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looking for more 70s 'animal-sploitation' genre type b-movies... you know the kind, when animals (often one  species of animal) decides to wreak havoc or plans world domination, for some reason.  post any you feel are worth checking

some that I've seen and / or own:

DAY OF THE ANIMALS
THE BEASTS ARE ON THE STREETS
PHASE 4
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS
GRIZZLY

and I have just picked up but yet to watch TERROR OUT OF THE SKIES which is bees going mad.


Complete list:

Various Animals:
DAY OF THE ANIMALS
THE BEASTS ARE ON THE STREETS
LONG WEEKEND
ROAR
DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN
FOOD OF THE GODS

Spiders:
KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
GIANT SPIDER INVASION
KISS OF THE TARANTULA
TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO

Bees:
THE SWARM
THE BEES
SAVAGE BEES
TERROR OUT OF THE SKIES

Snakes:
STANLEY
JENNIFER
SSSSSSS
KILLER SNAKES
RATTLERS

Dogs:
DOGS
DRACULA'S DOG
DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL
THE PACK

Underwater Dwellers
JAWS
JAWS 2
TENTACLES
ORCA KILLER WHALE
PIRANHA
MAKO: JAWS OF DEATH
BARRACUDA

Ants:
PHASE IV
EMPIRE OF THE ANTS
ANTS aka IT HAPPENED AT LAKEWOOD MANOR

Felines:
NIGHT OF 1000 CATS
CORPSE GRINDERS
THE LAST LION
THE UNCANNY
NIGHT CREATURE

Rodents:
WILLARD
BEN

Bears:
GRIZZLY
CLAWS

Bats:
CHOSEN SURVIVORS
NIGHTWING

Misc / Other:
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS
SQUIRM
FROGS
BUG
PIGS



--- Suggested (and 70s), but not sure if they really count:

THE ADVENTURES OF THE WILDERNESS FAMILY
THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF THE WILDERNESS FAMILY
THE RATS ARE COMING THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE!
SCARS OF DRACULA
THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER
PROPHECY
FER DE LANCE
SAVAGE MAN SAVAGE BEAST
FACES OF DEATH

KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS (1977) and the GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975) are both great fun!

(https://i.imgur.com/ahMRFXR.gif) (https://lunapic.com)

thanks... have seen the former. heard of the latter but not seen it

nice gif. saw a spider about that size in a garden shed once.

the GIANT SPIDER INVASION has Alan Hale Jr (the Skipper from Gilligan's Island!) who uses the line "Hey Little Buddy!"

Savage Harvest (1981) :buggedout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC80et7ygY8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC80et7ygY8)

The Ghost and The Darkness (1998)  :buggedout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN-H3PkTh3g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN-H3PkTh3g)

The Last Lion (1972) from South Africa.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367951/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367951/)

Apologies: I saw When Animals Attack and I didn't see the 1970s style part of it. :lookingup:

The Swarm and of course Jaws.

the BEES (1978)
  John Saxon and John Carradine!

(https://i.imgur.com/HLii1cI.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

Dogs (1977)

PROPHECY (1979) has the infamous sleeping bag scene...

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Prophecy_%281979_movie_poster%29.jpg) 



NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) is a primer for the bad movie novice. 

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Nightoflepus.jpg)

haven't seen this one yet.. I guess I should...



no worries... haven't even heard of that one



don't think I've seen THE SWARM, even tho I've seen more obscure bee movies



not seen that either... and I forgot to mention SAVAGE BEES. how many bees movies are there!



good call. have seen this... also DRACULA'S DOG is good fun

compiling a list in the first post as we go along, but I am only really looking for b-movies not so much blockbusters or big budget stuff...

also must be actual animals that exist in nature (even if they're grossly exaggerated versions). I haven't seen PROPHECY but it seems to be more of a monster?

Tentacles (1977)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/a68b32e0c6648f35223a743d38f92d07/tumblr_o911e0ayuX1sqf5tdo6_400.gifv)

Squirm (1976)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/2116d62f8cb6f11f3e1eb54d4abadf08/tumblr_optkkgkYuA1sqf5tdo5_400.gifv)

Frogs (1972)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/db86af244d8a533fa83af00cae168e27/tumblr_pi78x3MyQM1scxiy5_400.gifv)

Bug (1975)

(https://64.media.tumblr.com/218fcf5e2c7009635c98008f16bb8c3a/tumblr_owegsqx9BT1sqf5tdo1_400.gifv)

Spoiler:  That one would count if you include mutations.

