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Natural horror is a subgenre of
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
s that features natural forces, typically in the form of
animals Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia (). With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a ...
or
plants Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars f ...
, 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 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featu ...
and released in 1963; and '' Jaws'', directed by
Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is ...
and released in 1975. Following ''Jaws'', numerous horror films of a similar narrative were produced, including ''
Grizzly The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...
'' (1976), ''
Piranha A piranha (, or ; ) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the subfamily Serrasalminae, of the family Serrasalmidae, in the order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs. Although ...
'' (1978), and ''
Alligator An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus ''Alligator'' of the Family (biology), family Alligatoridae in the Order (biology), order Crocodilia. The two Extant taxon, extant species are the American alligator (''A. mis ...
'' (1980).


Arthropods

See also the section on insects.


Arachnids

* ''
Kingdom of the Spiders ''Kingdom of the Spiders'' is a 1977 American science fiction horror film directed by John "Bud" Cardos and produced by Igo Kantor and Jeffrey M. Sneller. The screenplay is credited to Richard Robinson and Alan Caillou, from an original sto ...
'' (1977; tarantulas) *'' Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo'' (1977; banana spiders) * ''
Arachnophobia Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders and other arachnids such as scorpions and ticks. The word "arachnophobia" comes from the Greek words arachne and phobia. Signs and symptoms People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they b ...
'' (1990; spiders) * ''
Ticks Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida. They are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, and species, but can become larger when engorged. Ticks a ...
'' (1993; giant ticks) * ''
Eight Legged Freaks ''Eight Legged Freaks'' (originally titled ''Arac Attack'', under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy horror film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, ...
'' (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 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 A piranha (, or ; ) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the subfamily Serrasalminae, of the family Serrasalmidae, in the order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs. Although ...
'' (1978; genetically enhanced
piranhas A piranha (, or ; ) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the subfamily Serrasalminae, of the family Serrasalmidae, in the order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs. Although o ...
) ** '' Piranha II: The Spawning'' (1982; mutant piranhas) ** ''
Piranha 3D ''Piranha 3D'' is a 2010 American 3D horror comedy film that serves as a remake of the comedy horror film '' Piranha'' (1978) and an entry in the ''Piranha'' film series. Directed by Alexandre Aja and written by Pete Goldfinger and Josh Sto ...
'' (2010; prehistoric piranhas) ** ''
Piranha 3DD ''Piranha 3DD'' is a 2012 American 3D horror comedy film directed by John Gulager and written by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton. It is a sequel to the 2010 film '' Piranha 3D'', part of the ''Piranha'' film series, and stars Danielle Pan ...
'' (2012; prehistoric piranhas) * ''
Piranha A piranha (, or ; ) is any of a number of freshwater fish species in the subfamily Serrasalminae, of the family Serrasalmidae, in the order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, floodplains, lakes and reservoirs. Although ...
'' (1995; killer piranhas)


