List of natural horror films
Natural horror (also known as creature features) is a subgenre of horror films that features nature running amok,[1] typically in the form of animals or plants that kill people or at least pose a threat to them.
Though killer animals in film have existed since the release of The Lost World in 1925,[2] 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).[3] Today, natural horror films are still produced, with varying tones, such as Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008) and The Shallows (2016).[4]
Amphibians
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954; Gill-man)[5]
- Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
- The Monster Squad (1987)
- Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell (1982; frog-human hybrid)
- Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
- Return to Frogtown (1993)
- Max Hell Frog Warrior (1996)
Arachnids
- Amphibious (2010; giant sea scorpion)
- Arachnicide (2014; giant spiders)
- Arachnid (2001; giant spiders)
- Arachnophobia (1990; spiders)[6]
- Big Ass Spider! (2013; giant spider)[6]
- The Black Scorpion (1957; giant scorpions, spider, and worm-like creature)
- Camel Spiders (2011; Solifugae)
- Cat-Women of the Moon (1953; giant lunar tarantula)
- The Cyclops (1957; giant tarantula)
- Earth vs. the Spider (1958; giant spider)
- Earth vs. the Spider (2001; mutant spider-human hybrid)
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002; giant spiders)
- The Giant Spider Invasion (1975; giant spiders)
- Horrors of Spider Island (1960; mutant spider-human hybrid)
- Ice Spiders (2007; giant spiders)
- In the Spider's Web (2007; venomous spiders)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957; spider)
- Killers from Space (1954; giant tarantula)
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977; tarantulas)[1][7]
- Kiss of the Tarantula (1976; tarantulas)
- Lavalantula (2015; lava-breathing tarantulas)
- Leprechaun 4: In Space (1997; mutant spider-like humanoid)
- The Lost World (1960; abnormally large prehistoric spiders)
- Mesa of Lost Women (1953; giant spiders)
- Missile to the Moon (1958; giant lunar spider)
- One Million Years B.C. (1966; giant prehistoric tarantula)
- Son of Godzilla (1967; Kumonga)
- Spiders 3D (2013; giant mutant spiders)
- Tail Sting (2001; genetically enhanced scorpions)
- Tarantula (1955; giant tarantula)
- Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)
- Ticks (1993; mutated ticks
- 2Lava2Lantula (2016; lava-breathing tarantulas)
- Village of the Giants (1965; giant spider)
- Webs (2003; spiders)
- World Without End (1956; giant mutant spiders)
Bacteria and viruses
- Cabin Fever (2002; flesh-eating virus)
- Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009)
- Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014)
- Cabin Fever (2016)
- Carriers (2009; avian influenza)
- Contagion (2011; global pandemic)
- The Happening (2008; airborne toxin created by plants)
- Outbreak (1995; killer virus)
- Panic in the Streets (1950; pneumonic plague)
Birds
- Beaks: The Movie (1987)[1]
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008; eagles)
- Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013; eagles and vultures)
- The Birds (1963; flocks of vicious seagulls, crows, and other birds)[3][7]
- The Birds II: Land's End (1994)[1]
- Blood Freak (1972; mutant humanoid turkey)
- The Cyclops (1957; giant mutated eagle)
- Flu Bird Horror (2008; virus-infected carnivorous birds)
- The Food of the Gods (1976; abnormally large chickens)[7]
- Gappa: The Triphibian Monster (1967)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955; Phorusrhacos)
- KAW (2007; ravens)[1]
- Killing Birds (1988; falcons)
- Mysterious Island (1961; Phorusrhacos)
- Roadkill (2011)
- Terror Birds (2016)
- The Vulture (1967; giant vulture)
Crustaceans
- Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957; giant mutated crabs)
- The Bay (2012; carnivorous isopods)
- Crabs! (2016; giant horseshoe crabs)
- DeepStar Six (1989; giant eurypterid)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966; giant lobster)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995; Destoroyah)
- The Lost Continent (1968; giant hermit crab)
- The Mysterious Island (1929; abnormally large crab)
- Mysterious Island (1961)
- Space Amoeba (1970; giant Florida stone crab)