Orca Killer Whale

Aren't they all ultimately angry nature?

http://youtu.be/D8Sr_VBZNKo (http://youtu.be/D8Sr_VBZNKo)
https://youtu.be/D8Sr_VBZNKo (https://youtu.be/D8Sr_VBZNKo)

The Pack (1977)

PIRANHA (1978) was genius. Satire and blood!
Plus Barbara Steele, Kevin McCarthy, and Dick Miller!

http://youtu.be/_zldZSRemyA (http://youtu.be/_zldZSRemyA)

 I had seen PLANET OF THE APES and 2001, but WILLARD (1971) was the first full blown horror movie I seen at a theater- with my brother Mike. My Dad dropped us off.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZbUJau1.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

only heard about this one recently. on my to-watch list


TENTACLES is so bad... that horrible sound fx that repeats about 200 times. torture. need to see the other 3



noted.  :thumbup: not seen



aah yes... and ALLIGATOR too

edit --- ALLIGATOR is 1980... I'm going to be strict and not count it



another I've known about forever but not seen!

Ants aka It Happened At Lakewood Manor (1977)

SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST (1975)
Not all but some of the film deals with animals attacking humans.  One of those "mondo" documentaries.  
Some of FACES OF DEATH (1978) had at least one animal attack scene.  Both movies had many scenes at least purported to be fake.

Didn't recall if JENNIFER (1978), STANLEY (1972) SSSSSSS (1973) or KILLER SNAKES (1974) were listed.  All with snakes attacking people.

I remember that one  :buggedout: there is footage of a German tourist named Pit Dernitz who was allegedly mauled and eaten by lions.  :buggedout:

Speaking of snakes...

RATTLERS (1976)

(https://i.imgur.com/5vgkJ1R.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

Fer De Lance (1974)

An idiot buys a venomous snake & sneaks it on a submarine, which causes trouble. Slow, & kinda dull TV movie, mostly about the sub getting trapped in an underwater landslide, with the snake as a background threat. (Going by memory.)

Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976)

Still need to see this one...

^ think I might've seen that one, unless I'm confusing it with another JAWS knock off...



not gonna include the doco type ones, but the other 4 seem to check out, thanks... a friend at work keeps telling me to check out SSSSSSS. it's got Dirk Benedict in it, who I can only ever see as Face from The A Team



watched that on youtube a few months ago  :smile:



nice, another one I didn't know of...



it seems the snakes have arrived!

Baracuda (1978).

Sssssss (1973) - A bit of course with the more sci-fi elements but the scientist uses snakes to kill people.

(http://images.moviepostershop.com/sssssss-movie-poster-1973-1020209941.jpg)

Razorback (1984) - Underrated Australian gem.

(https://horrornews.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/razorback-1984-movie-5.jpg)

Wild Beasts (1984) - PCP gets into a zoo's water supply.

(https://pics.filmaffinity.com/belve_feroci_wild_beasts-140347267-mmed.jpg)

The sequel to WILLARD, BEN (1972)

The  theme song is done by Micheal Jackson!

(https://i.imgur.com/kRuY5Qo.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

CLAWS (1977)

With Jason ( the BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE) Evers!

Also with Leon ( MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE with Bela Lugosi!) Ames, and Myron (the UNEARTHLY with Tor Johnson) Healy!

(https://i.imgur.com/fKL7wRf.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

That's a great film indeed.

I'm not sure if Nightwing has been mentioned?

Agreed, but a bit late to be a 70s movie.

sorry yeah as Alex mentioned, only looking for 70s movies... big fan of this one though. some of the most hilariously crap acting ever, from the mustache guy and his mistress

name doesn't quite fill you with fear in the same way as JAWS



nice... his best song about rodents. apart from 'Mouse In The Mirror'



I was gona say, there must be more bear ones...

KISS OF THE TARANTULA (1975)

A little girl gets her spider pals to kill people.
Another variation of WILLARD, BEN, or STANLEY.

(https://i.imgur.com/4KORJNJ.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

I'm fairly arachnophobic. I went behind the scenes at the local zoo a few yrs ago and saw a spider called a 'Metallica' up close. looked like a tarantula except shiny blue and black (maybe I was hallucinating?). terrifying anyway

 

cool, vampire bats.... be a bit weird if they didn't figure somewhere in this thread

btw I'm posting everything mentioned (at least the ones that count) in the first post, so you can see what's been said already

found it! I wasn't hallucinating, I just wish I was...

