the top 80 horror movies with birds, bats, rats related of all time
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- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsLou Diamond PhillipsDina MeyerBob GuntonGenetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
- DirectorEric BrossStarsLucy LawlessDylan NealLiam WaiteFreshmen friends of the Tate University go to an underground party in the woods nearby the local cemetery. After a death, two of the students are arrested until a professor suggests that bats might be the real culprit.
- DirectorDavid JacksonStarsLucy LawlessJohn HeardDylan NealDr. Maddy Rierdon, an investigator for the Department of Agriculture, is the only person who can protect America from a deadly breed of bioengineered locusts.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsNick MancusoDavid WarnerKathryn HarroldKiller bats plague an Indian reservation in New Mexico.
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsRobert FoxworthLynda Day GeorgeGerald GordonAn old-fashioned, lakeside hotel targeted for purchase by an unsavory gambling casino promoter and situated next to a construction site, is attacked by an army of poisonous ants. Efforts to contain the ants and rescue those trapped in the hotel are hampered by the progress of the creepy crawlers upward from floor to floor.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsCharlton HestonEleanor ParkerAbraham SofaerThe Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsJoan CollinsRobert LansingJohn David CarsonCon artist Marilyn Fryser tries to sell bogus real estate deals in an area overrun by giant ants.
- DirectorJohn 'Bud' CardosStarsWilliam ShatnerTiffany BollingWoody StrodeIn rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
- DirectorTony RandelStarsRosalind AllenAmi DolenzSeth GreenA group of troubled teenagers are led by social workers on a California wilderness retreat, not knowing that the woods they are camping in have become infested by mutated, blood-sucking ticks.
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsMichael GarfieldKim TerryPhilip MacHaleKiller slugs on the rampage in a rural community.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsThomas CalabroDean StockwellJohn SavageA Maine island becomes infested with lethal insects that root inside their victims, while a local doctor battles the bugs and incorrigible locals that don't believe him.
- DirectorJeff LiebermanStarsDon ScardinoPatricia PearcyR.A. DowA storm causes some power lines to break and touch the ground, drawing millions of man-eating worms out of the earth, and into town where they quickly start munching on the locals.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsJohn AgarMara CordayLeo G. CarrollA spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in gigantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
- DirectorJim CharlestonGeorge ManasseStarsEric LutesJulia CampbellMitch PileggiKiller ants from South America that eat the flesh of people attack a small town.
- DirectorStuart HagmannStarsClaude AkinsCharles FrankDeborah WintersAn airplane carrying coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is flying over an orange-producing town in California. The airplane crashes, and the unlucky inhabitants of the town release the poisonous spiders into their midst. Once the town's officials discover that the tarantulas are responsible for several deaths, the tarantulas have already descended upon the town's only orange-processing factory. The town's citizens risk their lives to remove the tarantulas from the factory while the poisonous pests are rendered motionless by the transmitted sound of buzzing bees.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsWilliam HopeShelly VarodBrian HankeyAfter a Soviet space station crashes into a New York City subway tunnel, a species of venomous spiders is discovered, and soon they mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the city.
- DirectorGary JonesStarsLana ParrillaJosh GreenOliver MacreadyA DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsStephanie NiznikGreg CromerDaniel QuinnAfter the events of Spiders (2000), a scientist conducts genetic tests, and a couple becomes the perfect host. Now, the hunt is on, as an army of arachnids is after the succulent human flesh. Who can stop the spiders' feeding frenzy?
- DirectorGriff FurstStarsMegan AdelleGralen Bryant BanksPaul BoocockAn earthquake triggers a brood of giant fire-breathing spiders to attack the city of New Orleans.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsJeff DanielsJulian SandsJohn GoodmanA new species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to a small California town in a coffin and starts to breed, leaving a trail of deaths that puzzle and terrify the young doctor newly arrived in town with his family.
- DirectorMike MendezStarsGreg GrunbergLin ShayeRuben PlaA giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampages the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsDavid ArquetteKari WuhrerScott TerraVenomous spiders get exposed to a noxious chemical that causes them to grow to monumental proportions.
- DirectorJack SholderStarsChris PotterAlex ReidJosé SanchoA scientific expedition investigating the outbreak of an unknown viral epidemic on an island in the south Pacific battles with a giant alien spider in the jungle.
