List of natural horror films  

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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." Films featuring viruses and legendary creatures are not included in this list.

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)
• Infested (also titled Ticks) (1993; mutated ticks)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977; tarantulas)
• Mesa of Lost Women (1953; giant spiders)
• Spiders (2000; spiders)
  • Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001; giant spiders)
• Tarantula (1955; giant tarantula)
• Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo
• Webs (2003; spiders)

Birds

• The Birds (1963; flocks of vicious seagulls, crows and other birds)
  • The Birds II: Land's End (1994)
• Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008; eagles)
• Flu Bird Horror (2008; birds)
• KAW (2007; ravens)
• Roadkill (2011)

Fish, crustaceans, and molluscs

• Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957; abnormally large crabs)
• The Bay (2012; isopods)
• The Beast (1996; aggressive giant squid)
• Deep Rising (1998; giant deep sea squid-like creature)
• 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)
• The Monster That Challenged the World
• Octopus (2000; giant mutated octopus)
  • Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001; giant mutated octopus)
• 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)
  • Piranha 3DD (2012; sequel to Piranha 3D)
  • Mega Piranha (2010; megapiranha)
• The Sea Beast
• Snakehead Terror
• Tentacles (1977; abnormally large octopus)

Sharks

• Aatank (1996; abnormally large shark)
• Bait 3D (2012; Large great white shark in a supermarket)
• Cruel Jaws (1995; great white shark)
• Deep Blue Sea (1999; genetically engineered shortfin mako sharks)
• Deep Blood (1989; shark)
• Dinoshark (2010; prehistoric dinosaur-shark hybrid)
• Great White (1980; great white shark)
• Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005; mutant hammerhead shark/human hybrid
• Jaws (1975; great white shark)
  • Jaws 2 (1978; great white shark)
  • Jaws 3-D (1983; great white shark)
  • Jaws: The Revenge (1987; great white shark)
• Open Water (2003; Oceanic White Tip Sharks)
  • Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
• Monster Shark (1984; mutant tentacled shark)
• Red Water (2003; bull shark)
• Shark Attack films (genetically enhanced great white shark)
  • Shark Attack 2 (2001; seven genetically enhanced great white sharks)
  • Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002; megalodon)
  • Shark Zone
• Shark Swarm (2008; sharks)
• The Reef (2010; great white shark).
• Tintorera (1977; tiger shark)
• Mako: The Jaws of Death
• Megalodon (2002; megalodon)
• 12 Days of Terror (2004; great white shark, based on true story Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916)
• Shark Night 3D (2011; various sharks)
• Shark in Venice (2008; great white shark)
• Sharknado (2013; waterspout full of sharks)
• Sharktopus (2010; shark-octopus hybrid)
• Up from the Depths

Insects

• Beginning of the End (1957; giant grasshoppers)
• Blue Monkey (1987; giant mutant insect)
• Bug (1975; beetles)
• Bugs
• Bug Buster
• The Cave (2005, parasites)
• Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006; prehistoric rhinoceros beetles)
• Creepshow (1982; giant cockroaches)
• The Deadly Mantis (1957; giant praying mantis)
• The Fly (1958; mutant fly/human hybrid)
• The Fly (1986; mutant fly/human hybrid)
  • The Fly II (1989; mutant fly/human hybrid)
• Infestation
• Larva
• Mansquito (2005; mutant mosquito/human hybrid)
• Mimic films (giant humanoid insects)
  • Mimic 2
  • Mimic: Sentinel
• The Mist
• Monster from Green Hell (1958; giant wasps)
• Mosquito (1995; mosquitos)
• The Nest
• They Nest
• Phenomena (1985; multiple insects)
• Insecticidal (2005; various insects)
• Tail Sting
• The Thaw (2009; prehistoric parasites)
• Skeeter
• Starship Troopers
  • Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
  • Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
  • Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles
• Stinger
• The Strange World of Planet X

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)
• Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998; flesh-eating ants)
• The Bone Snatcher (2003; intelligent ants)
• The Hive (2008; ants)

Bees and wasps

• The Bees (1978)
• Black Swarm (2009; wasps)
• The Deadly Bees (1966)
• Killer Bees (1974)
• The Swarm (1978)
• The Wasp Woman (1959; mutated wasp)
• Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973; adult-rated)

Mammals

• The Killer Shrews (1959; giant shrews)
• Night of the Lepus (1972; giant man-eating rabbits)
• Orca (1977; orca whale)
• Black Sheep (2007; genetically engineered sheep)
• Weasels Rip My Flesh (1979; mutant weasel)
• The White Buffalo (1977; white buffalo)
• The Edge (1997; bear)
• Grizzly (1976; prehistoric grizzly bear)
• Prophecy (1979; mutant bear)
• Grizzly Park (2008; grizzly bear)
• Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972; pigs)
• Razorback (1984; giant wild hog)
• Chaw (2009; pigs)
• Pig Hunt (2008; giant hog)
• The Devil Bat (1940; giant bats)
• Vampire Bats (2005; mutant vampire bats)
• Nightwing (1979; vampire bats)
• Bats (1999; genetically altered bats)
  • Bats: Human Harvest