(https://external-preview.redd.it/mTYcOvMmjEKXioZUzYxAbEvDvM2UhrHVDWBd2qUOpl4.jpg?width=850&height=445.02617801&auto=webp&s=77a8a51471ca0c496f7a86a262c42441c0924d47)

look at it?! those definitely could take over the planet

Two movies that are not considered bad are:

Long Weekend (1978) and Phase IV (1974)

Jaws 2 (1978) is borderline bad
The Uncanny (1977) (cats)
Night Creature (1978) (killer leopard)

The Food of the Gods (1976)

They're giant animals, but they are attacking, & it was made in the 70's!

PHASE IV mentioned in 1st post..  LONG WEEKEND is a favourite, and I just re-watched it the other day... not sure why it didn't occur to me. maybe it's the fact that although there are animals going 'bad', the real malevolent threat of the film seems to be nature itself?

JAWS 2, underrated I think, as far as sequels to mega blockbusters go. didn't know the other 2 you mentioned  :thumbup:



never actually seen this but I do have FOOD OF THE GODS 2 (which apparently is unconnected, and late 80s).

 SCARS OF DRACULA (1970) had a church full of people killed by bats.

Going by the summary, The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975) has both animal attacks & friendly animals.

I think I saw a bit of the end on TV once.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_Wilderness_Family

There were two sequels. The first, The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978) has the family face wolves during the winter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Further_Adventures_of_the_Wilderness_Family

The third entry in the series doesn't have any animal attacks listed in the plot summary, so I'm not including it. (Yet.)

Chosen Survivors (1974) - rabid mutant bats

I've only seen The Uncanny once back in vhs days and I don't recall much about it. I did see Night Creature at the drive-in, and there's a cheapo bad quality bootleg-ish DVD from the 2000s.

Even though it has Donald Pleasence in it Night Creature is rather dull, uninspired and mega slow paced.

I think you should give Roar an honorable mention. It came out in 1981, but it was filmed in the  70s, and the animals did attack.

THE NIGHT OF 1,000 CATS (1972)
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9g9Nd6U7xM#)
THE CORPSE GRINDERS (1971)
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3z_xrpYYQ#)

 

Like PROPHECY I'm pretty sure they're mutated LEPUS... so not what you're looking for.   Hilarious. 

The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here! (1972)

I'm going to be honest, I remember expecting a rats attack movie and being disappointed so maybe it doesn't count.  I actually don't remember any rats in this movie, but I do remember chickens!

From what I read there are rats in the film, but I don't think they attack anyone.

Next:
PIGS (1973) aka DADDY'S DEADLY DARLING
Killer pigs!  And nearly a decade before EVILSPEAK!
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Jf2YE0eY8#)

I mean... are there any Hammer films where people aren't killed by bats? :teddyr:  



interesting...for the sake of what I'm looking for which is kind of schlocky, sensationalist b-movies where the entire focus is on the '>insert animal< attacks!!!' angle, I'm not sure if they'd count. will check out the trailers though



cool... skimmed the film on YT. looks a bit slow. caught one of the bat attacks though!



bought this recently... mad film. there really is no other film like it that I've seen.. actors getting mauled by lions for real, while they're trying to act! didn't know it was filmed in the 70s



they just look like big rabbits, that'll do  :bouncegiggle:



confusing! need more chicken attack films though



there was a serial killer who fed his victims to pigs I think...


edit, didn't know CORPSE GRINDERS had a killer cat angle. never seen the film, just know the title

Looking over the list, we’ve left out GRIZZLY (1976). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_(film)

Grizzly II doesn’t count; it wasn’t filmed till the mid-80’s.

Would “The Crater Lake Monster” count? Or is that more of a monster movie?

Our late friend Raffine (Tony) told me about that and I have always wondered what the director was thinking as there is a static shot of a bush which lasts for almost a minute  :buggedout:

I said GRIZZLY in my original post... I got the blu ray release that came out about 5 years ago. in the bonus extras there's a documentary where for some reason, totally out of the blue, they start showing photos of Christopher George naked....

I want to see GRIZZLY 2, it sounds fun altho apparently never completed even though it's finally got a release

It was to be titled something different, but WILLARD and BEN were doing great box office, so they added "rats" in the title, and the movie art.