- DirectorMike MendezStarsSteve GuttenbergNia PeeplesPatrick RennaVolcanic eruptions in Los Angeles unleash a swarm of gigantic, lava-breathing tarantulas.
- DirectorNick SimonStarsSteve GuttenbergMichael WinslowMichele WeaverColton West must defeat the lavalantulas once again.
- DirectorMilko DavisThomas MartwickStarsStacy PedersonRuselis Aumeen PerryShale Le PageAfter atmospheric catastrophes send Los Angeles into chaos, three groups of survivors who escaped the city must put aside their differences to face a series of apocalyptic events. As they learn to work together they are faced with an even greater nightmare, giant gravity swells that contain thousands of giant killer bees, intent on ushering in the end of the world.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsBrian KrauseC. Thomas HowellMelissa BrasselleDozen of large, man-eating camel spiders first attack soldiers in thr desert of Iraq, then invades the southwestern areas of the United States.
- DirectorPaolo BertolaStarsGino BarzacchiGabriel CashMark DodsonThe L9 Commando is a task force composed of 6 of the best soldiers from different Special Forces Units. After a successful drug operation take-down, they are are called on for an important mission that brings them to Albania where they discover a sinister plan that could destroy everything.
- DirectorScott ZiehlStarsDan AykroydDevon GummersallAmelia HeinleA shy, obsessive comic book fan gets injected with an experimental serum of a lab that is studying how to give humans the abilities of spiders. At first he develops minor abilities such as increased strength, which allows him to fight local criminals and bullies, thus living out his dream of being a superhero, and impressing his attractive next-door neighbor. Things start to get more odd when he is able to shoot webs out of his abdomen. Then he loses control over the force with which he applies his increasingly deadly abilities, as well as his judgment to discern between criminals and jokesters. His dream becomes a nightmare when he starts growing large spider body parts, he's in constant pain, and he develops a nearly insatiable hunger. A detective with a traumatized wife begins investigating when bodies covered in cobwebs and spider venom start piling up.
- DirectorAlejandro BruguésJoe DanteMick GarrisStarsMickey RourkeSarah Elizabeth WithersFaly RakotohavanaFive strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist. Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings showing them their deepest fears and darkest secrets over five tales.
- DirectorAlfredo ZacaríasStarsJohn SaxonAngel TompkinsJohn CarradineWhen South America killer bees corporately smuggled into the United States mutate into intelligent insects and attacks helpless people, young scientists work desperately to end the threat as the menace swarms in on the city areas.
- DirectorMichael KarenStarsJanin UllmannKlaus J. BehrendtStephan LucaA doctor must find an antidote to save the father who was attacked by a genetically modified bee. During his research, he discovers that insects are even more dangerous than expected.
- DirectorPenelope BuitenhuisStarsC. Thomas HowellTracy NelsonFiona LoewiAfter a truck accident causes their release, a small rural town is faced with a swarm of killer bees.
- DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsEdward AlbertKate JacksonRoger DavisA strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
- DirectorDavid WinningStarsSebastien RobertsSarah AllenJayne HeitmeyerThe widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps for the Army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin, and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.
- DirectorPeter ManusStarsTom WopatKal WeberElizabeth HealeyWhen ants, displaying never-before-seen behavior, seize an island, the controversial Thorax Team is called to stop the massive threat only to discover that the ants are controlled by something beyond this world.
- DirectorIrwin AllenStarsMichael CaineKatharine RossRichard WidmarkA huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over American cities by killing thousands of people.
- DirectorRockne S. O'BannonStarsRobert HaysNancy StaffordRyan PhillippeWhen bees attack an isolated country house, a family must stick together to survive.
- DirectorPaul ZillerStarsMichael ShanksCarol AltRichard ChevolleauThe residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of hornets which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
- DirectorJeff HareStarsGabrielle AnwarCraig ShefferRutger HauerA journalist uncovers a government conspiracy to unleash virus-carrying killer bees that could wipe out humanity.
- DirectorSong LiuStarsDiego DatiWarwick GillesXinyan YuMercenaries sent to rescue scientists from the Island of Death, step into a biochemical crisis stemming from a quickly breeding swarm of killer bees.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsSuzanna LeighFrank FinlayGuy DolemanTrouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the farm's owner raises deadly bees.
