The 70 best shark and creature feature movies and shows

Do certain genres of movies fuel your adrenaline junkie spirit? Are you in the mood to enter into a constant phase of nail-biting and grabbing the edge of your seats while you strain your eyelids to remain open in hopes of viewing what comes next on the screen? This is the mark of movies that make you cover your eyes and yet feel the need to peak in between your fingers to see what’s next. Or you can make it a family affair and roll with laughter when everyone screams in unison.

While your knowledge might limit you to viewing popular movies such as Jaws and The Shallows, did you know that there are 50 plus such movies on sharks alone? Why limit our retinas to only sharks? How about sifting through movies that portray animals such as bears, boars, and the like as monsters? Or worse, humans as sinister entities who commit unspeakable acts of treachery?

Here is a list of 70 such movies for you, and we are certain you are not going to run out of entertainment anytime soon. So sit back, grab a cup of Joe, and let the chills begin!

The Meg

Cast: Jason Statham (Jonas Taylor), Li Bingbing (Suyin), Ruby Rose (Jaxx Herd)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.6/10

Creature Featured: Shark

Megladon is believed to be an ancient prehistoric shark that weighed more than five sharks combined and was 75 feet long. What if this myth comes true, and Meg is staring right at your face? An underwater research facility finds Meg, and while the shark will stop at nothing less than bloodshed, Taylor, who is an ex-sea diver, tries to save all of them. There are two parts to this movie dealing with the same concept.

Jaws

Cast: Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper), Roy Scheider (Martin Brody), Robert Shaw (Quint)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 8.1/10

Creature Featured: Shark

If you are someone who loves old films, the retro yet the American vibes, go for one of the best and oldest Shark movies right away. Jaws was the first film released in 1975 and had many subsequent movies. The plot revolves around a Great White Shark who has gone rogue and wants to attack swimmers and tourists on the shores of Amity Island. However, Sheriff Martin Brody wants to save everyone and teams up with a local fisherman and marine biologist to send the creature back where he belongs – the sea!

The Shallows

Cast: Blake Lively (Nancy Adams), Oscar Jaenada (Carlos), Sedona Legge (Chloe)

Streaming on: Apple TV and Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.3/10

Creature Featured: Shark

A secluded beach and lots of time by yourself can sound like an ideal vacation, but for Nancy, it was her way of accepting her mother’s demise. While she wanted time alone, a great white shark wanted to keep her company while she surfed. He takes her away and abandons her on a rock that is 200 yards from the shore. Would she make it back? Would the other sharks come to get her? Watch this captivating thriller to learn more.

Open Water

Cast: Blanchard Ryan (Susan), Daniel Travis (Daniel Kintner)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime and Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Shark

This is a two-part horror adventure. Part one sees Susan and Daniel going on a scuba diving trip, where the group they were traveling with abandons them in the middle of their scuba diving experience due to a mismatched headcount. But who knew this blunder could cost them everything? Stuck and novice at diving, the duo finds themselves fighting waters full of sharks.

Bait

Cast: Xavier Samuel (Josh), Phoebe Tonkin (Jaimie), Sharni Vinson (Tina)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.2/10

Creature Featured: Shark

In an interesting movie set in the backdrop of a supermarket, an unforeseen tsunami suddenly hits and leaves the people inside stranded. However, the inflowing water constantly filling the tank is the least of their concerns as there are 12-foot sharks being washed along with it inside. See a process of survival, the power of bonding, some emotional dilemmas, and uncomfortable past flashbacks all come together in this film. So how would they save themselves from being a “bait”?

47 Meters Down

Cast: Mandy Moore (Lisa), Claire Holt (Kate), Yani Gellman (Louis)

Streaming on: Netflix

IMDb Rating: 5.6/10

Creature Featured: Shark

It is a two-part movie full of emotions where sisters Lisa and Kate want a carefree vacation. However, their desires for diving and attaining uninterrupted peace soon turn into a living nightmare when they are stuck inside a cage underwater, whose opening can lead them to be the dinner of predatorial sharks circling them.

