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Theme: Nature's Revenge

Nature’s Revenge relates to a body of films that came out principally in the 1970s around the same time as the growth of Environmentalism movement. In these films, nature, usually in the form of animals and insects, would turn against humanity.

The cause given was usually that humanity had polluted or destroyed the native habitat of the animals, sometimes it was because the animals had mutated, or else no explanation would be given. In all cases, the outlook for humanity was not a positive one. The progenitor of these films was The Birds (1963).

Most of the entries here are listed under Animals Attack Films or others under Bugs or Plantlife – although it should not noted that not all the entries listed under these are Nature’s Revenge films.


The ABCs of Death (2012)

26 February 201320 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Aaron Becker, Nacho Vigalondo, Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, …
Actors: Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley
Category: Horror

The Bees (1978)

5 July 20024 June 2025

Rating: 0­

Killer Bees Amok

Director: Alfredo Zacarias
Actors: John Saxon, John Carradine, Angel Tompkins, Claudio Brook
Category: Science Fiction

Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013)

14 September 20133 February 2023

Rating: 0­

Bird Attacks

Director: James Nguyen
Actors: Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore, Stephen Gustavson, Rick Camp, …
Category: Horror

Birdemic 3 – Sea Eagle (2022)

3 February 202326 July 2024

Rating: 0­

Bird Attacks

Director: James Nguyen
Actors: Ryan Lord, Julia Culbert, Alan Bagh, Victorya Brandart, …
Category: Horror

Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008)

13 December 20113 February 2023

Rating: 0­

Bird Attacks/Cult Bad Movie

Director: James Nguyen
Actors: Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore, Patsy van Ettinger, Rick Camp, …
Category: Horror

The Birds (1963)

6 March 200024 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

Birds Attack Humanity

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, …
Category: Horror

Day of the Animals (1977)

28 May 200123 September 2020

Rating: ★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: William Girdler
Actors: Christopher George, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ansara, Jon Cedar, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Frogs (1972)

14 September 200223 October 2024

Rating: ★★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: George McCowan
Actors: Sam Elliott, Ray Milland, Joan Van Ark, Mae Mercer
Category: Horror

Killer Bees (1974)

7 March 201321 March 2024

Rating: ★

Killer Bee Attacks

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: Kate Jackson, Gloria Swanson, Edward Albert, Roger Davis, …
Category: Horror

Long Weekend (1978)

1 November 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets
Category: Horror

Long Weekend (2008)

4 August 201231 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Nature’s Revenge

Director: Jamie Blanks
Actors: Jim Caviezel, Claudia Karvan
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
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  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Weird Westerns
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