You are in a treat for today. This post today will introduce you to some movies that revolve around animals vs. man. I have a good list for you today as I looked high and low for some of the worse of the worse films that deal with animal attacks. Beware of snakes, killer whales, piranhas and the greatest of them all….crocodiles. Here you go for some awful animal attack films.
Sssssss (1973)
Yoooooooo! This film came on PlutoTV and I had to watch it for some odd reason. I watched it long ago but couldn’t remember the plot. I have mixed feelings and have to put it on the huh list. It just failed in the end. The story of a college student working for a crazy ass scientist that can turn people into snakes is fascinating but it just missed the mark somehow. Even the special effects were good but it was something missing. After a while you wanted to slither away somewhere else. The make-up was outstanding but maybe if this film was remade it would be a banger of a film.
Orca (1977)
Orca or the killer whale in an apex predator. The Great While doesn’t have anything on the orca. Two years after the legendary Jaws came out, what better animal to make a film about then the orca. Well, even the orca would be disappointed in this film. It’s about a male orca that looks for revenge against the fishing boat and captain that killed its pregnant orca wife. Yup, got that right. It is a sad version of a man vs. beast. It tried to be like Jaws, but the film failed so much that to be even stated in the same sentence is disrespectful to Jaws.
Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)
You gotta start somewhere, right? Here is a movie for you. A movie so bad and awful that a legendary director disowns it and wants it erased from their directing resume. Piranha II is the first film directed by the visionary, James Cameron. Yup, Mr. Avatar, Titanic and Terminator. A sequel to the first film, Cameron wrote and directed this and I see why he wants this film to be thrown in the pits of Hell. Don’t know why a sequel wasn’t even made. Hey, Cameron went on to way bigger and better things.
Crocodile (2000)
Sometimes, people need to leave shit alone. Crocodile is the perfect example where it didn’t need to be made and made you wish for another alligator or crocodile movie. A film where lame ass college students go partying on spring break only to find a crocodile egg and take it for their own. Like most films, people get eatin or killed, no one feels sorry for them and life moves on. The cheesy charm this film has fails pretty quickly.
Lake Placid 2 (2007)
There are times when you really don’t need to make a sequel. Lake Placid 2 really didn’t need a sequel. Where is Betty White when you need her? She would’ve saved this film or made it even more decent. How do you make a film about a crocodile in a small town worse? You have shitty CGI and a dumbass storyline. This film needs to find its way into the stomach of a crocodile. I fear that if it did, it would kill it.