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Title: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on March 02, 2011, 06:46:14 PM I must confess, out of all the many, many, MANY B-movies out there, the genre that's always 'fascinated' me the most is anything with a giant killer animal on a rampage (or, in the case of The Rats or Piranha, regular-sized animals on a rampage). Maybe I'm just an animal lover who enjoys seeing them take their revenge on us stupid humans? Or maybe we're just sick, horrible people who enjoy watching murder and mayhem? Hopefully, it's just the former. Who knows, but out of my B-movie collection, I end pulling out the giant alligator/shark/snake/whatever-type films the most.
Who's with me? >D And what do you folks think are the best/worst ones? Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: retrorussell on March 02, 2011, 06:58:45 PM If you wanna see Leslie Nielsen as a racist bear-wrestler, check out Day Of The Animals.
Squirm (1976) is pretty cheeseball but has a couple cool moments. Frogs (1972) is likewise as the above with a young Sam Elliot. A number of killer bee movies come out in the mid-to-late seventies: The Swarm, The Savage Bees among others. Cujo (1983) wasn't bad. I can think of others, I'm sure. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on March 02, 2011, 07:05:12 PM Already have all of those except Cujo and the killer bee flicks (though I've got the Mst3k episode THE DEADLY BEES). How bad/good's that one?
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: The Burgomaster on March 02, 2011, 08:22:57 PM * GRIZZLY is pretty bad
* DAY OF THE ANIMALS is also pretty bad I bought both of them. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Raffine on March 02, 2011, 10:04:32 PM FOOD OF THE GODS (1976), one of the last films by Bert I. Gordon (his initials spelled 'BIG'!) features all sorts of rampant giant animals including giant wasps, giant worms, giant chickens, and giant mousies. They all got big because Ida Lupino finds some goo bubbling up on her farm and feeds it to the chickens.
Also features ex-child Evangelist Marjoe Gortner, Ralph Meeker, Pamela Franklin (who has a moving speech about how hard it is to be a "Lady Bacteriologist" and find a good man), and some really funny BIG effects. Gordon also made THE CYCLOPS (1955), THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957), WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST (1958), EARTH VS THE GIANT SPIDER (1959), VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS (1965), and best of all, THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS (1977) - which is also hilarious. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Pilgermann on March 02, 2011, 10:17:43 PM If ya don't mind supernatural elements, Devil Dog: Hound of Hell has an evil doberman...I kind of like it...
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: MrMari on March 03, 2011, 02:57:40 AM Awesome made for TV cheezyness
ANTS! aka: It happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) The ad for this in TV Guide was a picture of Suzanne Somers boobs covered in ants: (http://www.scifi-movies.com/images/data/0000903/affiche.jpg) Oh yeah, this movie also had Brian Dennehy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMosqx9Sr9k Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: retrorussell on March 03, 2011, 03:35:39 AM Already have all of those except Cujo and the killer bee flicks (though I've got the Mst3k episode THE DEADLY BEES). How bad/good's that one? Which one; The Deadly Bees? Pretty dumb. Haven't seen the non-mst3k one.Cujo is decent; I'd recommend it. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: bob on March 03, 2011, 04:25:02 AM Only two films come to mind: Cujo and Bride of the Monster.
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: RCMerchant on March 03, 2011, 07:32:36 AM If ya don't mind supernatural elements, Devil Dog: Hound of Hell has an evil doberman...I kind of like it... Which reminds mhe awesome ZOLTON-HOUND OF DRACULA (1978) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x8ao63ulfQ Some others that come to mind.... .NIGHT of the LEPUS (the famous giant wabbits) .GOD MONSTER of INDIAN FLATS (a giant,mutated sheep!) .EMPIRE of the ANTS (by the above mentioned Bert I Gordon) .various snake films,like STANLEY,SSSSS...,RATTLERS. .RATS:NIGHTS OF TERROR,WILLARD,BEN-all killer rat movies. of course the giant bug movies of the 50's-the DEADLY MANTIS,TARANTULA,THEM!(giant ants),BEGINING of the END(giant grasshoppers!),The BLACK SCORPIAN. .More ants...PHASE VI and the NAKED JUNGLE. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Jack on March 03, 2011, 07:48:38 AM The Curse of the Komodo - one of my favorites. Giant Komodo dragons run amok on a tropical island, terrorizing some researchers and a band of criminals. I really enjoyed this, lots of cheesy CGI, guys standing around firing infinite ammo at Komodos who seem to be ignoring them, plenty of stock footage from other movies.