Felines

• Prey (2007; lions)
• Savage Harvest (1981; lions)
• The Ghost and the Darkness (1996; lion)
• Maneater (2007; bengal tiger)
• Sabretooth (2002; genetically engineered sabretooth tiger)
• Attack of the Sabretooth (2005; cloned sabretooth tiger)
• Burning Bright (2007; bengal tiger)
• Pet Sematary (1989; undead domestic house cat)

Canines

• Atomic Dog
• The Breed (2006; feral dogs)
• Cujo (1983; St. Bernard)
• Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978; demonic German Shepherds)
• Dogs (1976)
• Dogs of Hell (1982; rottweilers)
• Frozen (2010; wolves)
• The Grey (2012, Wolves)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932Template:•1939Template:•1959Template:•1978Template:•1981Template:•1983Template:•2000Template:•2002; hound, based on the Sherlock Holmes novel)
• Man's Best Friend (1993; genetically altered Tibetan Mastiff)
• The Pack (1977; feral dogs)
• Pet Sematary Two (1992; dog)
• Rottweiler (2004; genetically altered rottweiler)
• White Dog (white German Shepherd)
• Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978; vampire dog)
• Wolfen Wolf-like animals

Primates

• Blood Monkey (2007; man-eating monkey)
• Congo (1995; gray gorillas)
• In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
• King Kong (1933; abnormally large gorilla)
  • The Son of Kong
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla
  • King Kong Escapes
  • King Kong (1976)
  • King Kong Lives
  • King Kong (2005)
• Link (1986; super-intelligent orangutan)
• Monkey Shines (1988; monkey)
• Night of the Bloody Apes
• Shakma (1990; baboon)

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)
  • Of Unknown Origin (1983)
• The Rats (2002)
• Killer Rats (2003)
• Rats: Night of Terror
• Willard (1971)
  • Ben (1972)
  • Willard (2003)
• Graveyard Shift (1990)
• Revenge of the Rats (2001)
  • Scratch: The New Sound of Terror (2004)
  • Alert Paris! (2006)
• Rat Scratch Fever

Reptiles, Amphibians, and Dinosaurs

• Aberration
• Carnosaur
  • Carnosaur 2
  • Carnosaur 3: Primal Species
  • Raptor
• Curse of the Komodo
• Frog-g-g!
• Frogs
• The Giant Gila Monster (1959; giant gila monster)
• Godzilla (1954)
  • Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  • Mothra (1961)
  • Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992)
  • Rebirth of Mothra
  • Rebirth of Mothra II
  • Rebirth of Mothra III (1999)
  • Godzilla Island (1997)
  • Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965)
  • Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. giant monster-god lobster)
  • Son of Godzilla (1967)
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  • All Monsters Attack (1969)
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. pollution monster)
  • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. giant cyborb chimera)
  • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. giant insect humanoid & giant cyborg-chimera)
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
  • The Return of Godzilla (1984; atomic giant dinosaur chimera)
  • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. giant godzilla/plant/human hybrid)
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
  • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
  • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994; atomic giant dinosaur hybrid vs. godzilla/alien hybrid)
  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
  • Godzilla (1998)
  • Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
  • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
  • Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
• Hell Comes to Frogtown
• Jurassic Park (1993; genetically engineered dinosaurs)
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  • Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
• Gorgo (1961; abnormally large bipedal aquatic dinosaur)
• Komodo (1999; starving Komodo dragons)
• Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977; Plesiosaurus and Rhamphorhyncus)
• Planet Raptor
• Pterodactyl
• Q
• Raptor Island
• The Relic

Crocodiles and Alligators

• Alligator (1980; mutated giant alligator)
  • Alligator II: The Mutation (1991; mutated giant alligator)
• Black Water (2007; saltwater crocodile)
• Brutal River (2005)
• Chorakhe (1980)
• Croc (2007; crocodile)
• Crocodile (1981)
• Crocodile (2000; giant Nile crocodile)
  • Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002; giant saltwater crocodile)
• The Great Alligator (1979)
• Killer Crocodile (1989; abnormally huge crocodile)
  • Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)
• Lake Placid (1999; abnormally large saltwater crocodile)
  • Lake Placid 2 (2007)
  • Lake Placid 3 (2010)
  • Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
• Primeval (2007; Gustave crocodile)
• Rogue (2007)

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)
• Mega Snake
• Boa vs. Python (2004; genetically altered boa constrictor and an abnormally large reticulated python)
• Copperhead (2008; abnormally large copperheads)
• Fer de lance
• Jaws of Satan (1981)
• 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)
• Spasms (1983; abnormally large snake)
• Sssssss (1973; humans turned into cobras)
• Venom (1981; black mamba)
• Vipers (2008; snakes)

Worms and Parasites

• Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959; Giant Leeches)
• Mongolian Death Worm (2010; enormous white worms)
• Shivers (1975; venereal parasites)
• 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)

Plants

• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978; tomatoes)
  • Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988; tomatoes)
  • Killer Tomatoes Strike Back (1991; tomatoes)
• Contamination .7 (aka Troll 3) (1993; mutant tree roots)
• 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)
• Maneater of Hydra (1967; trees)
• The Ruins (2008; vines)

See also

• List of killer crocodile films
• List of killer shark films
• List of killer snake films
• List of killer insect films