Last Updated on 9 November 2024
I’ve always been a big fan of animal horror movies. My criteria are that it has to be classified as a horror movie and usually the animal either gets really big or there’s tons of them! 🙂 Can’t be plants or aliens or demons or people changing into creatures, but they can be ancient terrestrial monsters. Most of them are pretty low budget, but they’re still fun.
This page groups all these Animal Horror movies by the type of animal featured in the movie. Movies may be listed in more than one category as applicable. You can also check out the full alphabetical list.
Alligators/Crocodiles | AncientCreatures | Bats | Bears | Bigfoot/Yeti | Birds | Cats |
Dinosaurs | Dogs | Dragons | Fish | Frogs | Gorillas/Apes | Insects | Lizards |
Octopus/Squid | Other Mammals | Other Sea Creatures | Rats | Scorpions | Sharks |
Snakes | Spiders | Worms
- Alligator (1980)
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991)
- Alligator X (Xtinction: Predator X) (2014)
- Black Water (2007)
- Black Water: Abyss (2020)
- Blood Surf (2000)
- The Brutal River (2005)
- Crawl (2019)
- Croc (2007)
- Crocodile (1979)
- Crocodile (2000)
- Crocodile 2: Death Swamp (2002)
- Crocodile Fangs (1978)
- Crocodylus (2017)
- Croczilla (2012)
- Dinocroc (2004)
- Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010)
- Freshwater (2016)
- The Great Alligator (1979)
- The Hatching (2016)
- Killer Crocodile (1989)
- Killer Crocodile 2 (1990)
- Lake Placid (1999)
- Lake Placid 2 (2007)
- Lake Placid 3 (2010)
- Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
- Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
- Lake Placid: Legacy (2018)
- Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
- Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
- The Pool (2018)
- Primeval (2007)
- Rampage (2018)
- Rogue (2007)
- Supercroc (2007)
- Supergator (2007)
- A Zombie Croc: Evil Has Been Summoned (2015)
Ancient / Prehistoric Creatures
- Behemoth (2011)
- Bog (1979)
- Cloverfield (2008)
- Ebola Rex (2021)
- Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967)
- Gargantua (1998)
- Garuda (2004)
- The Giant Behemoth (1959)
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)
- Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Godzilla 1985 (1985)
- Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
- Godzilla (1998)
- Godzilla 2000 (1999)
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
- Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
- Gorgo (1961)
- Ice Road Terror (2011)
- Mammoth (2006)
- The Meg (2018)
- Rawhead Rex (1986)
- Reptilicus (1961)
- Something Beneath (2007)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)
- Bats (1999)
- Bats: Human Harvest (2007)
- Chosen Survivors (1974)
- The Devil Bat (1940)
- Nightwing (1979)
- A Sound of Thunder (2005)
- Vampire Bats (2005)
- Bear (2010)
- Bear With Us (2016)
- Blackfoot Trail (2014)
- Claws (1977)
- Grizzly (1976)
- Grizzly Rage (2007)
- Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
- The Night of the Grizzly (1966)
- Abominable (2006)
- The Abominable Snowman (1996)
- Big Legend (2018)
- Bigfoot (2006)
- Bigfoot (2012)
- Bigfoot! (2019)
- Bigfoot (2020)
- Bigfoot: The Conspiracy (2020)
- Bigfoot Vs. Zombies (2016)
- The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
- Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1984)
- Boggy Creek (2010)
- Curse of Bigfoot (1975)
- Deadly Descent: The Abominable Snowman (2013)
- Exists (2014)
- Hoax (2019)
- Hunting Grounds (2015)
- Night of the Demon (1983)
- Primal Rage: The Legend of Konga (2018)
- Shriek of the Mutilated (1974)
- Willow Creek (2013)
- Beaks: The Movie (1987)
- Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
- Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013)
- The Birds (1963)
- Chicken Park (1994)
- The Crows (2006)
- Flu Bird Horror (2008)
- The Giant Claw (1957)
- Kaw (2007)
- Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
- Roadkill (2011)
- Terror Birds (2016)
- ThanksKilling (2009)
- ThanksKilling 3 (2012)
- Attack of the Sabertooth (2005)
- Beast (2022)
- The Corpse Grinders (1971)
- Maneater (2007)
- Prey (2016)
- Sabretooth (2002)
- Strays (1991)
- Age of Dinosaurs (2013)
- Carnosaur (1993)
- The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
- Dinosaurus! (1960)
- Dinoshark (2010)
- Jurassic City (2015)
- Jurassic Prey (2015)
- Jurassic Thunder (2019)
- Poseidon Rex (2013)
- Pterodactyl (2005)
- Raptor (2001)
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
- Terrordactyl (2016)
- Triassic Attack (2010)
- Triassic World (2018)
- Tyrannosaurus Azteca (2007)
- Warbirds (2008)
- The Breed (2006)
- Cujo (1983)
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
- Man’s Best Friend (1993)
- Monsterwolf (2010)
- The Pack (2015)
- Rottweiler (2004)
