Animal Nightmare!
Throughout the past several decades, there have been scores of movies featuring "animals gone berserk". These films, known as "animal attack" or "nature strikes back" movies have become a healthy horror sub-genre. Here are some favorites, ranging from all-out schlock to classics in their own right...
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- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRay MillandSam ElliottJoan Van ArkA group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
- DirectorJames NguyenStarsAlan BaghWhitney MooreTippi HedrenA horde of mutated birds descends upon the quiet town of Half Moon Bay, California. As the death toll rises, two citizens manage to fight back, but will they survive Birdemic?
- DirectorJoe AlvesStarsDennis QuaidBess ArmstrongSimon MacCorkindaleA giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
- DirectorOvidio G. AssonitisStarsJohn HustonShelley WintersBo HopkinsA mutated giant octopus wreaks havoc on a California seaside community.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsChristopher GeorgeAndrew PrineRichard JaeckelAn eighteen-foot-tall grizzly bear terrorizes a state park, leaving it up to a Park Ranger to save the day.
- DirectorAndré SzötsStarsGeorge ClooneyLaura DernCharlie SheenAll hell breaks loose when a giant Grizzly, reacting to the slaughter of Grizzlies by poachers, attacks at a massive big-band rock concert in the National Park.
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsSam BottomsSusanne ReedVirgil FryeA giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkA huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsChristopher AtkinsMichelle JohnsonSonia InfanteVanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident...
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsAnjanette ComerHugo StiglitzZulma FaiadA wealthy playboy kidnaps and murders young women, feeding their corpses to his horde of felines.
- DirectorLee H. KatzinStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Dan HaggertyTovah FeldshuhThis TV sequel to "The Savage Bees" features more rampaging insects. This time a marching band and a school bus get in the path of the bees.
- DirectorBob ClaverStarsFritz WeaverGretchen CorbettJon KorkesA preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
- DirectorHarry KerwinWayne CrawfordStarsWayne CrawfordJason EversRoberta LeightonLittle coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.
- DirectorGreydon ClarkStarsGeorge KennedyAlex CordClu GulagerA cat infected with a genetically engineered virus escapes from a lab and goes on a killing spree, finding its way onboard a shady businessman's yacht loaded with young guests.
- DirectorJordan DowneyStarsWanda LustNatasha CordovaLindsey AndersonA homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
- DirectorWilliam GreféStarsChris RobinsonAlex RoccoSteve AlaimoA young Seminole Indian uses his rattlesnake to take revenge on all those he believes have wronged him.
- DirectorChris MungerStarsErnesto MaciasSuzanna LingHerman WallnerA disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsRobert FoxworthLynda Day GeorgeGerald GordonAn old-fashioned, lakeside hotel targeted for purchase by an unsavory gambling casino promoter and situated next to a construction site, is attacked by an army of poisonous ants. Efforts to contain the ants and rescue those trapped in the hotel are hampered by the progress of the creepy crawlers upward from floor to floor.
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsMichael GarfieldKim TerryPhilip MacHaleKiller slugs on the rampage in a rural community.
- DirectorStuart HagmannStarsClaude AkinsCharles FrankDeborah WintersAn airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees.
- DirectorJeannot SzwarcStarsBradford DillmanJoanna MilesRichard GillilandAn earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
- DirectorTerence H. WinklessStarsRobert LansingLisa LangloisFranc LuzHorrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.
- DirectorRalph S. SingletonStarsDavid AndrewsKelly WolfStephen MachtIn a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsChristopher GeorgeLeslie NielsenLynda Day GeorgeA battle for survival ensues after a group of hikers encounters a chemically imbalanced forest.