Great White

Cast: Katrina Bowden (Kaz Fellows), Kimie (Michelle), Aaron Jakubenko (Charlie Brody)

Streaming on: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 4.1/10

Creature Featured: Shark

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “A group searches for survivors of a suspected shark attack. However, while investigating a capsized yacht, their seaplane is attacked and sunk by a great white shark.”

Lake Placid

Cast: Steve Miner (Airplane Pilot), Betty White (Mrs. Delores), Bridget Fonda (Kelly Scott)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Alligator

Black Lake holds many secrets within. A crocodile has turned into a man-eater and is hunting down innocent people when they go for a vacation there. Soon, a group of experts are summoned to find the man-eater and track it down. However, this group is quite dysfunctional, so would they sort their differences out for the greater good? It is a film franchise with six movies, the last one being released in 2018.

Crawl

Cast: Kaya Scodelario (Haley Keller), Barry Pepper (Dave Keller), Tina Pribicevic (Haley Keller)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime and Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10

Creature Featured: Alligator

Do we ever wonder how bad a flood can get? It can take away your belongings and damage your house, even instigate diseases, but can you imagine something crawling underneath? Huge and scary? Haley and Dave are a father-daughter duo who are fixing their relationship, but a flood changes it all. While they think the water is a concern, they do not know what’s lurking underneath.

Black Water

Cast: Maeve Darmody (Lee), Diana Glenn (Grace), Amali Ward (Yolanda)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Alligator

Northern Australia is full of sprawling creatures lurking within. It is already a house to a variety of spiders. Nature enthusiast Grace goes on a fishing trip to the North Australian swamps with her husband, Adam, and sister, Lee. What starts as a good bonding trip soon turns foul when the tour guide is eaten up by an alligator, and the trio is left on their own amongst these crawling monsters. There are two movies in this franchise.

Anaconda

Cast: Jon Voight (Paul Sarone), Jennifer Lopez (Terri), Owen Wilson (Gary)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 4.9/10

Creature Featured: Snake

A franchise with quite a few movies, it follows the story of Anaconda-one of the largest snakes from their kingdom and species. A snake hunter wants to make a documentary where she comes to capture shots with her crew about an ancient tribe. However, with the disturbance caused, he wakens, leaving everything in destruction and pushing them to waters-his strongest point.

King Kong

Cast: Peter Jackson (Gunner), Jack Black (Carl Denham), Naomi Watts (Ann Darrow)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 7.2/10

Creature Featured: Ape

Looking for a light movie yet fictional? Then King Kong is for you. Following a giant ape who was discovered by a filmmaker and his crew, their greed has led them to desire that the ape be captured in New York and, in the process, leave his home in Skull Island. However, once they reach the city, he sets himself free, going on a rampage and damaging everything.

The Predator

Cast: Boyd Holbrook (Quinn McKenna), Olivia Munn (Casey Bracket), Jacob Tremblay (Rory)

Streaming On: Disney+Hotstar

IMDb Rating: 5.3/10

Creature Featured: A Scientific Alien Type Predator

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Quinn McKenna, an army sniper, along with some fugitives and a scientist, sets out to kill the Predator and save Rory, his son, who was abducted as his autism reflects advancement in human evolution.”

Wrong Turn

Cast: Eliza Dushku (Jessie), Jeremy Sisto (Scott), Julian Richings (Three Finger)

Streaming On: Apple TV and Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10

Creature Featured: Cannibal Humans

How often do we take a wrong turn while going on a road following a map? We always know we can get back on track, but what if that one wrong turn costs your life? A group of friends go on a trip when they get stranded in a forest by taking the wrong route. What starts as a fun adventure turns into something sinister when they discover human-eating groups hunting them down. What can they do?

Jurassic Park:

Cast: Laura Dern (Ellie Sattler), Jeff Goldblum (Ian Malcolm), Sam Neill (Alan Grant)

Streaming On: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 8.2/10

Creature Featured: Dinosaurs

A wildlife amusement park by the name of “Jurassic Park” is loved by tourists for all the dummies and realistic models of dinosaurs in a cloned format, which turns into a real problem when a power breakdown makes the creatures go ballistic and hunt down people.

