Killer animal movies being based on true events are usually few and far between beyond the occasional urban legend and exaggerated occurrence – however, now
Tag: Killer Animals
Razorback
It seems that not even the animal amok genre was safe from that crazed stable of movies from the merry old land of Oz, fittingly
Them!
For anyone who considers themselves “above” watching older movies for reasons I honestly can’t fathom, here’s a public service announcement aimed directly at you: get
Squirm
While describing the 70’s output of nature going crazy movies as a heyday may strain your personal definition of what a heyday should be, there’s
Ticks
Of the many, varied projects (and I do mean varied) that sprang from the tireless funding of Brian Yunza during that horror-starved period known as
Kingdom Of The Spiders
One of the more fondly remembered killer bug movies of the 70’s, Kingdom Of The Spiders is a film that, much like its eight legged
Eight Legged Freaks
Thanks to streaming, direct-to-DVD entries and entities like the Syfy Channel once seemingly churning out similar themed movies at a frightening rate, the onslaught of
Crocodile
Tobe Hooper, famed director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, has always been famed for having something of a complicated sence of humour that
Top 5 Gnarliest Gnawings Of The Jaws Franchise
After all these years, Steven Spielberg’s aquatic classic of maritime mayhem still manages to make us hesitate just when we think it was safe to
Beast
I’m currently wracking my brain to come up with a genre that Idris Elba hasn’t yet imposed his iron will upon and I’m struggling to
Killer Crocodile 2
Looking back over my previous review of Fabrizio De Angelis’ original Killer Crocodile, I was stunned to see I’d given it a whopping three stars
Alligator II: The Mutation
These days, when a sequel appears after a long time after the original graced the screen, the chances are it’s being hailed as legacy sequel
Graveyard Shift
Possibly one of the most frustrating things about a duff Stephen King adaptation is the choice of certain filmmakers to allow the deeper meanings of
The Giant Spider Invasion
Killer bug movies, arachnids in particular, are as sizable a cornerstone of the killer animal movie as sharks and crocodiles and yet the eight-legged bastards
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
After 2004’s genuinely sweet, wild west set prequel of part four, it seemed that the Tremors franchise was content to burrow down deep in to
Orca: The Killer Whale
I’ve mentioned the effect Steven Spielberg’s Jaws had on cinema more times than there are fish in the sea, but while the many also-rans and
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
The bittersweet nature of the direct to video sequels that assaulted movie fans during the 90’s was the very epitome of a double-edged blade –
Tremors
Sometimes there’s nothing more reassuring than settling down and watching a good old homage. Call it nostalgia, or possibly my rapidly advancing age, but watching
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
As the direct to DVD sequels to Tremors rumble ever onward, it’s good to know that even someone as jaded as I can be surprised
Lake Placid
Compiling unofficial trilogies that contain unrelated movies is something my brain seems to do every now and then. Boasting connective tissue as thin as wet
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