This is a list of eco-horror films.
Criteria These are some natural horror films and other films in the horror genre whose plots include mention of ecological issues. Also included are documentaries dealing with the possible disastrous ecological consequences of human activity. It is also known as "eco-terror".Nature Strikes Back! 10 Eco-Terror Classics - The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Documentaries
The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) An Inconvenient Truth (2006; global warming) The 11th Hour (2007; the state of the natural environment) Gasland (2010)10 Scary Eco-Horror Films - The Green Life
Fictional
King Kong (1933) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)The Evolution of Eco-Horror, from Godzilla to Global Warming - VICENotebook Primer: Eco-Horror on Notebook|MUBI Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)9 Eco-Horror Movies to Watch on Earth Day - Vulture Godzilla (1954)10 Environmentally Eerie Eco-Horrors : Film School Rejects Them! (1954; about atomically mutated ants) It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) Tarantula (1955) Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) Beginning of the End (1957) Amanita Pestilens (1963)AMANITA PESTILENS|The Bedlam Files The Birds (1963)Animal Horror Movies: The Best Creature Feature Films Ever Made - Creepy CatalogAre You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999 - Google Books Planet of the Apes (1968)The Evolution of Planet of the Apes: Science, Religion, and 1960s CinemaRotten TomatoesSpeculative Imperialisms: Monstrosity and Masquerade in Postracial Times - Google Books (pg.109) Willard (1971) Deliverance (1972) Frogs (1972)Lynn Borden Dead: 'Hazel' Actress Was 77 – The Hollywood Reporter Night of the Lepus (1972; about giant killer rabbits)'Night of the Lepus'|Top 10 Killer-Animal Movies|TIME.comIn Praise of Night of the Lepus - ComingSoon.net Silent Running (1972)10 Environmentally Eerie Eco-Horrors : Film School Rejects Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973; about mutated sheep in Virginia City)How Pollution Created the Creepiest Monster Movie Mutants|Gizmodo The Wicker Man (1973) Phase IV (1974) Jaws (1975) Grizzly (1976) Squirm (1976) Day of the Animals (1977) Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)Rediscover these 20 obscure horror films from the 1970s - Blastr Jennifer (1978) Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) Long Weekend (1978; animals turn hostile towards a young couple who disrespect nature) Piranha (1978) The Swarm (1978; about killer bees)Classified: Eco-Horror - Film Comment Magazine The China Syndrome (1979) Prophecy (1979) Alligator (1980)10 Cult Sci-Fi Movies About Environmental Revenge - Gizmodo C.H.U.D. (1984) Razorback (1984) The Toxic Avenger (1984) The Quiet Earth (1985)10 Terrifying Eco-Horror Movies|ScreenRant The Stuff (1985)Nature's Revenge: 10 Eco Horror Movies to Watch for Earth Day|Bloody Disgusting Troll 2 (1990) Arachnophobia (1990) Cronos (1993) Jurassic Park (1993; about cloning dinosaurs) Safe (1995; about suburban pollution)A Companion to American Gothic - Google Books (pgs.323-325) Waterworld (1995)Green Monsters: The Rise of Eco-Horror Movies Due to Climate Change Concerns — The Science Survey Mimic (1997) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) The Last Winter (2006; oil drilling in Alaska awakes slumbering forces) The Happening (2008; plants release a toxin as a defense mechanism). "The Happening is a naturalist parable of what might occur if the earth began rejecting humanity as a virus." Take Shelter (2011) The Bay (2012; about the Chesapeake Bay water quality problems) Snowpiercer (2013) Harbinger (2016; about the poisonous effects of fracking) Sleep Has Her House (2017) Unearth (2020; about the consequences of fracking) In the Earth (2021)IN THE EARTH: Pandemic Fear Rolled Into Trippy Eco-Horror - Film Inquiry Humane (2024; about the consequences of ecological collapse) The Caretakers (2025)
See also List of disaster films List of films featuring giant monsters List of natural horror films List of environmental films RiffTrax Mystery Science Theater 3000
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