Jurassic World

Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard (Claire Dearing), Chris Pratt (Owen Grady), Nick Robinson (Zach)

Streaming On: Netflix

IMDb Rating: 6.9/10

Creature Featured: Dinosaurs

One of the most recent and a part of the Jurassic Park franchise, these sets of movies also have a theme park, but they wish for a controlled environment, a world in itself to be dedicated to the dinosaurs and bring them back into the real world. What starts with mere research turns into a money-minting fiasco with atrocities meted out to the animals. It shows the enclosure open and dinosaurs escape.

Cocaine Bear

Cast: Ray Liotta (Dentwood), Keri Russell (Sari), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Peter)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime and Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

Creature Featured: Bear

A bear turns rampant when the 227kg animal consumes a good amount of cocaine and turns into a frantic, violent animal who goes on a spree of attacking cops, criminals, tourists, and teenagers through Georgia forest.

Rogue

Cast: Sam Worthington (Neil Kelly), Radha Mitchell (Kate Ryan), Michael Vartan (Pete McKell)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.2/10

Creature Featured: Alligator

The official synopsis of the movie is, “An American journalist joins a few tourists as they cruise the river in Kakadu National Park. When their boat is attacked by a massive creature, they find themselves being chased by a 23-ft crocodile.”

Piranha

Cast: Kelly Brook (Danni Arslow), Elisabeth Shue (Sheriff Julie), Jessica Szohr (Kelly Driscoll)

Streaming On: Netflix

IMDb Rating: 5.5/10

Creature Featured: Piranha

The ancient predator fish, Piranhas, were considered to be quite dangerous. When an earthquake hits a lake floor, and water flows out, many ancient piranhas are released. A group of strangers makes a team to fight the creatures and try their best not to become prey to these human-eating fishes.

Burning Bright

Cast: Briana Evigan (Kelly Taylor), Garrett Dillahunt (Johnny Gaveneau), Charlie Tahan (Tom)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Tiger

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Kelly Taylor’s stepfather withdraws money from her account to buy a tiger. Later, Kelly and her autistic brother find themselves trapped inside the house with the ravenous tiger during a hurricane.”

Arachnophobia

Cast: Jeff Daniels (Dr. Ross), John Goodman (Delbert), Julian Sands (Doctor James)

Streaming On: Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 6.5/10

Creature Featured: Spiders

A small town witnesses unexplainable deaths, and Dr. James Atherton wants to look into the matter closely when he gets to investigate the same. As he delves deeper, he realizes a flock of spiders are all behind it.

The Reef

Cast: Adrienne Pickering (Suzie), Zoe Naylor (Kate), Damian Walshe Howling (Luke)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Shark

Following an Indonesian trip taken by Luke and his friends, their boat capsizes in the water, leaving them in the middle of the sea, with little or no knowledge about the waterbody. Some think swimming to the nearest island is a good option, so the others agree and do the same. Initially, it all feels calm until a White shark starts following them.

Alligator

Cast: Robert Forster (David Madison), Robin Riker (Marisa Kendall), Dean Jagger (Slade), and many more

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10

Creature Featured: Alligator

A 1980 Sci-Fi Horror film, it sees a detective find her pet alligator, who got flushed away in the water and is now somewhere creating havoc. This huge alligator is called Ramone, and a Herpetologist-specialising in reptiles and amphibians helps the detective find Ramone. But does the giant want to come back home so soon?

Into the Grizzly Maze

Cast: James Marsden (Rowan), Thomas Jane (Beckett), Piper Perabo (Michelle)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.3/10

Creature Featured: Grizzly Bear

How many of us have heard that bears are cute and harmless? Well, they can look adorable, but wild bears, especially Grizzly bears are giants who often turn rogue in an instant. It is the one animal your forest ranger would warn you to stay away from as they are unpredictable. But two lost brothers wanted to make up for their lost time after they met at their childhood home years later and landed up on a hike in the wild jungles of Alaska. But guess what? The Grizzly bear is watching their every move. What will happen next?

