List of natural horror films

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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 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]

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]
  • 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[]

  • Piranha (1978; genetically enhanced 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]
    • Jaws 2 (1978; a great white shark)[21]
    • Jaws 3 (1983; a great white shark)[22]
  • Great White (1981 a.k.a. L'ultimo squalo; a great white shark)[23]
  • Deep Blood (1989 a.k.a. Sangue negli abissi; a great white shark)[24][25]
  • Deep Blue Sea (1999; large genetically engineered shortfin mako sharks)[26]
  • Red Water (2003; a bull shark)[27]
  • Open Water (2003, Caribbean reef sharks)[28]
  • The Reef (2010; a great white shark)[29]
  • Shark Night (2011; various species of sharks)[30]
  • Bait (2012; two great white sharks)[31]
  • Sharknado (2013; swarms of various species of sharks emerging out tornadoes).[32]
  • 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019; cave-dwelling great white sharks)[33]
  • Great White (2021; a great white shark)[34]
  • The Requin (2022; a great white shark)[35]

Insects[]

Ants[]

Honey bees[]

Cockroaches[]

  • Creepshow (1982, killer cockroaches)[43]
  • Mimic (1997, evolved human-sized genetically engineered cockroaches)[44]

Locusts[]

Wasps[]

  • Stung (2015; large mutated wasps)[46]

Mammals[]

Bats[]

Bears[]

Canines[]

Dolphins[]

Felines[]

Pigs[]

  • Pigs (1973)[56]
  • Razorback (1984; a huge wild boar)[57]
  • Pig Hunt (2008; a boar)[58]

Primates[]

Rats[]

  • Willard (1971)[61]
  • Deadly Eyes (1982; a.k.a. The Rats)[63]
  • Graveyard Shift (1990)[64]
  • Willard (2003)[65]

Others[]

Mollusks[]

Gastropods[]

  • Slugs (1988; abnormally large killer black slugs)[67]

Octopuses and Squids[]

Reptiles[]

Alligators and crocodiles[]

  • Lake Placid (1999; an abnormally large saltwater crocodile)[76]
    • Lake Placid 2 (2007)[77]
    • Lake Placid 3 (2010)[78]
    • Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)[79]
  • Crocodile (2000; an abnormally large Nile crocodile)[80]
  • Blood Surf (2001; a monstrous giant crocodile)[81]
  • Black Water (2007; a saltwater crocodile)[54]
  • Croc (2007; a saltwater crocodile)[1]
  • Primeval (2007; Gustave)[82]
  • Rogue (2007; a giant saltwater crocodile)[83]
  • Crawl (2019; several American alligators)[84]

Snakes[]

  • Rattlers (1976)[85]
  • Anaconda (1997)[86]
    • Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)[87]
    • Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)[88]
    • Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)[89]
  • King Cobra (1999)[90]
  • Silent Predators (1999; rattlesnakes)[1]
  • Snakes on a Plane (2006)[91]

Plants[]

  • Little Shop of Horrors (1960; mutant Venus flytrap)[92]
  • The Day of the Triffids (1962; man-eating plants)[20]
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; killer tomatoes)[20]
  • The Ruins (2008; vines)[93]

Worms[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Godzilla (1954; a giant irradiated Godzillasaurus)[95]
  • Frogs (1972; various species of animals)[96]
  • The Food of the Gods (1976; various species of animals)[97]
  • Day of the Animals (1977; various species of animals)[3][36]

See also[]

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