- Teenagers from Outer Space (1959; giant lobsters)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970; abnormally large crabs)
Fish
Eels
- Deep Shock (2003; giant intelligent electric eels)
- Razortooth (2006; giant eels)
- A Sound of Thunder (2005; giant eel)
- King Kong Escapes (1967; giant eel)
Piranhas
- Killer Fish (1978; piranhas)
- Mega Piranha (2010; overgrown mutant piranhas)
- Piranha (1978; genetically enhanced piranhas)[3][7]
- Piranha II: The Spawning (1981; genetically altered flying piranhas)
- Piranha (1995; mutant piranhas)
- Piranha 3D (2010; prehistoric piranhas)[7]
- Piranha 3DD (2012; prehistoric piranhas)
- Piranhaconda (2012; mutant piranha-anaconda hybrids)
Rays
- The Black Pearl (1977; abnormally large manta ray)
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969; giant stingray)
- Devil Monster (1936; abnormally large manta ray)
- The Sea Bat (1930; abnormally large manta ray)
Sharks
- 12 Days of Terror (2004; bull shark, based on the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916)
- 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012; mutant two-headed shark)
- 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015; mutant three-headed shark)
- 5-Headed Shark Attack (2017; mutant five-headed shark)
- 47 Meters Down (2017; great white sharks)
- Ape (1976; abnormally large shark)
- Aatank (1996; abnormally large shark)
- Atomic Shark (2016; radioactive shark)
- Avalanche Sharks (2011; prehistoric snow-dwelling shark)
- Bait 3D (2012; large great white shark)
- Blood in the Water (2009; bull sharks)
- Blue Water White Death (1971; great white shark)
- Blue Demon (2005)
- Creature (1998; mutant humanoid shark)
- Cruel Jaws (1995; great white shark, but labelled as a tiger shark)
- Cyclone (1978; sandbar sharks)
- Dam Sharks (2016)
- Dark Tide (2012; great white shark)
- Deep Blood (1989)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999; genetically engineered shortfin mako sharks)[1]
- Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
- Dinoshark (2010; prehistoric dinosaur-shark hybrid)
- Empire of the Sharks
- Gamera vs. Zigra (1971; goblin shark-like kaiju)
- Ghost Shark (2013; undead great white shark)
- Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (2015)
- Great White (1981; great white shark)
- Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005; mutant hammerhead shark-human hybrid)
- Ice Sharks (2016; prehistoric sharks)
- Jaws (1975; great white shark)[3][8]
- Jaws 2 (1978; great white shark)
- Jaws 3-D (1983; great white shark)
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987; great white shark)
- Jaws in Japan (2009; giant shark)
- Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012; killer albino deep-water sharks)
- Jurassic Shark (2012; megalodon)
- Malibu Shark Attack (2009; prehistoric goblin sharks)
- Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976; mako sharks)
- Meg (2018; megalodon)
- Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009; abnormally large megalodon)
- Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010)
- Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark (2014)
- Mega Shark vs. Kolossus (2015)
- Megalodon (2002; megalodon)
- Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives (2013; megalodon)
- Mississippi River Sharks {2017; bull sharks)
- Monster Shark (1984; mutant Dunkleosteus-octopus hybrid)
- Night of the Sharks (1988; tiger sharks)
- Open Water (2003; Caribbean reef shark)
- Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017; great white sharks)
- Ozark Sharks (2016)
- Planet of the Sharks (2016; school of sharks)
- Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
- Raging Sharks (2005; highly aggressive sharks)
- Red Water (2003; bull shark)
- The Reef (2010; great white shark)[1]
- Sharkenstein (2016; undead shark monster)
- Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2016; prehistoric amphibious sharks)
- Sand Sharks (2011; prehistoric sand-dwelling sharks)
- The Shallows (2016; great white shark)
- Shark (1969)
- Shark (2000; great white shark)
- Shark Attack (1999; genetically enhanced great white shark)
- Shark Attack 2 (2000; seven genetically enhanced great white sharks)
- Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002; megalodon)
- Shark Zone (2003; great white sharks)
- Shark in Venice (2008; great white shark)
- Shark Kill (1976; great white shark)
- Shark Killer (2015)
- Shark Lake (2016)