Sharks

* '' Jaws'' (1975; a large
great white shark The great white shark (''Carcharodon carcharias''), also known as the white shark, white pointer, or simply great white, is a species of large Lamniformes, mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major ocea ...
) ** ''
Jaws 2 ''Jaws 2'' is a 1978 American horror thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'' (1975), and the second installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise. The film stars Roy ...
'' (1978; a great white shark) ** ''
Jaws 3 ''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American horror film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. As the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'' ...
'' (1983; a great white shark) * '' Up from the Depths'' (1979; a prehistoric shark) * ''
Great White Great White is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band is named after both the shark with the same name, and guitarist Mark Kendall's former stage nickname. In August 2008, Great White estimated they had sold aroun ...
'' (1981 a.k.a. ''L'ultimo squalo''; a great white shark) * '' Deep Blood'' (1989 a.k.a. ''Sangue negli abissi''; a great white shark) * '' Cruel Jaws'' (1995, a great white shark) * '' Deep Blue Sea'' (1999; large genetically engineered
shortfin mako shark The shortfin mako shark (; ; ''Isurus oxyrinchus''), also known as the shortfin mako, blue pointer, or bonito shark, is a large Lamniformes, mackerel shark. It is commonly referred to as the mako shark, as is the longfin mako shark (''Isurus pau ...
s) *'' Shark Attack '' (1999; great white shark) ** ''
Shark Attack 2 ''Shark Attack 2'' is a 2000 direct-to-video horror film. The film follows the mutant sharks from ''Shark Attack'' who attack Cape Town. In the film, a shark expert (Thorsten Kaye) and a flamboyant Australian marine hunter (Daniel Alexander) team ...
'' (2000; great white shark) ** '' Shark Attack 3: Megalodon'' (2002, a Megalodon) *''
Megalodon ''Otodus megalodon'' ( ; meaning "big tooth"), Common name, commonly known as megalodon, is an extinction, extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Earl ...
'' (2004; a Megalodon) * '' Red Water'' (2003; a
bull shark The bull shark (''Carcharhinus leucas''), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in riv ...
) *'' Shark Zone'' (2003; great white sharks) * '' Open Water'' (2003,
Caribbean reef shark The Caribbean reef shark (''Carcharhinus perezi'') is a species of requiem shark, belonging to the family Carcharhinidae. It is found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil, and is the most commonly encounte ...
s) *''
Blue Demon Alejandro Muñoz Moreno (October 12, 1922 – December 16, 2000), better known by the ring name Blue Demon (''Demonio Azul'' in Spanish), was a Mexican film actor and ''luchador enmascarado'' (Spanish for masked professional wrestler). Blue D ...
'' (2004; a great white shark) * ''
12 Days of Terror ''12 Days of Terror'' is a 2004 television film directed by Jack Sholder and starring Colin Egglesfield, Mark Dexter, Jenna Harrison and John Rhys-Davies. Based on a true story, it revolves around the 1916 Jersey shark attacks, as recounted ...
'' (2004; great white shark) * '' Shark Swarm'' (2008; great white shark, mako shark, thresher shark) * '' Shark in Venice'' (2008; great white sharks) * '' Malibu Shark Attack'' (2009; goblin sharks) * '' The Reef'' (2010; a great white shark) * '' Shark Night'' (2011; great white shark, hammerhead shark, cookie-cutter shark, sand tiger shark) *'' Jurassic Shark'' (2012; a prehistoric great white shark) * '' Bait'' (2012; two great white sharks) *'' 2-Headed Shark Attack'' (2012; a mutated great white shark) * '' Sharknado'' (2013; swarms of various species of sharks emerging out
tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
). * '' 47 Meters Down: Uncaged'' (2019; cave-dwelling great white sharks) * ''
Great White Great White is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band is named after both the shark with the same name, and guitarist Mark Kendall's former stage nickname. In August 2008, Great White estimated they had sold aroun ...
'' (2021; two great white sharks) * '' The Requin'' (2022; a great white shark)


Insects


Ants

* ''
The Naked Jungle ''The Naked Jungle'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantation, it was based on the 1937 short st ...
'' (1954;
army ant The name army ant (or legionary ant or ''marabunta'') is applied to over 200 ant species in different lineages. Because of their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", a huge number of ants forage simultaneously over a limited ...
s) * ''
Them! ''Them!'' is a 1954 black-and-white science fiction giant monster film starring James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, and James Arness. Produced by David Weisbart, the film was directed by Gordon Douglas, based on an original story by ...
'' (1954; giant mutated
ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s) * '' Phase IV'' (1974; super-intelligent ants of various species) * '' Empire of the Ants'' (1977; large mutated ants) * ''
It Happened at Lakewood Manor ''It Happened at Lakewood Manor'' (also known by the titles ''Ants'' and ''Panic at Lakewood Manor'') is a 1977 American made-for-television horror film starring Lynda Day George, Suzanne Somers, Myrna Loy, Brian Dennehy and Bernie Casey. It wa ...
'' (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 ''Creepshow'' is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast includes Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, ...
'' (1982, killer cockroaches) * ''
Mimic In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. In the simples ...
'' (1997, evolved human-sized genetically engineered cockroaches)


Locusts

* '' Locusts: The 8th Plague'' (2005)


Wasps

* '' Stung'' (2015; large mutated
wasp A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder ...
s)


Mammals


Bats

* '' The Devil Bat'' (1940; mutant
bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
s) * ''
Nightwing Nightwing is a superhero alias used by multiple characters in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most prominent bearer is Dick Grayson, the original Robin, who adopts the Nightwing identity to assert his independence from Batman. ...
'' (1979;
vampire bat Vampire bats, members of the subfamily Desmodontinae, are Phyllostomidae, leaf-nosed bats currently found in Central and South America. Their food source is the blood of other animals, a dietary trait called hematophagy. Three extant bat species ...
s) * ''
Bats Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...
'' (1999; genetically altered bats)


Bears

* ''
Grizzly The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...
'' (1976; a
grizzly bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...
) * ''
Prophecy In religion, mythology, and fiction, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a ''prophet'') by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain di ...
'' (1979; a mutant
bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...
) * ''
Grizzly Rage ''Grizzly Rage'' is a 2007 Canadian television horror film produced by RHI Entertainment that premiered in Canada on the video-on-demand channel Movie Central On Demand on June 7, 2007. It aired in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel on S ...
'' (2007; a grizzly bear) *'' Grizzly Park'' (2008; a grizzly bear) *''
Bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family (biology), family Ursidae (). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats ...
'' (2010; A grizzly bear) * ''
Backcountry In geography, a backcountry, back country or backwater is a geographical area that is remote, undeveloped, isolated, or difficult to access. These areas are typically rural or mountainous and sparsely populated. Terminology Backcountry ...
'' (2014, a black bear) *'' Into the Grizzly Maze'' (2015; a grizzly bear) * ''
Cocaine Bear ''Cocaine Bear'' (released as ''Crazy Bear'' in some countries) is a 2023 American comedy horror film directed by Elizabeth Banks and written by Jimmy Warden. It is loosely inspired by the true story of the " Cocaine Bear", an American black ...
'' (2023, a black bear)


