Natural horror is a subgenre of horror films 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, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...

plants Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude ...

, 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 and released in 1963; and ''

Jaws Jaws or Jaw may refer to: Anatomy * Jaw, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth ** Mandible, the lower jaw Arts, entertainment, and media * Jaws (James Bond), a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker'' * ...

'', directed by Steven Spielberg 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 horri ...

'' (1976), ''

Piranha A piranha or piraña (, , or ; or , ) is one of a number of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae, or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae in order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, fl ...

'' (1978), and ''

Alligator An alligator is a large reptile in the Crocodilia order in the genus ''Alligator'' of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (''A. mississippiensis'') and the Chinese alligator (''A. sinensis''). Additiona ...

'' (1980).

Arthropods

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 story ...

'' (1977; tarantulas) * '' Arachnophobia'' (1990; spiders) * ''

Ticks Ticks (order Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, species, and "fullness". Ticks are external parasites, living by ...

'' (1993; giant ticks) * ''

Eight Legged Freaks ''Eight Legged Freaks'' (originally titled ''Arach Attack'', under which it was released in some parts of Europe and other countries around the world) is a 2002 monster comedy film directed by Ellory Elkayem and starring David Arquette, Kari Wu ...

'' (2002; giant spiders) * ''

Big Ass Spider! ''Big Ass Spider!'' is a 2013 science fiction comedy-action film directed by Mike Mendez. The film tells the story of a bug exterminator, who, with the help of a hospital security guard and the military, battles a giant spider that goes on a ram ...

'' (2013; giant spider) * ''

Lavalantula ''Lavalantula'' is an American 2015 science fiction comedy horror thriller television film that takes place after a series of volcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleashes a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas from which the film draws ...

'' (2015; giant lava-breathing tarantulas)

Crustaceans

* '' The Bay'' (2012; isopods)

Birds

* '' The Birds'' (1963; flocks of vicious gulls, crows, sparrows and other birds) ** '' The Birds II: Land's End'' (1994) * '' Beaks: The Movie'' (1987) * ''

KAW Kaw or KAW may refer to: Mythology * Kaw (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology * Johnny Kaw, mythical settler of Kansas, US * Kaw (character), in ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' People * Kaw people, a Native American tribe Places * Kaw, Fr ...

'' (2007; ravens) * '' Birdemic: Shock and Terror'' (2010; mutated birds) ** '' Birdemic 2: The Resurrection'' (2013; mutated birds)

Fish

Piranhas

* ''

'' (1978; genetically enhanced

piranhas A piranha or piraña (, , or ; or , ) is one of a number of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae, or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae in order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, ...

) ** '' Piranha II: The Spawning'' (1982; mutant piranhas) ** ''

Piranha 3D ''Piranha 3D'' is a 2010 American 3D horror comedy film that serves as a loose 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 S ...

'' (2010; prehistoric piranhas) ** ''

Piranha 3DD ''Piranha 3DD'' is a 2012 American 3D horror comedy film directed by John Gulager. A sequel to the 2010 film ''Piranha 3D'', it is part of the ''Piranha'' film series and was directed by John Gulager from a screenplay by Marcus Dunstan and Pa ...

'' (2012; prehistoric piranhas) * ''

'' (1995; killer piranhas)

Sharks

* ''

'' (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 ocean ...

) ** ''

Jaws 2 ''Jaws 2'' is a 1978 American 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 Scheider a ...

'' (1978; a great white shark) ** ''

Jaws 3 ''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson and Louis Gossett Jr. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'' and t ...

'' (1983; a great white shark) * '' Great White'' (1981 a.k.a. ''L'ultimo squalo''; a great white shark) * ''

Deep Blood ''Deep Blood'', also known as ''Sharks'' and ''Sangue negli abissi'' (literally: "Blood in the Abyss"), is a 1989 Italian sharksploitation drama. The credited director Raffaele Donato (as Raf Donato) only directed the first scene in which the bo ...