- Shark Night (2011; various sharks)
- Shark Swarm (2008; various sharks attacking under chemical effect)
- Sharknado (2013; waterspouts full of sharks)
- Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
- Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
- Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (2016)
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
- Sharktopus (2010; mutant shark-octopus hybrid)
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
- Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)
- Snow Shark (2012; prehistoric snow-dwelling shark)
- Spring Break Shark Attack (2005; tiger sharks)
- Super Shark (2011; megalodon)
- Swamp Shark (2011)
- Tintorera (1977; tiger shark)
- Toxic Shark (2017)
- Trailer Park Shark {2017)
- Up from the Depths (1979; prehistoric shark-like sea monster)
- White Death (1936; great white shark)
- Zombie Shark (2015)
Snakeheads
- Frankenfish (2004; mutant snakehead)
- Snakehead Terror (2004; giant mutant walking fish)
- Swarm of the Snakehead (2006; genetically engineered snakehead)
Other fish
- Barracuda (1978; genetically engineered barracudas)
- Beneath (2013; giant catfish)
- Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
- Humanoids from the Deep (1980; humanoid salmon)
- Leviathan (1989; mutant lamprey)
- Zaat (1971; humanoid catfish)
Insects
Ants
- The Bone Snatcher (2003; intelligent ants)
- Empire of the Ants (1977; giant ants)[7]
- The Hive (2008; army ants)
- It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977; poisonous ants)
- Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998; flesh-eating ants)
- The Naked Jungle (1954)[1]
- Phase IV (1974; intelligent ants)[1]
- Them! (1954; giant ants)[7][9]
- It Came from the Desert (upcoming 2017 movie based on video game of the same name; giant ants)
Bees and Wasps
- The Bees (1978)
- Black Swarm (2007)
- The Deadly Bees (1966)[7]
- Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)
- Die Bienen – Tödliche Bedrohung (2008)
- Flying Virus (2001)
- Killer Bees (1974)[7]
- Mysterious Island (1961)
- The Savage Bees (1976)
- The Swarm (1978)[3][7]
- Terror Out of the Sky (1978)
- Genocide (1968 film) (1968)
Cockroaches
- Bug (1975; mutant cockroaches)
- Bug Buster (1998; giant cockroaches)
- Creepshow (1982; abnormally large cockroaches)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972; alien cockroaches)
- Hostel: Part III (2011)
- Killers from Space (1954; giant cockroach)
- The Nest (1988; mutant cockroaches)
- Mimic (1997, evolved genetically engineered cockroaches)[10]
- Mimic 2 (2001)
- Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003)
- They Nest (2000; parasitic cockroaches)
Flies
- The Fly (1958; mutant fly-human hybrid)
- Return of the Fly (1959)
- Curse of the Fly (1965)
- The Fly (1986)
- The Fly II (1989)
- Island of the Dead (2000; giant flies and maggots)
Mosquitoes
- Mansquito (2005; mutant mosquito-human hybrid)
- Mosquito (1995; giant mosquitoes)
- Skeeter (1993; mutant mosquitoes)
Moths
- The Blood Beast Terror (1968; giant death's head moth)
- Mothra (1961; giant moth)
Parasites
- The Bay (2012)
- The Cave (2005)
- Deep Freeze (2003)
- Larva (2005)
- Parasite (1982)
- Parasite Eve (1997)
- Shivers (1975)
- The Thaw (2009)
Wasps
- Black Swarm (2007; wasps)
- The Food of the Gods (1976; giant wasps)
- Monster from Green Hell (1958; giant wasps)
- Stung (2015; mutated wasps)
- Swarmed (2005; mutated wasps)
- The Wasp Woman (1959; mutant humanoid wasp)
Other insects
- Beginning of the End (1957; giant grasshoppers)
- Bugged! (1997)
- Bugs (2003)
- Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006; prehistoric rhinoceros beetles)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957; giant praying mantis)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
- Insecticidal (2005; various insects)
- Killers from Space (1954; giant grasshopper)
- Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005; mutant locusts)
- Phenomena (1985; various insects)
- Son of Godzilla (1967; Kamacuras)
- Rodan (1956; Meganulon)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000; Meganulon, Meganula, Megaguirus)
- The Strange World of Planet X (1958; various insects)
Jellyfish
- Dogora (1964)
- Sphere (1998)
- Sting of Death (1965)
Mammals
Bats
- The Bat People (1974)
- Bats (1999; genetically mutated bats)
- Bats: Human Harvest (2007)
- The Devil Bat (1940; giant bats)
- Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967; giant vampire bat)
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
- Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
- Gamera the Brave (2006)
- Nightwing (1979; vampire bats)[3]
- The Roost (2005; bats)
- Vampire Bats (2005; mutant vampire bats)
- Latitude Zero (1969; humanoid bats)
Bears
- Backcountry (2014; black bear)
- Bear (2010; grizzly bear)
- The Edge (1997; Kodiak bear)
- Grizzly (1976; grizzly bear)[3][7]
- Grizzly Park (2008; grizzly bear)
- Grizzly Rage (2007; grizzly bear)[1]
- Into the Grizzly Maze (2014; grizzly bear)[7]
- The Night of the Grizzly (1966; grizzly bear)
- Prophecy (1979; mutant bear)[7][9]
Canines
- Atomic Dog (1998)
- The Breed (2006; feral dogs)[7]
- Cujo (1983; St. Bernard with rabies)[7]
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978; demonic German Shepherd Dog)
- Dogs (1976)
- Dogs of Hell (1982; Rottweilers)
- Frozen (2010; wolves)[1]
- The Grey (2012, wolves)[1]
- Hostel: Part II (2007)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
- Man's Best Friend (1993; genetically altered Tibetan Mastiff)
- Night of the Wild (2015; domestic dogs)
- The Pack (1977; feral dogs)[7][9]
- Pet Sematary Two (1992; undead domestic dog)
- Rottweiler (2004; genetically altered Rottweiler)
- White Dog (white German Shepherd Dog)
- Wilderness (2006)
- Wolfen (1981; unusually intelligent wolf-like canines)
Felines
- Attack of the Sabretooth (2005; cloned sabretooth tiger)
- Black Zoo (1963; lions, cheetahs, tiger, and black panther)
- Burning Bright (2007; Bengal tiger)
- The Ghost and the Darkness (1996; lions)
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957; domestic cat)
- Latitude Zero (1969; giant lions)
- Maneater (2007; Bengal tiger)[1]
- Pet Sematary (1989; undead domestic cat)
- Prey (2007; lions)
- Sabretooth (2002; genetically engineered sabretooth tiger)
- Savage Harvest (1981; lions)
- Strays (1991; stray cats)
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990; killer domestic cat)
- The Uncanny (1977; killer domestic cats)
- Uninvited (1988; mutant domestic cat)
Pigs
- Chaw (2009; mutated pigs)
- Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972; man-eating pigs)
- Pig Hunt (2008; giant hog)
- Razorback (1984; giant wild hog)
- Evilspeak (1981; pigs)
Primates
- Abominable (2006; Bigfoot)
- The Abominable Snowman (1957; Yeti)
- Ape (1976; abnormally large gorilla)
- Bigfoot (1970; Bigfoot)
- Bigfoot (2012; Bigfoot)
- Blood Monkey (2007; man-eating monkey)
- Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
- Captive Wild Woman (1943; gorilla changed into a human woman)
- Jungle Woman (1944)
- The Jungle Captive (1945)
- The Capture of Bigfoot (1979; Bigfoot)
- Congo (1995; gray gorillas)
- Creature from Black Lake (1976; Bigfoot)
- Curse of Bigfoot (1976; Bigfoot)
- Demonwarp (1987; Bigfoot)
- Drawing Flies (1996; Bigfoot)
- Exists (2014; Bigfoot)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974; ape-like aliens)
- Half Human (1955; Yeti)
- In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro (1986; baboons)
- King Kong (1933; abnormally large gorilla)[5]
- Son of Kong (1933)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- King Kong (1976)
- King Kong Lives (1986)
- King Kong (2005)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2020)
- King of the Lost World (2005; giant gorilla)
- Kong Island (1968; mind-controlled gorillas)
- Konga (1961; giant mutant chimpanzee)
- The Legend of Bigfoot (1976; Bigfoot)
- The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972; Bigfoot)
- Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
- Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)
- Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2011)
- Link (1986; super-intelligent orangutan)
- La Maldicion de la Bestia (1975; Bigfoot)
- The Mighty Gorga (1969; abnormally large gorilla)
- Mighty Joe Young (1949; giant gorilla)
- Mighty Joe Young (1998; giant gorilla)
- Monkey Shines (1988; monkey)
- The Monster and the Girl (1941; gorilla with human brain transplant)
- The Monster Walks (1932; gorilla)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932; gorilla)
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
- Morgue Street (2012)
- Night of the Bloody Apes (1976; humanoid ape)
- Night of the Demon (1980; Bigfoot)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