- DirectorBruce GellerStarsBen JohnsonMichael ParksPaul HechtThe festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.
- DirectorTerry WinsorStarsLance HenriksenEmma CatherwoodLisa LivingstoneIn India, the backpacker American friends Gina, John, Stacy, Geraldine and Phil hike in the woods with their guide Brian. When Geraldine is bitten by a poisonous spider, the group decides to seek an American doctor that lives in the jungle in a tribe. Dr. Lecorpus treats the girl and while Gina, John and Phil return to the village in the civilization, Brian and Stacy stay with the native. They decide to visit a temple in the forest while waiting for the recovering of Stacey; however, they find a dark secret about Dr. Lecorpus.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsPatrick MuldoonVanessa WilliamsThomas CalabroA top-secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsBruce DavisonElsa LanchesterSondra LockeA social misfit uses his only friends, his pet rats, to exact revenge on his tormentors.
- DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsLee MontgomeryJoseph CampanellaArthur O'ConnellA lonely boy befriends Ben, the leader of a violent swarm of killer rats.
- DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsOttaviano Dell'AcquaGeretta GerettaMassimo VanniIn a post-apocalyptic earth, where most of humanity lives underground, a group of surface people stumble upon an abandoned lab that was trying to bring life back to the earth's surface, but the place is run over by vicious rats.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsSara DowningAmy ParksBailey ChaseTabloid reporter Samantha (Sara Downing, "Never Been Kissed") goes undercover at the Brookdale Institute to break a story about celebrity drug addicts, but she soon discovers that the real scoop is far more terrifying.
- DirectorJohn LafiaStarsMädchen AmickVincent SpanoShawn Michael HowardA clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
- DirectorJamie DixonStarsDavid ChokachiMichael JacePollyanna McIntoshAfter eight years since the events of the first film, a scientist has designed a new species of bat genetically designed to be biological weapons in a confrontation between Chechen and Americans.
- DirectorIan GilmourStarsDan CorteseJulie BenzDavid KeithTop-secret lab experiments have resulted in genetically-engineered locusts that devour the flesh from any humans in their path. When the swarm escapes, a determined researcher heads a team to stop the menace before it consumes the world.
- DirectorGlen MorganStarsCrispin GloverR. Lee ErmeyLaura HarringA young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.
- DirectorRalph S. SingletonStarsDavid AndrewsKelly WolfStephen MachtIn a very old textile mill with a serious rat infestation, deadly accidents start happening, but the corrupt foreman continues to put his workers in danger, until they discover a horrifying secret deep in the basement.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
- DirectorRichard PearceStarsJoely RichardsonScott CohenJustina MachadoAn outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.
- DirectorSheldon WilsonStarsSean Patrick FlaneryStephen McHattieKristin BoothA small town is attack by ravens and doesn't know why the ravens are working together.
- DirectorSerge RodnunskyStarsAllen Lee HaffLeah RowanGuy ViegOn a moonlit night, in a remote research laboratory, a major medical breakthrough is about to have deadly results. A chemical compound that was created to "hunt and destroy" deadly cancer cells has leaked from the hazardous waste disposal system into the building's basement. Now, the rodents involved in the laboratory experiment upstairs are not the only rats in the facility that will become the altered species. Professor Schultz, a leading bio-researcher, has just determined that the addition of a new enzyme now enables his "hunt and destroy" formulation to regenerate for the length of time necessary to neutralize deadly cancer tumors. When three varying degrees of the new mixture are administered to three different rats and the rest poured down the faulty "Waste Hazard" sink, shocking side-effects result in a night of terror...
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsBrad JohnsonChelsea FieldJames NaughtonBirds go berserk and turn against mankind.
- DirectorRené Cardona Jr.StarsChristopher AtkinsMichelle JohnsonSonia InfanteVanessa, a television reporter covering a story of a farmer attacked by his chickens, discovers that this is not an isolated incident...