'' (1989 a.k.a. ''Sangue negli abissi''; a great white shark) * '' Deep Blue Sea'' (1999; large genetically engineered

shortfin mako shark The shortfin mako shark (; ; ''Isurus oxyrinchus''), also known as the blue pointer or bonito shark, is a large mackerel shark. It is commonly referred to as the mako shark, as is the longfin mako shark (''Isurus paucus''). The shortfin mako can ...

s) * '' 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 ri ...

) * '' Open Water'' (2003, Caribbean reef sharks) * '' The Reef'' (2010; a great white shark) * '' Shark Night'' (2011; various species of sharks) * '' Bait'' (2012; two great white sharks) * ''

Sharknado ''Sharknado'' is a 2013 American made-for-television science fiction comedy disaster film directed by Anthony C. Ferrante. It tells about a waterspout that lifts sharks out of the ocean and deposits them in Los Angeles. It is the first install ...

'' (2013; swarms of various species of sharks emerging out

tornadoes A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the 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, alth ...

). * '' 47 Meters Down: Uncaged'' (2019; cave-dwelling great white sharks) * '' Great White'' (2021; two great white sharks) * ''

The Requin ''The Requin'' (released as ''From Below'' in the UK) is a 2022 American horror thriller film written and directed by Le-Van Kiet. Stranded at sea after a massive tropical storm, a woman and her injured husband fight for survival as great whit ...

'' (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 story " ...

'' (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 limi ...

s) * ''

Them! ''Them!'' is a 1954 American black-and-white science fiction film, science fiction monster film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by David Weisbart, directed by Gordon Douglas (director), Gordon Douglas, and starring James Whitmore, Edmund ...

'' (1954; giant mutated

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

s) * '' Phase IV'' (1974; super-intelligent ants of various species) * ''

Empire of the Ants "The Empire of the Ants" is a 1905 short story by H. G. Wells about the littleness of humanity and the tenuousness of the dominion ''Homo sapiens'' enjoys on Earth. A 1977 film, '' Empire of the Ants'', was loosely based on Wells' story. Plot ...

'' (1977; large mutated ants) * '' It Happened at Lakewood Manor'' (1977)

Honey bees

* ''

The Deadly Bees ''The Deadly Bees'' is a 1966 British horror film based on H.F. Heard's 1941 novel '' A Taste for Honey''.Ed. Allan Bryce, ''Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood'', Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 43-45 It was directed by Freddie Francis, and ...

'' (1966) * '' Killer Bees'' (1974) * '' The Savage Bees'' (1976) * '' The Swarm'' (1978) * '' The Bees'' (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 MIMIC, known in capitalized form only, is a former simulation computer language developed 1964 by H. E. Petersen, F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the Air Force Materiel Command at the Wright-Patterson AFB in ...

'' (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. ...

Mammals

Bats

* ''

The Devil Bat ''The Devil Bat'' is a 1940 black-and-white American horror/howcatchem film produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) and directed by Jean Yarborough. The film stars Bela Lugosi along with Suzanne Kaaren, Guy Usher, Yolande Mallott and ...

'' (1940; mutant

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". 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 ...

s) * '' Nightwing'' (1979;

vampire bat Vampire bats, species of the subfamily Desmodontinae, are leaf-nosed bats found in Central and South America. Their food source is blood of other animals, a dietary trait called hematophagy. Three extant bat species feed solely on blood: the ...

s) * ''

Bats Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". 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 bir ...

'' (1999; genetically altered bats)

Bears

* ''

'' (1976; a grizzly bear) * ''

Prophecy In religion, 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 divine will or law, or pr ...

'' (1979; a mutant bear) * ''

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 Sept ...

'' (2007; a grizzly bear) * ''

Into the Grizzly Maze ''Into the Grizzly Maze'' (originally titled ''Red Machine'', then changed to ''Endangered'' and later to ''Grizzly''), is a 2015 American action horror-thriller film directed by David Hackl from a screenplay by Guy Moshe and Jack Reher. It star ...

'' (2014; a grizzly bear) * ''

Backcountry In the United States, a backcountry or backwater is a geographical area that is remote, undeveloped, isolated, or difficult to access. Terminology Backcountry and wilderness within United States national parks The National Park Service (NPS) ...

'' (2014, a

black bear Black bear or Blackbear may refer to: Animals * American black bear (''Ursus americanus''), a North American bear species * Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), an Asian bear species Music * Black Bear (band), a Canadian First Nations group ...