- War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
- Rage of the Yeti (2011; Yeti)
- Sasquatch Mountain (2006; Bigfoot)
- Shakma (1990; baboon)
- Shriek of the Mutilated (1974; Yeti)
- The Snow Creature (1954; Yeti)
- Snowbeast (1977; Yeti)
- Strange Wilderness (2008; Bigfoot)
- They Call Him Sasquatch (2003; Bigfoot)
- The Untold (2002; Bigfoot)
- Where Time Began (1977; giant gorilla)
- The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008; Bigfoot)
- Willow Creek (2013; Bigfoot)
- White Pongo (1945; albino gorilla)
- Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon (2008; Yeti)
Rats
- Altered Species (2001; giant rat)
- Deadly Eyes (1982)[7]
- The Food of the Gods (1976; giant rats)
- Food of the Gods II (1989)
- Graveyard Shift (1990)[7]
- Of Unknown Origin (1983)[7]
- The Rats (2002)
- Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
- Willard (1971)
- Latitude Zero (1969; giant rats)
Whales
- In The Heart of the Sea (2015; sperm whale)
- Moby Dick (1956; albino sperm whale)
- Moby Dick (2010; albino sperm whale)
- Orca (1977; killer whale)[3][9]
- The Sea Beast (1926; sperm whale)
Other mammals
- The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978; various animals)
- Black Sheep (2006; genetically engineered killer sheep)[6][7]
- Island of Lost Souls (1932; various animal/human hybrids)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
- Dr. Moreau's House of Pain (2004)
- The Killer Shrews (1959; giant shrews)
- Mammoth (2006; woolly mammoth)
- Night of the Lepus (1972; giant rabbits)[7]
- Return of the Killer Shrews (2012; giant shrews)
- The White Buffalo (1977; white buffalo)
- Zombeavers (2014; zombie beavers)
Mollusks
- Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
- The Monster That Challenged the World (1957; giant snails)
- Mysterious Island (1961; abnormally large ammonite)
- Slugs (1988; abnormally large killer black slugs)[6]
- Space Amoeba (1970; giant kisslip cuttlefish)
Octopuses
- Bride of the Monster (1955; giant octopus)
- Deep Rising (1998; mutated octopus)
- Descendents (2008; giant octopus)
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965; giant octopus (in a restored ending))
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955; giant octopus)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962; giant octopus)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017; large octopus)
- Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009; giant octopus)
- Monster (2008; giant octopus)
- Octaman (1971; humanoid octopus)
- Octopus (2000; giant mutated octopus)
- Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001)
- Tentacles (1977; abnormally large octopus)[9]
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966; giant octopus)
Squids
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954; giant squid)
- The Beast (1996; giant squid)
- Eye of the Beast (2007; prehistoric giant squid)
- Gamera vs. Viras (1968; squid-like aliens)
- Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006; giant squid)
- Sphere (1998; giant squid)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961; giant squid)
Reptiles
Alligators and crocodiles
- Alligator (1980; giant alligator)[3][7]
- The Alligator People (1959; mutant alligator-human hybrid)
- Alligator X (2010; pliosaurus)
- Black Water (2007; crocodile)
- Blood Surf (2000; abnormally large saltwater crocodile)
- Chorakhe (1980; abnormally large crocodile)
- Croc (2007; saltwater crocodile)[1]
- Crocodile (2000; giant crocodile)
- Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
- Crocodile Man (1972; human-turned-crocodile)
- Chompa Toung (1974)
- Dark Age (1987; giant crocodile)
- Dinocroc (2004; genetically engineered Suchomimus)
- Supergator (2007; Deinosuchus)
- Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
- Jole Jongole (2017)
- Eaten Alive (1977; giant crocodile)
- The Great Alligator River (1979; giant alligator)
- Killer Crocodile (1989; abnormally large crocodile)
- Lake Placid (1999; abnormally large saltwater crocodile)[6]
- Lake Placid 2 (2007)
- Lake Placid 3 (2010)
- Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
- Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
- Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011; giant alligator)
- Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010; giant prehistoric crocodile)
- Primeval (2007; Gustave the crocodile)[7]