Dog Soldiers

Cast: Emma Cleasby (Megan), Sean Pertwee (Sgt. Harry), Kevin MKidd (Pvt. Cooper)

Streaming On: Plex

IMDb Rating: 6.8/10

Creature Featured: Werewolves

The official synopsis of the 2002 film reads, “During a routine nighttime training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a small squad of British soldiers expected to rendezvous with a special ops unit instead find a bloody massacre with a sole survivor. The savage attackers of the special ops team return, and the men are rescued by Megan (Emma Cleasby), a zoologist who identifies what hunts them as werewolves. Without transport or communications, the group is forced to retreat to a farmhouse to wait for the full moon to disappear at dawn.”

Cast: Orlando Jones (Steven Johnson), Dominic Purcell (Tim Manfrey), Brooke Langton (Aviva Masters)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 4.8/10

Creature Featured: Crocodile and Warlord

A news crew wants a headliner for their channel and captures the video of a deadly crocodile in Burundi. What starts as a quest to get the crocodile, gets the American crew trapped in the hands of a warlord who stalks everyone and makes them his target.

Prey

Cast: Peter Weller (Tom Newman), Bridget Moynahan (Amy Newman), Carly Schroeder (Jessica)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 4.7/10

Creature Featured: Lion

Released in 2007, a cute safari trip for Amy and her stepchildren in Africa might have been a chance for them to reconnect with their father, Tom. However, the idea of a safari becomes endangering when their jeep is surrounded by hungry lions as they get stuck in one jeep, fighting for their survival.

The Grey

Cast: Liam Neeson (Ottway), Frank Grillo (John Diaz), Dermot Mulroney (Talget)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.7/10

Creature Featured: Wolves

Alaska is known for all the scary wolves that lurk in the snow and hunt like a pro. A plane carrying oil workers crashes here, leaving the seven of them with little or no hope of survival. However, John, who has grown up in the wilderness and is a wolf hunter, joins them in the rescue mission as they tackle heavy snow and a pack of attacking wolves.

Boar

Cast: Nathan Jones (Bernie), John Jarratt (Ken), Simone Buchanan (Debbie)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.1/10

Creature Featured: Wild Boar

Wild boars are quite scary and dangerous when one tries to mess with them. They are known to love their territory and protect it. So was the case for the settlement in an Australian area where a wild and dangerous boar marks his territory. He is hungry for blood and attacks and kills anyone who even dares to trespass the area.

The Birds

Cast: Tippi Herden (Melanie Daniels), Rod Taylor (Mitch Brenner), Jessica Tandy (Lydia)

Streaming On: Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 7.6/10

Creature Featured: Birds

An Alfred Hitchcock’s directorial wonder, the film follows a small town in Northern California where a woman and her potential boyfriend go for some work. But the town has birds of various kinds who suddenly start a deadly attack on humans.

Grizzly

Cast: Brody Harms (Ritch Petroski), Tyler Hoechlin (Wes), Kate Todd (Lauren)

Streaming On: Tubi, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 2.6/10

Creature Featured: Bear

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Four teenagers accidentally run over a bear cub while speeding down a dirt road. The situation regresses when the cub’s mother, a huge angered grizzly, decides to hunt each of them down.”

Beast

Cast: Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley (Martin), Leah Jeffies (Norah Samuels)

Streaming On: Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 5.6/10

Creature Featured: Lion

A South African game reserve is home to many secrets of poaching and illegal activities. Unaware, Dr. Nate Daniels, a recent widower, and his two teenage daughters wish to take their minds off the chaos and escape to the ominous home. This facility is managed by Martin Battles who is a wildlife biologist and an old friend of Nate. This journey of self-discovery, bonding, and healing soon turns into a living nightmare when a lone lion, surviving from poachers, starts stalking them.