- DirectorDamian LeeStarsPaul CoufosLisa SchrageRéal AndrewsA growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
- DirectorGiuliano CarnimeoStarsDavid WarbeckJanet AgrenEva GrimaldiA fashion model is murdered on a Caribbean island, and her sister investigates with her friend Fred, uncovering a horrifying rat-like creature which Fred kills, but the true horror is just beginning.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsMarjoe GortnerPamela FranklinRalph MeekerA group of friends travel to a remote Canadian island to hunt, only to be attacked by giant killer animals which have populated the place.
- DirectorJeff LeroyStarsRandal MaloneTasha TacosaFord AustinBrought back from a doomed space mission, an army of giant rats develop a big appetite for Los Angeles residents.
- DirectorGary JonesStarsGunnar HansenRon AshetonSteve DixonA violent massacre caused by human-sized mosquitoes forces the lone survivors to band together in a fight for survival as the mosquitoes continue their onslaught.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsCorin NemecMusetta VanderMatt JordonA scientist and her subject turn into mutant insects.
- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsSam GroomSara BotsfordScatman CrothersContaminated grain breeds overgrown, killer rats in this Golden Harvest production.
- DirectorJörg LühdorffStarsRalph HerforthAnne Cathrin BuhtzChristian KahrmannWhen trash collectors go on strike during a record-breaking heat wave, Frankfurt is faced with a growing environmental catastrophe. Feeding off the increasing mountains of waste, giant rats multiply and begin to take over the city.
- DirectorJörg LühdorffStarsRalph HerforthChristian KahrmannDaniela PreußIn this sequel to Revenge of the Rats (2001), Frank and Katrin return to Frankfurt to take on a pack of genetically mutated vermin. When the the rodents attack, it's up to Frank and Katrin to stop the scientist responsible for the mutant critters.
- DirectorSteve LatshawStarsJohn SchneiderBruce DavisonJames BestFifty-three years after being attacked by killer shrews on a remote island, Captain Thorne Sherman is hired by a reality television crew to return to the island in question. The shrews attack again in short order.
- DirectorRay KelloggStarsJames BestIngrid GoudeKen CurtisOn an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
- DirectorPaul AndresenStarsShane BrollyKaarina AufrancJ. Patrick McCormackA lunatic scientist unleashes a swarm of killer wasps on an unsuspecting town. As the body count rises, one man emerges as the town's only hope for survival.
- DirectorGeorge MendelukStarsJessalyn GilsigAntonio Sabato Jr.Serge HoudeWhile on a flight home from Colombia, the plane that Dr. Carrie Ross and her daughter are on is attacked by bullet ants whose sting is the most painful and deadliest on the planet. Joining forces with air marshal Ethan Hart, Dr. Ross, an entomologist, tries desperately to save the flight from disaster. In the end, their struggle brings them closer together and offers the couple hope for the future.
- DirectorClark BrandonStarsTracy GriffithJim YoungsCharles NapierAs the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!
- DirectorKelly SandefurStarsCorbin BernsenTracy NelsonWhip HubleyIt's the attack of the genetically-altered killer bats.
- DirectorChris MungerStarsErnesto MaciasSuzanna LingHerman WallnerA disturbed teenage girl unleashes her pet tarantula against her "enemies."
- DirectorCharles B. GriffithStarsSam BottomsSusanne ReedVirgil FryeA giant shark-like creature preys on a Hawaiian tourist community.
- DirectorTerence H. WinklessStarsRobert LansingLisa LangloisFranc LuzHorrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.
- DirectorLeigh ScottStarsClare CareyLance GuestJonathon TrentA group of teenagers go on a excursion to the mountains. There, they are attacked by birds infected with a lethal virus. When the teens reach a nearby village, the haunting birds start passing their virus on to all the dwellers.
- DirectorSutton RoleyStarsJackie CooperAlex CordRichard JaeckelA group of diverse individuals are suddenly taken from their homes and flown via helicopter to a futuristic bomb shelter in the desert, one-third of a mile below the surface of the Earth. There, they learn that a nuclear holocaust is taking place and that they've been "chosen" by computer to survive in the shelter in order to continue the human race. The shelter is designed to allow the people to exist underground comfortably for years, but they are faced with a threat nobody could have predicted: a colony of thousands of bloodthirsty vampire bats finds a way into the shelter and launches a series of vicious attacks where they claim the humans one by one.