- Rogue (2007; giant crocodile)[7]
Dinosaurs
- 100 Million BC (2008; various dinosaurs)
- Anonymous Rex (2004; various dinosaurs)
- Aztec Rex (2008; Tyrannosaurus rex)
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953; Rhedosaurus)[10]
- The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956; Allosaurus)
- Carnosaur (1993; genetically engineered dinosaurs)
- Carnosaur 2 (1995)
- Carnosaur 3: Primal Species (1996)
- Raptor (2001)
- The Eden Formula (2006)
- The Crater Lake Monster (1977; Plesiosaurus)
- Dino-Sore Days (1927; Tyrannosaurus rex and pterosaur)
- Dinosaur from the Deep (1993; various dinosaurs)
- Dinosaur Island (1994; various dinosaurs)
- The Dinosaur Project (2012; various dinosaurs)
- Dinoshark (2010; prehistoric dinosaur-shark hybrid)
- Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965; Baragon)
- Future War (1997; various dinosaurs)
- The Giant Behemoth (1959; Palaeosaurus)
- Godzilla (1954; irradiated Godzillasaurus)[10]
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Godzilla 2000 (1999)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
- Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- Shin Godzilla (2016)
- Godzilla: Monster Planet (2017)
- Godzilla (2014; irradiated Godzillasaurus)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2020)
- Gorgo (1961; abnormally large bipedal aquatic dinosaur)
- Incident at Loch Ness (2004; Loch Ness Monster)
- 'It's Alive!' (1969; aquatic dinosaur)
- Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955; various dinosaurs)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959; various dinosaurs)
- Where Time Began (1978; various dinosaurs)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1989; various dinosaurs)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 TV film; various dinosaurs)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 direct-to-video film)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 theatrical film; various dinosaurs)
- Jurassic Park (1993; various genetically engineered dinosaurs)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Jurassic Park III (2001)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- King Dinosaur (1955)
- The Land That Time Forgot (1975; various dinosaurs)
- The People That Time Forgot (1977)
- The Land That Time Forgot (2009)
- The Land Unknown (1957; various dinosaurs)
- The Last Dinosaur (1977; abnormally large Tyrannosaurus, Pteranodon, and Triceratops)
- Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds (1977; Plesiosaurus and abnormally large Rhamphorhyncus)
- The Loch Ness Horror (1981; Loch Ness Monster)
- Loch Ness Terror (2008; Loch Ness Monster)
- Lost Continent (1951; various dinosaurs)
- The Lost World (1925; various dinosaurs)
- The Lost World (1960)
- The Lost World (1992)
- Return to the Lost World (1992)
- The Lost World (1998)
- King of the Lost World (2005)
- One Million B.C. (1940; various dinosaurs)
- One Million Years B.C. (1966; various dinosaurs)
- Poseidon Rex (2013; amphibious Tyrannosaurus rex)
- Pterodactyl (2005; pterosaurs and Tyrannosaurus)
- Raptor Island (2004; Velociraptors and mutated Carnotaurus)
- Planet Raptor (2007)
- Raptor Ranch (2012; Velociraptors, Tyrannosaurus and Megalosaurus)
- Rodan (1956; irradiated pterosaurs)
- The Secret of the Loch (1934; Loch Ness Monster)
- A Sound of Thunder (2005; Allosaurus)
- Triassic Attack (2010; various living-dead dinosaur fossils)
- Unknown Island (1948; various dinosaurs)
- The Valley of Gwangi (1969; various dinosaurs)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970; various dinosaurs)
- Yongary: Monster from the Deep (1967; giant Ceratosaurus)
- Yonggary (1999; giant Ceratosaurus)
Lizards
- Aberration (1997)
- Curse of the Komodo (2004; giant Komodo dragons)
- Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
- The Cyclops (1957; irradiated lizards)
- Gamera the Brave (2006; giant semi-aquatic frilled lizard)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966; giant prehistoric lizard)
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959; abnormally large Gila monster)
- Godzilla (1998; irradiated iguana)
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012; giant frilled lizard)
- Killers from Space (1954; giant mutant lizards)
- Komodo (1999; starving Komodo dragons)
- Track of the Moon Beast (1976; humanoid lizard)
- Varan the Unbelievable (1958; giant monitor lizard)