Canines

* ''
Dogs The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers ...
'' (1976; domestic
dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...
s turned into killers) * '' The Pack'' (1977;
feral dog A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house. Free-ranging dogs include street dogs, village dogs, stray dogs, feral dogs, etc., and may be owned or unowned. The global dog population is estimated to be 900 million, of wh ...
s) * ''
Cujo ''Cujo'' () is a 1981 horror novel by American writer Stephen King about a rabid Saint Bernard. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983. Cujo's name was based on the alias of Willie Wolfe, one of th ...
'' (1983; a Saint Bernard infected with
rabies Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. It was historically referred to as hydrophobia ("fear of water") because its victims panic when offered liquids to drink. Early symptoms can include fever and abn ...
) * '' The Breed'' (2006; mutated feral dogs) * '' Frozen'' (2010;
gray wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey ...
) * '' The Grey'' (2011;
gray wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though grey ...
) * '' The Pack'' (2015; feral dogs)


Dolphins

* ''
Orca The orca (''Orcinus orca''), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus '' Orcinus'', it is recognizable by its black-and-white-patterned body. A cosmopol ...
'' (1977; a
killer whale The orca (''Orcinus orca''), or killer whale, is a toothed whale and the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. The only extant species in the genus '' Orcinus'', it is recognizable by its black-and-white-patterned body. A cosmopolit ...
)


Felines

* '' Black Zoo'' (1963;
lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'', native to Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body (biology), body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the ...
s and
tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is ...
s) * '' Maneater'' (2007; a
Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the ''Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies. It ranks among the largest wild cats alive today. It is estimated to have been present in the Indian subcontinent since the Late ...
) * '' Burning Bright'' (2010, a tiger)


Pigs

* ''Pigs'' (1973) * ''
Razorback A feral pig is a pig, domestic pig which has gone feral, meaning it lives in the wild. The term feral pig has also been applied to wild boars, which can interbreed with domestic pigs. They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorb ...
'' (1984; a huge
wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...
) * '' Pig Hunt'' (2008; a boar)


Primates

* ''Monkey Shines'' (1988) * '' Shakma'' (1990) * '' Blood Monkey'' (2007)


Rats

* '' Willard'' (1971) *''
Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett, Benson or Ebenezer, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin ...
'' (1972) * ''
Deadly Eyes ''Deadly Eyes'' (also known as ''The Rats'', ''Rats'' and ''Night Eyes'') is a 1982 Canadian horror film directed by Robert Clouse, very loosely based on the 1974 horror novel '' The Rats'' by James Herbert. The story revolves around giant black ...
'' (1982; a.k.a. ''The Rats'') * ''
Graveyard Shift The shift plan, rota or roster (esp. British) is the central component of a shift schedule in shift work. The schedule includes considerations of shift overlap, shift change times and alignment with the clock, vacation, training, shift differenti ...
'' (1990) * '' Willard'' (2003)


Others

* ''
Night of the Lepus ''Night of the Lepus'' (also known as ''Rabbits'') is a 1972 American science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A. C. Lyles, A.C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction nove ...
'' (1972; giant
rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...
s) * ''
Black Sheep In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The term stems from sheep whose fleece is colored black rather than the more comm ...
'' (2006;
genetically engineered Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including th ...
killer
sheep Sheep (: sheep) or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term ''sheep'' can apply to other species in the genus '' Ovis'', in everyday usage it almost always refers to d ...
)


Mollusks


Gastropods

* ''
Slugs Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a sma ...
'' (1988; abnormally large killer
black slug The black slug (also known as black arion, European black slug, or large black slug), ''Arion ater'', is a large Terrestrial locomotion in animals, terrestrial Gastropoda, gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Arionidae, the round bac ...
s)


Octopuses and squids

* ''
Bride of the Monster ''Bride of the Monster'' is a 1955 American independent science fiction horror film, co-written, produced and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., and starring Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson with a supporting cast featuring Tony McCoy and Loretta Kin ...
'' (1955; a killer octopus) * ''
Tentacles In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, and elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates. In animal anatomy, tentacles usually occur in one or more pairs. Anatomically, the tentacles of animals work main ...
'' (1977; a giant octopus) * ''
Octopus An octopus (: octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like oth ...
'' (2000, a giant octopus)