Spiders - a hot babe and her goofy cohorts do battle with giant spiders. Good fun. Frankenfish - giant killer fish are after some people in the Louisiana swamps. Anaconda 3 - David Hasselhoff and some hot babe do battle with the Anacondas :teddyr: Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: SPazzo on March 03, 2011, 10:43:48 AM Alligator (1980) is a great one! There is cheesy acting, fake animatronics, unbelievable dialogue, and a side boob! :teddyr:
Them! (1954). It's a giant ants film. It sorta verges on being a giant monster movie (Godzilla, etc), but I would still consider it an animal attack film. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Raffine on March 03, 2011, 01:02:21 PM THE BIRDS (1963)
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on March 03, 2011, 02:44:33 PM I'm a fan of EMPIRE of the ANTS
also for Sheer Cheese FActor: Night of the Lepus, and Killer Shrews. I so love these films. -Ed Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Flick James on March 03, 2011, 02:50:54 PM A creature feature guy are ya? I like 'em too. I'll agree on Them! Absolutely one of the best.
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: RCMerchant on March 03, 2011, 05:35:28 PM How about man eating sheep?
"Get ready for the violence of the lambs." :bouncegiggle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=829ZvtRKzAU Believe it or not...not the first killer sheep movie-the GODMONSTER of INDIAN FLATS was made in the 70's! (the same era that gave us giant rabbits and killer worms!) And one of the most ridiculous monsters EVER! Rivals the turkey monster from BLOODFREAK for sheer stupidity! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxrYiOIBVzM Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: theedinburghbteam on March 03, 2011, 05:59:56 PM In my mind, the greatest creature feature is "Shark Attack 3: Megalodon".
Giant shark that eats boats - Check Some of the worst lines in cinema history - Check Bad guy jetski-ing into the mouth of said shark - Check John Barrowman playing the alpha male - Priceless Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Used Meathook on March 04, 2011, 12:18:16 AM I can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet...
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515YVHXD80L.jpg) SLUGS!!! One of my favorite movies! I originally recorded it off of latenight USA cable programming and wore out that VHS after about 50 viewings as a kid! Also, if you're in the mood for z-grade oddities...check out: (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WWZ4HVD7L.jpg) ...but if you cannot stomach films that were made for *allegedly* less than $100, you might wanna stay away. lol ALSO, I don't believe anybody mentioned this one yet: (http://www.horrortalk.com/reviews/NightOfTheLepus/LepusBig.jpg) Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: RCMerchant on March 04, 2011, 05:51:07 AM Cat lover?
NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CATS Psycho kills women-feeds to his ...1000 cats! (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/ts.jpg) Along the same lines-The CORPSE GRINDERS-Wherein a cat food company uses dead bodies to make cat food-which makes kitty's kill! (And a BAD-BAD movie!!!! Gawd awful! You'll love it. :wink:) (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/526-1.jpg) Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Jack on March 04, 2011, 07:21:34 AM Haven't seen this in many years, but I remember it being excellent:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6I1sTPxo-o Bone Snatcher is another favorite of mine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyTWb-Sn_wo And there's an upcoming movie called Hogzilla that has just been added to my must see list :teddyr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpaICN087Ic Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: The Burgomaster on March 04, 2011, 10:37:23 AM Haven't seen this in many years, but I remember it being excellent: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6I1sTPxo-o[/url] Yeah. I thought it was pretty good when I saw it back in the 1980s. I haven't seen it since then. I wonder if it stands the test of time? Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: JaseSF on March 04, 2011, 10:01:40 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhG8vLz9PUA
A really bad one that's a must IMO. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Allhallowsday on March 04, 2011, 11:07:42 PM PROPHECY (1979) is about a deformed demented mutated grizzly bear gone killer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zLb9UtQhy8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgZFFJFtx3c Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: claws on March 05, 2011, 12:57:51 AM Creepy: The Boogens (1981):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBd-snzzFrw Underrated: Dogs (1976) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKKjhcqjhtc Smart: Phase VI (1974) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3RFjpN6vbo Trash: The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxs3NRqcd50&feature=related Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on March 05, 2011, 03:08:46 AM What the heck are the Boogens supposed to be? =S Baby boogiemen?
(I had to watch the trailer without sound, so forgive me if the trailer answered that xD). Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: claws on March 05, 2011, 03:15:52 AM What the heck are the Boogens supposed to be? Some sort of creatures, dunno what kind of species :wink: Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Raffine on March 05, 2011, 01:04:11 PM Sssssss! 1973
Snakes vs snake people! Hiss it, don't say it! (http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoTBheHJN7CUAhg6jzbkF/SIG=123c3ojh8/EXP=1299376353/**http%3a//www.atrocitynights.com/Images/ssssss.jpg) Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: 66Crush on March 21, 2011, 05:09:21 AM "Maneater," "Grizzly Rage," "Megashark vs. Giant Octopuss," "Assualt of Sasquash," "Yeti," "The Ice Spiders," "Kingdom of Spiders," "Vipers," "Lake Placid 2," "Anconda 3," "Piranna," "Snake Island." These don't have to be good do they?