Squirm

Cast: RA Dow (Roger Grimes), Fran Higgins (Alma Sanders), Carl Degenhart (Willie Grimes)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 4.8/10

Creature Featured: Worms

How sweet is it when a boyfriend travels a long way to meet his partner? Quite the romantic getaway, right? Mick goes to meet Geri, his girlfriend, by getting out of his city and coming to a swampy little town in Fly Creek. However, they soon realized that the area garnered storms, which invited large worms from under the soil and disturbed their ecology. What’s worse is an electricity blackout instigates these creatures to thirst for human blood.

Hannibal

Cast: Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal Lecter), Julianne Moore (Clarice), Gary Oldman (Mason)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.8/10

Creature Featured: Cannibal human

A sequel to Silence of the Lambs, the story sees Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who has been in prison for years due to charges of Cannibalism and is now out living with a new identity. His victim, Mason Verger, wants revenge and makes a detailed plan to find and avenge himself.

Zombie or Zombi 2

Cast: Ian McCulloch (Peter West), Richard Johnson (Dr. David), Tisa Farrow (Anne Bowles)

Streaming On: Shudder, Amazon Prime, Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 6.8/10

Creature Featured: Zombies and Sharks

The movie is about a zombie who finds a deserted boat in New York harbor and kills one of the surviving naval officers. Peter is intrigued to know more and visits the island with the boat owner’s daughter, Anne, who ends up finding a zombie apocalypse there. However, the water also has sharks, and the ultimate showdown between the two entities is a must-watch!

Sand Sharks

Cast: Vanessa Lee Evigan (Brenda), Brooke Hogan (Sandy), Eric Scott Woods (Sheriff)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 2.6/10

Creature Featured: Shark

A few teenagers wanted a simple spring break away from the chaos of the world and reached the island of White Sands, where they hosted a unique festival. But all hell breaks loose when a prehistoric predator consumes one friend, and the rest are out to find the thread of survival with no room for escape.

Deep Blue Sea

Cast: Samuel L Jackson (Russell Franklin), Thomas Jane (Carter Blake0, Saffron Burrows (Dr. Susan)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime, Netflix

IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

Creature Featured: Shark

To what extent can humans exploit animals? A research group wants to find a cure for Alzheimer’s and save human lives, for which they need Shark brains to be genetically modified. However, these modified sharks turn rogue and attempt to hunt down their creators. This is a three-part franchise and is a much binge-watch.

Sharknado

Cast: Tara Reid (April Wexler), Ian Ziering (Fin Shepherd), Abby Lee Miller (Dr. Bramble)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 3.3/10

Creature Featured: Shark

With six movies in the franchise, the first one sees deadly sharks come into the city of Los Angeles after a tornado brings floods into the town. Witness how Fin, a bar owner, and all his other friends help the town from falling prey to these predators hungry for flesh.

Underwater

Cast: Kristen Stewart (Norah Price), Jessica Henwick (Emily), Mamoudou Athie (Rodrigo)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.9/10

Creature Featured: Unidentified

Working at the deepest pit of the world or Mariana Trench has its own secrets. Norah and her team wish to unveil those until a mysterious and unidentified species starts attacking them. Will they survive the ordeal?

The Wolfman

Cast: Benicio Del Toro (Larry), Anthony Hopkins (Sir John), Emily Blunt (Gwen Conliffe)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime and Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Unidentified

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Lawrence, a successful Shakespearean actor with a troubled childhood, returns to his hometown to look for his missing brother. As Lawrence digs deeper, he comes across a horrifying family secret.”

Tremors

Cast: Kevin Bacon (Valentine McKee), Michael Gross (Burt Gummer), Fred Ward (Earl)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 7.1/10

Creature Featured: Underground Creatures

The town was peaceful for Valentine and Earl, who were handymen living there in Nevada. But as soon as they decide to leave, they find the dead body of their friend and find out that unidentified underground creatures are killing people and are behind their friend’s death. With seven movies in this franchise, it is a noteworthy binge-watch.

