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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
- 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
- Stinger
- The Strange World of Planet X
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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Primates
- Blood Monkey (2007; man-eating monkey)
- Congo (1995; gray gorillas)
- In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
- King Kong (1933; abnormally large gorilla)
- Link (1986; super-intelligent orangutan)
- Monkey Shines (1988; monkey)
- Night of the Bloody Apes
- Shakma (1990; baboon)
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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)
- Graveyard Shift (1990)
- Revenge of the Rats (2001)
- Scratch: The New Sound of Terror (2004)
- Alert Paris! (2006)
- Rat Scratch Fever
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Reptiles, Amphibians, and Dinosaurs
- Aberration
- Carnosaur
- 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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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See also
- List of killer crocodile films
- List of killer shark films
- List of killer snake films
- List of killer insect films
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