- Dracano (2013)
- Q (1982)
- Reign of Fire (2002)
- Reptisaurus (2009)
- Wyvern (2009)
- Barracuda (1978)
- Beneath (2013)
- Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014)
- Deep Shock (2003)
- Devil Fish (1984)
- Frankenfish (2004)
- Killer Fish (1979)
- Mega Piranha (2010)
- Moray (1994)
- Night of the Snakehead Fish (2003)
- Piranha (1972)
- Piranha (1978)
- Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
- Piranha 3D (2010)
- Plankton (1994)
- Razorteeth (2005)
- Razortooth (2007)
- Snakehead Terror (2004)
- Swarm of the Snakehead (2006)
- Frogs (1972)
- There’s Nothing Out There (1991)
- Bloodmonkey (2007)
- Flying Monkeys (2013)
- King Kong (1933)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- King Kong Escapes (1967)
- King Kong (1976)
- King Kong Lives (1986)
- King Kong (2005)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Konga TNT (2020)
- Link (1986)
- Monkey Shines (1988)
- Shakma (1990)
- Son of Kong (1933)
- Ants! (1977)
- The Bees (1978)
- Beginning of the End (1957)
- Bite Me! (2004)
- Black Swarm (2007)
- Bug (1975)
- Bug Buster (1998)
- The Butterfly Murders (1979)
- Caved In (2006)
- Centipede! (2004)
- CICADA! (2018)
- The Deadly Bees (1966)
- Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
- Destination: Infestation (2007)
- Dragon Wasps (2012)
- Empire of the Ants (1977)
- Flying Virus (2001)
- Glass Trap (2005)
- The Hive (2008)
- Infestation (2009)
- Infested (2002)
- Insecticidal (2005)
- Invicta (2009)
- It Came from the Desert (2017)
- Killer Bees (1974)
- Killer Bees (2002)
- Killer Bees (2008)
- Killing Bee (2005)
- Legion of Fire: Killer Ants! (1998)
- Locusts (2005)
- Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005)
- Mosquito (1994)
- The Naked Jungle (1954)
- The Nest (1987)
- Phase IV (1974)
- Rampage (2018)
- The Savage Bees (1976)
- Skeeter (1993)
- Stung (2015)
- The Swarm (1978)
- The Swarm (2020)
- Swarmed (2005)
- Terror Out of the Sky (1978)
- Them! (1954)
- They Crawl (2001)
- They Nest (2000)
- They Will Outlive Us All (2013)
- Ticks (1993)
- Tsunambee (2015)
- Aberration (1997)
- The Curse of the Komodo (2004)
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
- Gila! (2012)
- Komodo (1999)
- Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
- The Beast (1996)
- Bermuda Tentacles (2014)
- Black Wake (2018)
- Deep Rising (1998)
- Eye of the Beast (2007)
- The Host (2006)
- It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
- Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
- Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
- Monster (2008)
- Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
- Octopus (2000)
- Octopus 2: River of Fear (2001)
- The Sand (2015)
- Tentacles (1977)
- Attack of the Beast Creatures (1985)
- Black Sheep (2006)
- Bloodmarsh Krackoon (2013)
- Boar (2017)
- Carny (2009)
- Chaw (2009)
- Critters (1986)
- Critters 2 (1988)
- Critters 3 (1991)
- Critters 4 (1992)
- Critters: Bounty Hunter (2014)
- Critters Attack! (2019)
- DNA (1996)
- Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973)
- Gremlins (1984)
- The Killer Shrews (1959)
- Llamageddon (2015)
- Night of the Lepus (1972)
- Pig Hunt (2008)
- Rampage (2018)
- Razorback (1984)
- Return of the Killer Shrews (2012)
- Tasmanian Devils (2013)
- Weasels Rip My Flesh (1979)
- The Wild Beasts (1984)
- Zombeavers (2014)
- Zoombies (2016)
- Aquanoids (2003)
- Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
- Bering Sea Beast (2013)
- Island Claws (1980)
- Orca (1977)
- The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
- Queen Crab (2015)
- The Rig (2010)
- Sea Beast (2008)
- Spawn of the Slithis (1978)
- Sting of Death (1966)
- Sweetheart (2019)
- Ben (1972)
- Deadly Eyes (1982)
- Food of the Gods (1976)
- Food of the Gods II (1989)
- Graveyard Shift (1990)
- The Rats (2002)
- Rats (2003)
- Rats: Night of Terror (1984)
- Tara (2001)
- Willard (1971)
- Willard (2003)
- Big Bad Bugs (2012)
- The Black Scorpion (1957)
- Mega Scorpions (2003)
- Scorpius Gigantus (2006)
- Tail Sting (2001)
- 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)
- 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
- 5-Headed Shark Attack (2017)
- 6-Headed Shark Attack (2018)
- 12 Days of Terror (2004)
- 47 Meters Down (2017)
- 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
- 90210 Shark Attack (2014)
- Amityville Island (2020)
- Apex Predators (2021)
- Atomic Shark (2016)
- Avalanche Sharks (2014)
- Bad CGI Sharks (2019)
- Bait (2012)
- Blind Waters (2023)
- Blood Bite (2020)
- Bull Shark (2022)
- Cave of the Sharks (1978)
- Dam Sharks (2016)
- Dark Tide (2012)
- Dark Waters (2003)
- Deep Blood (1990)
- Deep Blue Sea (1999)
- Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
- Deep Blue Sea 3 (2020)
- Dinoshark (2010)
- Empire of the Sharks (2017)