Reptiles


Alligators and crocodiles

* '' The Great Alligator River'' (1979; an
alligator An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus ''Alligator'' of the Family (biology), family Alligatoridae in the Order (biology), order Crocodilia. The two Extant taxon, extant species are the American alligator (''A. mis ...
god) * ''
Alligator An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus ''Alligator'' of the Family (biology), family Alligatoridae in the Order (biology), order Crocodilia. The two Extant taxon, extant species are the American alligator (''A. mis ...
'' (1980; an abnormally large American alligator) ** '' Alligator II: The Mutation'' (1991; a mutant alligator) * ''
Dark Age The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages (–10th centuries), or occasionally the entire Middle Ages (–15th centuries), in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which characterises it as marked by economic, int ...
'' (1986; a monstrous crocodile god called Numunwari) * '' Killer Crocodile'' (1989, mutated large crocodile) * '' Lake Placid'' (1999; an abnormally large
saltwater crocodile The saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'') is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaland to northern Australia and Micronesia. It ha ...
) ** '' Lake Placid 2'' (2007) ** '' Lake Placid 3'' (2010) ** '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'' (2012) * ''
Crocodile Crocodiles (family (biology), family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. The term "crocodile" is sometimes used more loosely to include ...
'' (2000; an abnormally large
Nile crocodile The Nile crocodile (''Crocodylus niloticus'') is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and ce ...
) * ''
Blood Surf ''Blood Surf'' (also known by its original title, Krocodylus) is a 2000 horror film directed by James D.R. Hickox. It was released in the United States on June 26, 2001 but was released earlier in some countries. The plot is about a group of fri ...
'' (2001; a monstrous giant crocodile) * '' Black Water'' (2007; a saltwater crocodile) * ''
Croc JSC CROC incorporated () is an technology company operating in the Russian IT market. CROC was established by Boris Bobrovnikov in 1992. The company provides systems integration and managed B2B services, off-the-shelf products and promising end- ...
'' (2007; a saltwater crocodile) * '' Primeval'' (2007; Gustave) * '' Rogue'' (2007; a giant saltwater crocodile) * ''
Crawl Crawl, The Crawl, or crawling may refer to: Biology * Crawling, any type of tetrapod quadrupedal locomotion with the torso persistently touching or very close to the ground. ** Crawling (human), any of several types of human quadrupedal gait * L ...
'' (2019; several American alligators)


Snakes

* '' Rattlers'' (1976) * ''
Anaconda Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus ''Eunectes''. They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America. Three to five extant and one extinct species are currently recognized, including one of the l ...
'' (1997) ** '' Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid'' (2004) ** '' Anaconda 3: Offspring'' (2008) ** '' Anacondas: Trail of Blood'' (2009) * ''
King Cobra The king cobra (''Ophiophagus hannah'') is a species complex of snakes Endemism, endemic to Asia. With an average of and a record length of , it is the world's longest venomous snake and among the heaviest. Under the genus ''Ophiophagus'', i ...
'' (1999) * '' Silent Predators'' (1999; rattlesnakes) * '' Snakes on a Plane'' (2006) * '' Mega Snake'' (2007)


Plants

* ''
Little Shop of Horrors Little Shop of Horrors may refer to: * '' The Little Shop of Horrors'', a 1960 American film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (musical), a 1982 musical based on the 1960 film * ''Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986 film), a 1986 American film based on th ...
'' (1960; mutant Venus flytrap) * ''
The Day of the Triffids ''The Day of the Triffids'' is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people. A ...
'' (1962; man-eating plants) * ''
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes ''Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'' is a 1978 American parody film produced by J. Stephen Peace and John DeBello, and directed by John DeBello based upon an original idea by Costa Dillon. The film stars David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Tayl ...
'' (1978; killer tomatoes) * '' The Ruins'' (2008; vines)


Worms

* ''
Attack of the Giant Leeches ''Attack of the Giant Leeches'' (originally to be called ''The Giant Leeches'') is an independently made, 1959 black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction-horror film, produced by Gene Corman and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. It star ...
'' (1959, giant leeches) * '' Squirm'' (1976, bloodworms and sandworms) * '' Blood Beach'' (1982; a giant worm)


Miscellaneous

* ''
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'' (1954; a giant
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''Godzillasaurus'') * ''
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'' (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

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List of disaster films This list of disaster films represents over half a century of films within the genre. Disaster films are motion pictures which depict an impending or ongoing disaster as a central plot feature. The films typically feature large casts and multiple ...
* List of eco-horror films *
List of films featuring giant monsters This is an alphabetical list of films featuring Monster movie, giant monsters, including the ''kaiju'' subgenre. Overview One of the first films involving giant monsters was the 1933 classic ''King Kong (1933 film), King Kong'', as developments in ...


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List of natural horror titles
in the
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