Snakes
- Ape (1976)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
- Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
- Boa... Nguu yak! (2006)
- Copperhead (2008)
- Fair Game (1988)
- Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
- Hisss (2010)
- The Intruder (2010)
- Jennifer (1978)
- King Cobra (1999)
- Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
- King Kong (1976)
- Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
- Mega Snake (2007)
- Megaconda (2010)
- Monster (1980)
- Piranhaconda (2012)
- Python (2000)
- New Alcatraz a.k.a. Boa (2002)
- Pythons 2 (2002)
- Boa vs. Python (2004)
- Rattled (1996)
- Rattlers (1976)
- The Reptile (1966)
- Silent Predators (1999)[1]
- Snake Island (2002)
- The Snake King (2005)
- The Snake King's Wife (1970)
- The Snake King's Child (2001)
- The Snake King's Grandchild (2006)
- The Snake Woman (1961)
- Snakes on a Plane (2006)
- Snakes on a Train (2006)
- Spasms (1983)
- Sssssss (1973)
- Stanley (1972)
- Venom (1981)
- Venom (2005)
- Venomous (2001)
- Vipers (2008)
Turtles and tortoises
- The Bermuda Depths (1978)
- Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965)
- Gamera vs. Barugon (1966)
- Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
- Gamera vs. Viras (1968)
- Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
- Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
- Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
- Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
- Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
- Gamera the Brave (2006)
- One Million Years B.C. (1966; Archelon)
- Space Amoeba (1970; giant mata mata)
Other reptiles
- Atragon (1963)
- The Relic (1997)
- Reptilicus (1961)
Plants
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; killer tomatoes)[8]
- Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988)
- Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (1990)
- Killer Tomatoes Eat France (1991)
- The Day of the Triffids (1962; man-eating plants)[8]
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- From Hell It Came (1957; undead tree-man)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989; mutant Godzilla-plant hybrid)
- Konga (1961; mutant carnivorous plants)
- The Happening (2008; airborne disease caused by plants)
- Invasion of the Pod People (2007)
- Man-Thing (2005; plant-like swamp monster)
- Maneater of Hydra (1967; carnivorous trees)
- Matango (1963; mutant mushroom people)
- The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966; tree monsters)
- The Ruins (2008; vines)[7]
- A Sound of Thunder (2005)
- Treevenge (2008; killer Christmas trees)
- Troll 3 (1993; mutant tree roots)
- Venus Flytrap (1970)
- The Woman Eater (1958)
- Splinter (2008 film) (Killing fungus)
- The Little Shop of Horrors (1960; Giant Venus' flytrap)
- Little Shop of Horrors (1986; Giant Venus' flytrap)
Worms
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959; giant leeches)
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (2008; giant leeches)
- Blood Beach (1982; giant worm)[6]
- Dreamcatcher (2003)
- Dune (1984; sandworm)
- Leeches! (2003; giant leeches)
- Mongolian Death Worm (2010; Mongolian death worms)
- Parasite (1982)
- Sand Serpents (2009; giant worms)
- Squirm (1976)[7][9]
- Tremors (1990; Graboids)
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
- Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
- Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
- Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
Miscellaneous
See also
References
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- ↑ "The Lost World (1925)". Internet Archive: The Public Domain Review. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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- ↑ Stolworthy, Jacob (9 June 2016). "The Shallows could be the shark film all horror fans have been waiting for since Jaws". The Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ann, Melissa (17 March 2016). "Man vs Nature: 10 Crazy Natural Horror Films". PopHorror. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gambin, Lee (8 October 2012). Massacred by Mother Nature: Exploring the Natural Horror Film. Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1936168309.
- 1 2 3 Merchant, Brian (14 November 2012). "The Evolution of Eco-Horror, from Godzilla to Global Warming". Motherboard. Retrieved 8 September 2016.