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Hammock Rider on March 21, 2011, 01:20:28 PM In my opinion one of the main problems with Hollywood today is that there aren't enough giant animal/monster movies.
Tarantulas: Deadly Cargo 8 Legged Freaks Arachnaphobia Anaconda Attack of the Giant Leeches Tentacles Earth vs the Spider And here's a trailer for one of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZa5GWiLje4&feature=relmfu Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Umaril The Unfeathered on March 22, 2011, 02:57:10 PM I couldn't find a trailer for it, but does anyone remember the old 1950's Clint Walker movie Night Of The Grizzly? That was a nice little Western about a big old teddy bear named Old Satan that terrorized the countryside, with Mr. Walker to the rescue. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Couchtr26 on March 22, 2011, 06:53:56 PM I couldn't find a trailer for it, but does anyone remember the old 1950's Clint Walker movie Night Of The Grizzly? That was a nice little Western about a big old teddy bear named Old Satan that terrorized the countryside, with Mr. Walker to the rescue. I used to watch that quite often remember the skunk scene and though I enjoyed it remember the beginning being a bit slow but when it got going a very good film. Rattlers, Valley of the Gwangi, Orca: the Killer Whale, Man's Best Friend, Coons: Night of the Bandits of the Night (I think released by Troma but my brother won't let me forget it), and can't think of any off the top of my head. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Allhallowsday on March 23, 2011, 10:25:51 PM I couldn't find a trailer for it, but does anyone remember the old 1950's Clint Walker movie Night Of The Grizzly? That was a nice little Western about a big old teddy bear named Old Satan that terrorized the countryside, with Mr. Walker to the rescue. NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY is 1966. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MOzFiiuyg Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Couchtr26 on March 24, 2011, 08:47:53 PM [ NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY is 1966. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8MOzFiiuyg [/quote] Thanks Allhallows. I had thought after Umaril mentioned it was bit more recent. The color palette and style used had me thinking more recent. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on March 24, 2011, 11:48:25 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MbDE7pzwT0
Considered grabbing this at Movie Trading Company...Having just looked it up, something tells me I made a very, VERY good decision grabbing an Abbot & Costello movie instead. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Swamp Thing on April 01, 2011, 01:03:34 AM Snakes on a Plane is a regular viewing at my house!
One that hasn't been mentioned which is really cool is Ticks from 1993 with Seth Green http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108339/ You could check out a really cool made-for-tv movie from Germany in 2008 called Killer Bees. I love it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1230113/ Also, Tremors is a classic of this genre. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on April 04, 2011, 07:28:08 PM I'm considering grabbing Razorback, even though it's 15 bucks on Amazon. Is it worth it? It looks like fun, but I gotta double check.
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Swamp Thing on April 04, 2011, 11:32:20 PM Chaw and Pig Hunt are basically remakes of it so if you saw those and liked any than check it out. I like it but I'm Australian so I'm biased, but it has really nice shots of the Australian outback on display.
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: retrorussell on April 05, 2011, 01:42:37 PM The Wild Beasts (1985)
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: 66Crush on April 07, 2011, 06:18:45 PM I loved "Razorback." It is ridiculous. Don't get if you wanna take it seriously. But if you like over the top mindless fun with some blood guts thrown in, I highly reccomend it.
Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Kaseykockroach on April 08, 2011, 12:45:46 AM Why the bloody hell is Shakma so expensive on Amazon, both VHS and DVD? Who pays 40 bucks for a killer monkey movie?
...On second thought, I don't wanna know who. =p Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: Raffine on April 08, 2011, 10:40:12 AM RATTLERS (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3YQwyH0E2A The snakes in the bathtub bit brought this one some notoriety, but its all pretty tame PG nonsense. At one point a rattlesnake launches itself at a speeding Army jeep and punctures the tire! And any movie that kicks off with two obnoxious kids getting bitten to death by a swarm of rattlesnakes can't be all bad, though. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: retrorussell on April 11, 2011, 09:29:10 PM Arachnophobia is pretty good.
You might like Dario Argento's Creepers/Phenomena. Maybe Savage Harvest with Tom Skerritt. Title: Re: Recommended creature features/animal attack films? Post by: RD on April 18, 2011, 08:51:13 AM This little gem arrived in the mail from netflix today. Can't wait to watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAgLFD1xAIM&feature=youtu.be Also that Rattlers trailer has me creeped out, I am like Indiana Jones when it comes to snakes. :buggedout: |