)

Canines

* '' Dogs'' (1976; domestic

dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from the extinct Pleistocene wolf, and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative. Do ...

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 ...

s) * ''

Cujo ''Cujo'' () is a 1981 psychological 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. Background Cujo's name was based on the alias of ...

'' (1983; a Saint Bernard infected with

rabies Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, ...

) * '' The Breed'' (2006; mutated feral dogs) * '' Frozen'' (2010;

gray wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly un ...

) * '' The Pack'' (2015; feral dogs)

Dolphins

* ''

Orca The orca or killer whale (''Orcinus orca'') is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. It is the only extant species in the genus '' Orcinus'' and is recognizable by its black-and-white ...

'' (1977; a

killer whale The orca or killer whale (''Orcinus orca'') is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family, of which it is the largest member. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Orcinus'' and is recognizable by its black-and-white ...

)

Felines

* '' Black Zoo'' (1963; lions and

tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on ...

s) * '' Maneater'' (2007; a

Bengal tiger The Bengal tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna. The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...

) * ''

Burning Bright ''Burning Bright'' is a 1950 novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the ...

'' (2010, a tiger)

Pigs

* ''Pigs'' (1973) * ''

Razorback The feral pig is a domestic pig which has gone feral, meaning it lives in the wild. They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorback and wild hog are Americanisms applied to feral pigs or boar-pig hybrids. Definition A feral p ...

'' (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 suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...

) * ''

Pig Hunt The pig (''Sus domesticus''), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus '' Sus'', is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is variously considered a subspecies of ''Sus ...

'' (2008; a boar)

Primates

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

Rats

* '' Willard'' (1971) *''

Ben Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, ...

'' (1972) * '' Deadly Eyes'' (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 horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A. C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction novel '' The Year of the Angry Rabbi ...

'' (1972; giant rabbits) * '' Black Sheep'' (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 t ...

killer

sheep Sheep or domestic sheep (''Ovis aries'') are domesticated, ruminant mammals 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 domesticated ...

)

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 slugs)

Octopuses and Squids

* ''

Bride of the Monster ''Bride of the Monster'' is a 1955 American 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 King. The film ...

'' (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 mainl ...

'' (1977; a giant octopus) * '' Octopus'' (2000, a giant octopus)

Reptiles

Alligators and crocodiles

* ''

The Great Alligator River ''The Great Alligator River'', originally ''Il fiume del grande caimano'' and also known as ''Alligators'', ''Caiman'', ''Big Alligator River'' and ''The Big Caimano River'', is a 1979 Italian adventure film directed by Sergio Martino. In the film, ...

'' (1979; an

alligator An alligator is a large reptile in the Crocodilia order in the genus ''Alligator'' of the family Alligatoridae. The two extant species are the American alligator (''A. mississippiensis'') and the Chinese alligator (''A. sinensis''). Additiona ...

god) * ''

'' (1980; an abnormally large

American alligator The American alligator (''Alligator mississippiensis''), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile native to the Southeastern United States. It is one of the two extant species in the gen ...

) ** '' Alligator II: The Mutation'' (1991; a mutant alligator) * ''

Dark Age The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that characterises it as marked by economic, intellectual and cultural decline. The conce ...

'' (1986; a monstrous crocodile God called Numunwari) * ''

Killer Crocodile ''Killer Crocodile'' is a 1989 Italian natural horror film directed by Fabrizio De Angelis (credited as Larry Ludman), about a large crocodile that mutates when exposed to large quantities of toxic waste, which has been dumped in the water where ...

'' (1989, mutated large crocodile) * '' Lake Placid'' (1999; an abnormally large

saltwater crocodile The saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'') is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats and brackish wetlands from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been list ...

) ** ''

Lake Placid 2 ''Lake Placid 2'' is a 2007 American made-for-television comedy horror film directed by David Flores. It is a sequel to '' Lake Placid'' (1999) and the second installment in the ''Lake Placid'' film series, telling the story of man-eating croco ...

