Repent, sinners: Earth Day is nigh! From toxic pollution to bottled water, nature has had just about enough of mankind’s thirst for convenience, as seen in this gallery of 24 tales of eco-terror!
Deep Blue Sea (1999, 57%)
Warning: Experimenting on sharks may be hazardous to Sam Jackson’s health.
The Core (2003, 41%)
A secret human experiment to create and control earthquakes instead shuts down the planet’s core, triggering global disasters and a high-concept Hollywood trip to the center of the Earth.
Roar (1981, 72%)
Animals without proper training maim the cast on-camera in this one-of-a-kind spectacle of human resolve and irresponsibility.
Troll 2 (1990, 6%)
Earth Day is about going green: Don’t eat porpoises, reduce your carbon footprint, and turn your friends and family into plant mush to keep the local goblin population up.
The Pack (1977)
Think abandoning your pets at a vacation spot will lead to cute adventures like Benji or Incredible Journey? Think again: When you oppress Fido, he rises up in a fiery anger!
Long Weekend (1979, 80%)
Two lovers on an isolated beach get a chilly reception from the locals. Per the tagline: ‘Their crime was against nature. Nature found them guilty.’
The Day After Tomorrow (2004, 45%)
Who’s denying climate change now?!
28 Days Later (2003, 87%)
Mess with monkeys, monkeys mess with man: The experimental primates unleash a ‘rage’ virus that overtakes the Earth.
The Birds (1963, 96%) The birds make their opinon on the screwball romance known: Just as Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor meet for a cheesy rendezvous, a seagull takes a chunk of Hedren’s scalp to drastically alter the movie’s course.
Day of the Animals (1977)
Trans Ams and wanton aerosol spraying in the the ’70s thin Earth’s ozone layer, causing animals to go berserk from UV radiation.
Furry Vengeance (2010, 8%)
Poor Brendan Fraser plays a housing developer who runs up against a coalition of animal protesters, including this encounter with a skunk in his sedan.
Godzilla (1954, 93%)
If you’re going to risk waking moviedom’s greatest lizard with a nuclear test blast, remember that Godzilla never hits snooze.
Mimic (1997, 61%)
A breed of insects engineered by humans to wipe out cockroaches lives past it sell-by date, learning to prey on humans while adapting to our shape and movement.
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1985, 87%)
A thousand years after a holocaust that wipes out civilization, Earth is still busy protecting itself with toxin-purifying plants and maurading larvae that protect fauna from the remaining humans.
Phase IV (1974, 56%)
Ants rise up to trigger the next step in evolution whether humans like it or not.
Piranha (1978, 72%)
Flesh-hungry fish, mutated and refined by the U.S. military for Vietnam War combat, are unleashed on a summer resort!
Prophecy (1979, 23%)
Mercury from a logging operation is mutating the wildlife population, leading to the best sleeping bag kill in cinema history.
The Ruins (2008, 48%)
Welcome to the jungle! The fauna surrounding a Maya temple beckon, trap, and claim any unlucky tourists that discover the location.
Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2008, 20%)
Eagles and vultures attack on a shoestring budget in this pseudo-romantic thriller.
Sharknado (2013, 82%)
Sharks inside a cyclone? Never piss off your deities.
The Bay (2012, 77%)
Water parasites take over people one by one in this found footage thriller by Barry Levinson.
The Happening (2008, 18%)
Plants, fed up with Mark Wahlberg’s acting, try to take him out on-screen with wind power and neurotoxins to no avail.
The Last Winter (2007, 76%)
Drill, baby, drill! …But, uh, take it easy when you hit the spooky gas.
Jurassic Park (1993, 93%)
Reduce the human population on a remote island full of dinosaurs? Life finds a way…
