Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010; the two protagonists meet)
• The Cave (2005; symbiotic parasites)
• Sharktopus (2009; genetically engineered hybrid of shark and octopus)

Plants

• The Day of the Triffids (1962; man-eating plants)
  • The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV series; man-eating plants)
  • The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series; man-eating plants)
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965; second story)
• The Happening (2008; airborne disease caused by plants)
• The Little Shop of Horrors (1960; comedy farce involving a man-eating plant)
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986; flowers)
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; tomatoes)
  • Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988; tomatoes)
  • Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (1991; tomatoes)
• The Ruins (2008; vines)

References