(https://i.imgur.com/H0Tp5UR.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

I had that on a big box vhs many moons ago.
I laughed! I cried! I strangled my cat and stomped it with hob-nailed boots!

http://youtu.be/ANMEyOBEPZ4 (http://youtu.be/ANMEyOBEPZ4)

one more here from '78

DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Devil_Dog-_The_Hound_of_Hell_FilmPoster.jpeg)

funny poster

DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1972) has folks killed by scorpions, locusts, and other critters.

(https://i.imgur.com/cTicBHp.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

And it's not nearly as cool as the original film.  Different actress as Vulnavia too.  And she wasn't a plausible accomplice before because she is an unscarred invulnerable demi-god...? 
:lookingup: :question: :teddyr:

^ the ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) is one of my favorite, if not favorite, of Vinnie's films!

(https://i.imgur.com/ek7iFtF.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)

cool, not seen either of those...

hey thanks for all the suggestions people, definitely got a ton of stuff to add to my watch list... I noticed FROGS, and PIGS on bluray in my local HMV the other day.

I misread that line: I only saw "I noticed Frogs and Pigs in my local HMV" and thought that you should call animal control  :wink:

haha


ever noticed ANTS in your pants?  :teddyr:

All the time  :wink:

- updated list in original post to include seperate categories...

if anyone thinks of any more films then fire away

OT:
And Lenny Bruce is not afraid!


Sorry, couldn't help myself.

^ is it bad that I don't get this? I've heard of lenny bruce

just picked up PIGS bluray, looks kind of fun from the trailer.... still haven't had a chance to watch TERROR FROM OUT THE SKIES


also I just remembered another film I have from 1973, it's called PETS. .. I can't recall to what extent there is an animal attack element to the film, but I think there's a bit of that going on. I seem to remember it being a very random grindhousey type deal

It's from the intro to REM's It's The End Of The World As We Know It.....

yeah when I searched the phrase it came up with that song, and I thought oh yeah I never noticed that line before... but I still don't get the joke? :question: :bluesad: :teddyr:


watched PIGS... very random. more of a low budget psycho-drama grindhouse (dare I say even 'art house') affair than an animal attack movie, but there were some pigs involved, I guess

^MY ADHD kicking in while reading the way the movies were recategorized...^
I got to thinking, "Birds... Snakes.... Aeroplanes...." Naturally, that song popped into my ADD infested mind....

aaahhh ok...   :cheers:

I guess the song that springs to mind for me would be 'Daddy's Taking Us To The Zoo Tomorrow' (which I probably haven't heard since I was about 5)

watched TERROR FROM OUT THE SKIES.

Nice late 70s b-movie feel... some awkward dubbing, some funny dumb scenes. I liked how they managed to make what was effectively one hive of unremarkable bees seem like a potentially world ending threat.

Already mentioned but it's coming out on Blu-ray today (with an interesting cover):

(https://images.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/307035_large.jpg?t=1650485183)

Also not mentioned (I think) but also out on Blu today, from 1977:

(https://images.static-bluray.com/movies/covers/306756_large.jpg?t=1651043121)

that ANTS sleeve would probably be apt for a Michael Bay remake...


not heard of the other one, nice!

I really wish MNet would release The Last Lion (1972) internationally as it is a good film - screenplay by Wilbur Smith, no less - but the stories about its' production make it something along the lines of The Conqueror for what happened to some of its' cast and crew.  :buggedout:

woah... well, you know what they say about working with children and animals..

we don't say it in this thread though !

have now acquired both of the above (albeit the euro import R2 DVD versions). will drop some feedback when watched

seen ANTS before on youtube ages ago but can't remember much about it... don't even remember Lynda Day George being in it. she's a cutie, if a bit doll - like?

ok managed to squeeze in ANTS last night.... again love the late 70s budget vibe. something about this era makes me feel really nostalgic even though I don't remember it....

pretty formulaic for the most part. seems the ants were used as a catalyst for people having accidents, not being eaten alive. fun film though, 7/10...

the biggest irony is that when I lived in France as a kid, on the beach there I actually witnessed larger clusters of ants than ever appear onscreen  in this film! and they were way bigger ants, like beetle-sized...

watched TARANTUALS: THE DEADLY CARGO tonight. similar to ANTS really, bit more rough & ready and with more bad guys.

  there's a plane crash sequence where you see the aftermath with the huge plane in a field all broken up and I thought, did they have the budget for that? or did they happen upon an actual plane crash and film it guerilla style? cause it didn't look like stock footage