- Ghost Shark (2013)
- Ghost Shark 2: Urban Jaws (2015)
- Great White (2021)
- House Shark (2017)
- Ice Sharks (2016)
- Jaws (1975)
- Jaws 2 (1978)
- Jaws 3-D (1983)
- Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
- Jaws 19 (2015)
- Jaws in Japan (2009)
- Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
- Jurassic Shark (2012)
- Jurassic Shark 2: Aquapocalypse (2021)
- Killer Shark (1950)
- Land Shark (2017)
- The Last Shark (1981)
- Malibu Shark Attack (2009)
- Marina Monster (2008)
- The Meg (2018)
- Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
- Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009)
- Mega Shark vs. Kolossus (2015)
- Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark (2014)
- Megalodon (2002)
- Megalodon (2018)
- Mississippi River Sharks (2017)
- Nightmare Shark (2018)
- Noah’s Shark (2021)
- Open Water (2003)
- Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
- Open Water 3: Cage Dive (2017)
- Ouiji Shark (2020)
- Ozark Sharks (2016)
- Piranha Sharks (2016)
- Planet of the Sharks (2016)
- Raging Sharks (2005)
- Raiders of the Lost Shark (2015)
- The Reef (2010)
- Roboshark (2015)
- Saltwater (2016)
- Sand Sharks (2012)
- Santa Jaws (2018)
- Shark (1969)
- Shark Attack (1999)
- Shark Attack 2 (2000)
- Shark Attack 3: Megalodon (2002)
- Shark Attack in the Mediterranean (2004)
- Shark Encounters of the Third Kind (2020)
- Shark Hunter (2001)
- Shark in Venice (2008)
- Shark Island (2015)
- Shark Kill (1976)
- Shark Killer (2015)
- Shark Lake (2015)
- Shark Night (2011)
- Shark Season (2020)
- Shark Swarm (2008)
- Shark Week (2012)
- Shark Zone (2003)
- Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (2015)
- Sharkenstein (2016)
- Sharknado (2013)
- Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
- Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
- Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016)
- Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)
- The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time (2018)
- Sharks of the Corn (2021)
- Sharktopus (2010)
- Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014)
- Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf (2015)
- Sharkula (2021)
- Sharkzilla (2012)
- Sky Sharks (2020)
- Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast (2011)
- Spring Break Shark Attack (2005)
- Super Shark (2011)
- Swamp Shark (2011)
- Swim (2021)
- Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
- Toxic Shark (2017)
- Trailer Park Shark (2017)
- Up from the Depths (1979)
- Virus Shark (2021)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Anaconda 3: Offspring (2008)
- Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
- Big Bad Bugs (2012)
- Boa… Nguu yak! (2006)
- Boa vs. Python (2004)
- Copperhead (2008)
- Fangs (1974)
- Fer-de-Lance (1974)
- Jennifer (1978)
- King Cobra (1999)
- Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
- Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)
- Mega Snake (2007)
- Megaconda (2010)
- Monstroid (1980)
- New Alcatraz (Boa) (2001)
- Piranhaconda (2012)
- Python (2000)
- Python 2 (2002)
- Python Island (2022)
- Rattled (1996)
- Rattlers (1976)
- Rattlers 2 (2021)
- The Serpent Warriors (1985)
- Silent Predators (1999)
- Silent Venom (2009)
- Snake Island (2002)
- Snake Outta Compton (2018)
- Snakes on a Plane (2006)
- Snakes on a Train (2006)
- Spasms (1983)
- Sssssss (1973)
- Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)
- Venom (1981)
- Venomous (2001)
- Vipers (2008)
- Arachnia (2003)
- Arachnicide (2014)
- Arachnid (2001)
- Arachnophobia (1990)
- Arachnoquake (2012)
- Big Ass Spider! (2013)
- Big Bad Bugs (2012)
- Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
- Camel Spiders (2011)
- Creepies (2004)
- Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
- The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
- Ice Spiders (2007)
- In the Spider’s Web (2007)
- Itsy Bitsy (2019)
- Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
- Lavalantula (2015)
- 2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016)
- Spider in the Attic (2021)
- Spiders (2000)
- Spiders (2013)
- Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001)
- Tarantula (1955)
- Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1977)
- Webs (2003)
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
- Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
- Sand Serpents (2009)
- Slither (2006)
- Squirm (1976)
- Tremors (1990)
- Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
- Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
- Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)
- Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
- Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)
- Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)
