List of eco-horror films
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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.[1][2] Also included are documentaries dealing with the possible disastrous ecological consequences of human activity.[3][4] It is also known as "eco-terror".[5]
Documentaries
- The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)[6][7]
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006; global warming)[8][9]
- The 11th Hour (2007; the state of the natural environment)[8]
- Gasland (2010)[10]
Fictional
- King Kong (1933)[11]
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)[12][7]
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)[13]
- Godzilla (1954)[14][7]
- Them! (1954; about atomically mutated ants)[13][7]
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)[7]
- Tarantula (1955)[7]
- Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)[7]
- Beginning of the End (1957)[7]
- The Birds (1963)[13][11][15][7]
- Planet of the Apes (1968)[16][17][18]
- Willard (1971)[19]
- Deliverance (1972)[20]
- Frogs (1972)[21][7]
- Night of the Lepus (1972; about giant killer rabbits)[22][23][7]
- Silent Running (1972)[24]
- Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973; about mutated sheep in Virginia City) [25]
- The Wicker Man (1973)[10]
- Phase IV (1974)[24][7][26]
- Jaws (1975)[12][27]
- Grizzly (1976)[12]
- Squirm (1976)[19]
- Day of the Animals (1977)[7]
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)[28]
- Jennifer (1978)[19]
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)[10]
- Long Weekend (1978; animals turn hostile towards a young couple who disrespect nature)[29][26][30][7]
- Piranha (1978)[13]
- The Swarm (1978; about killer bees)[31]
- The China Syndrome (1979)[12][10]
- Prophecy (1979)[31][7]
- Alligator (1980)[32]
- C.H.U.D. (1984)[12]
- Razorback (1984)[26]
- The Toxic Avenger (1984)[12]
- The Quiet Earth (1985)[33]
- The Stuff (1985)[24][26]
- Troll 2 (1990)[10]
- Arachnophobia (1990)[19]
- Cronos (1993)[6]
- Jurassic Park (1993; about cloning dinosaurs)[31]
- Safe (1995; about suburban pollution)[34]
- Waterworld (1995)[35]
- Mimic (1997)[13][7]
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004)[35][10]
- The Last Winter (2006; oil drilling in Alaska awakes slumbering forces)[36][37]
- The Happening (2008; plants release a toxin as a defense mechanism)[7][38]
- Take Shelter (2011)[39]
- The Bay (2012; about the Chesapeake Bay water quality problems)[40][41][42]
- Snowpiercer (2013)[14][35]
- Harbinger (2016; about the poisonous effects of fracking)[43]
- Sleep Has Her House (2017)
- Unearth (2020; about the consequences of fracking)[44][45][46][47][7]
- In the Earth (2021)[48][7]
- Humane (2024; about the consequences of ecological collapse)[49]
- The Caretakers (2025)[50]