'' (2007) ** ''

Lake Placid 3 ''Lake Placid 3'' is a 2010 horror comedy television film directed by Griff Furst. The film is a sequel to ''Lake Placid 2'' (2007) and the third installment in the ''Lake Placid'' film series. The film premiered on August 21, 2010, on Syfy, ...

'' (2010) ** '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'' (2012) * '' Crocodile'' (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 throughout sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, ...

) * ''

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 fr ...

'' (2001; a monstrous giant crocodile) * '' Black Water'' (2007; a saltwater crocodile) * ''

Croc Croc or CROC may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * Croc (game designer), a French video game designer * '' Croc: Legend of the Gobbos'', a 3D platform video game ** ''Croc'' (2000 video game), a 2D sidescrolling port of the abov ...

'' (2007; a saltwater crocodile) * ''

Primeval Primeval may refer to: * Primeval forest, an area of forest that has attained great age * Primeval number, a positive integer satisfying certain conditions * Primeval history, name given by biblical scholars to the first eleven chapters of the Bo ...

'' (2007; Gustave) * '' Rogue'' (2007; a giant saltwater crocodile) * ''

Crawl Crawl, The Crawl, or crawling may refer to: Biology * Crawling (human), any of several types of human quadrupedal gait * Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over the ground * Undulatory locomotion, a type of motion characteriz ...

'' (2019; several American alligators)

Snakes

* '' Rattlers'' (1976) * ''

Anaconda Anacondas or water boas are a group of large snakes of the genus '' Eunectes''. They are found in tropical South America. Four species are currently recognized. Description Although the name applies to a group of snakes, it is often used ...

'' (1997) ** '' Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid'' (2004) ** '' Anaconda 3: Offspring'' (2008) ** '' Anacondas: Trail of Blood'' (2009) * '' King Cobra'' (1999) * '' Silent Predators'' (1999; rattlesnakes) * ''

Snakes on a Plane ''Snakes on a Plane'' is a 2006 American action film directed by David R. Ellis and starring Samuel L. Jackson. It was released by New Line Cinema on August 18, 2006, in North America. The film was written by David Dalessandro, John Heffernan ...

'' (2006) * ''

Mega Snake ''Mega Snake'' is a television film by Syfy, Sci Fi Pictures. It was first aired on August 25, 2007. The film was produced by the company Nu Image Films as an original movie for broadcasting on the Sci Fi cable television network. It was shot in ...

'' (2007)

Plants

* '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (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 screenplay was written by Dillon, Peace, and DeBello ...

'' (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 sta ...

'' (1959, giant leeches) * ''

Squirm ''Squirm'' is a 1976 American natural horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, starring Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy, R. A. Dow, Jean Sullivan, Peter MacLean, Fran Higgins and William Newman. The film takes place in the fictiona ...

'' (1976, bloodworms and sandworms) * '' Blood Beach'' (1982; a giant worm)

Miscellaneous

* ''

Godzilla is a fictional monster, or '' kaiju'', originating from a series of Japanese films. The character first appeared in the 1954 film '' Godzilla'' and became a worldwide pop culture icon, appearing in various media, including 32 films prod ...

'' (1954; a giant

irradiated Irradiation is the process by which an object is exposed to radiation. The exposure can originate from various sources, including natural sources. Most frequently the term refers to ionizing radiation, and to a level of radiation that will serve ...

''Godzillasaurus'') * ''

Frogs A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" '' Triadobatrachus'' is ...

'' (1972; various species of animals) * '' The Food of the Gods'' (1976; various species of animals) * ''

Day of the Animals ''Day of the Animals'' (re-released as ''Something Is Out There'') is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler, based on a story by producer Edward L. Montoro. The film reunited Girdler and Montoro with stars Christopher ...

'' (1977; various species of animals)

References

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Natural Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...

Arthropods

Arachnids

Crustaceans

Birds

Fish

Piranhas

Sharks

Insects

Ants

Honey bees

Cockroaches

Locusts

Wasps

Mammals

Bats

Bears

Canines

Dolphins

Felines

Pigs

Primates

Rats

Others

Mollusks

Gastropods

Octopuses and Squids

Reptiles

Alligators and crocodiles

Snakes

Plants

Worms

Miscellaneous

See also

References