Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Animal Amok: 12 Films to Rent on VHS
- Good Boy! (2003)
- Dir. John Robert Hoffman
- Family comedy has a canine agent is sent to Earth (from the Dogstar) to find out why the planned invasion by dogs has gone awry.
Here he finds the…
- Jurassic Park 3 (2001)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, William H. Macy…
- Sam Neill is the only original cast member to return (save a cameo from Laura Dern) for more run–around with the dinosaurs. Without…
- Congo (1995)
- Dir. Frank Marshall
Feat. Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry
- This Jurassic turkey from the usually–golden pen of Michael Crichton follows a mis–matched motley crew into the African jungle to…
- Silver Bullet (1985)
- Dir. Daniel Attias
Feat. Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Everett McGill…
- Gary Busey livens Stephen King small town werewolf déjà vu.
- Alligator (1980)
- Dir. Lewis Teague
Feat. Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo
- Post–Jaws monster thriller, with giant alligator lurking in Chicago sewers. John Sayles script.
- Squirm (1976)
- Dir. Jeff Lieberman
Feat. Don Scardino, Patricia Pearcy
- A storm–toppled powerline drives large (and vicious) sandworms out the surrounding swamp–waters, terrifying the local populace in this…
- Frogs (1972)
- Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark
- Swamp critters exact revenge on wildlife predator Ray Milland in this enjoyable schlockfest. Bonus film with PREMATURE BURIAL.
- Willard (1971)
- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Bruce Davison, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine
- Superb persecuted–teen–gets–revenge picture about a young nerd who identifies more with rodents than people. The sequel, BEN, is…
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Dir. Ted Post
Feat. James Franciscus, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans
- First and arguably the best of the sequels continues the set up of the original with James Franciscus burrowing underground to discover a mutant…
- Blood Beast Terror, The (1967)
- Dir. Vernon Sewell
Feat. Peter Cushing
- In Victorian rural England, Peter Cushing's murder enquiries uncovers a beastly weremoth and the gruesome experiments of a crazed entymologist.