Annihilation

Cast: Natalie Portman (Lena), Oscar Isaac (Kane), Tessa Thompson (Josie)

Streaming On: Netflix

IMDb Rating: 6.8/10

Creature Featured: Unknown

A meteor hits the Earth, and an anomalous zone is formed as a result. For cellular biologists and other scientists, this is a land full of opportunities and important data. However, they soon come across an unknown, unidentified, scary but interesting phenomenon. Are they equipped to deal with the unknown?

Tarantula

Cast: John Agar (Dr. Matt), Mara Corday (Stephanie), Nestor Paiva (Sheriff)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.4/10

Creature Featured: Spider

The official synopsis reads, “A scientist’s experiment to cure hunger creates a giant spider that escapes from an isolated desert laboratory and wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.”

Blackfoot Trail

Cast: Jeff Roop (Alex), Missy Peregrym (Jenn), Eric Balfour (Brad)

Streaming On: Apple TV and Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6/10

Creature Featured: Bear

We easily underestimate the value of having a navigation device, a sense of direction, and a trail map. Alex and Jenn decide to go camping in the woods, but for the extra thrill, they decide to ditch the map. What starts as an adrenaline rush soon turns to cortisol when they encounter a man-eating bear ready to break open their tent.

Willard

Cast: Bruce Davison (Willard), Sondra Locke (Joan), Michael Dante (Brandt)

Streaming On: Plex

IMDb Rating: 6.2/10

Creature Featured: Rats

With three movies in the series it follows Willard, who, after losing his father and his job, decided to raise a few rat companions by himself.  For Willard, losing one rat who was killed at work instigates him to plan an attack by sending his other rats on a killing spree.

Breed

Cast: Michelle Rodriguez (Nicki), Taryn Manning (Sara), Eric Lively (Matt)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 5.1/10

Creature Featured: Dogs

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “John and Matt go on a trip to an island cabin along with friends. Their plan to spend a relaxing weekend goes haywire when they encounter a horde of dogs that have been genetically redesigned to kill.”

Venom

Cast: Agnes Bruckner (Eden), Laura Ramsey (Rachel), Meagan Good (Cece)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime and Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 4.6/10

Creature Featured: Corpse

A friend group is on the run and trying to survive the attack of Ray Sawyer, who is a corpse who has been resurrected with 13 evil souls inside him and is on the prowl for them.

Bats

Cast: Lou Diamond Phillips (Sheriff), Dina Meyer (Dr. Sheila), Bob Gunton (Dr. Alexander)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 4/10

Creature Featured: Bats

A bat expert and her assistant have a dire situation at their hands where a scientific experiment goes south. One can see that genetically mutated bats have turned rogue and are attacking humans to create chaos. Can the duo stop them?

Rottweiler

Cast: Paulina Galvez (Alyah), Paul Naschy (Kufard), Javier Salmones

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 3.1/10

Creature Featured: Dog

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Even though nobody believes him, Dante maintains he has been imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. Desperate to reunite with his girlfriend, Ula, he takes advantage of a stroke of good luck and escapes his brutal Spanish captors. Once prison guard Borg realizes Dante is gone, he orders the release of a terrifying robotic dog to hunt him down. Dante slowly discovers that an old nemesis is responsible for all his troubles.”

Frozen

Cast: Shawn Ashmore (Joe Lynch), Emma Bell (Parker O Neil), Kevin Zegers (Dan Walker)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.2/10

Creature Featured: Unknown

Stuck in a life-death situation, three snowboarders are stuck inside a chairlift, but their destination to Mount Holliston seems far away. With the night lights off, either the trio needs to go down or freeze to their deaths. But what if someone else is lurking, awaiting the lights to go off?

Razorback

Cast: Arkie Whiteley (Sarah), Gregory Harrison (Carl), Judy Morris (Beth Winters)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6/10

Creature Featured: Wild Boar

Carl is refused help by the people to hunt down the wild boar who has turned to attacking residents of the town. Wanting to do this alone for everyone’s safety and rejection from the residents for any help, he soon finds a female farmer and a local hunter who ends up being his confidante in this fight.

Dinoshark

Cast: Iva Hasperger (Carol Brubaker), Eric Balfour (Trace McGraw), Liv Boughn (Lois)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 3.2/10

Creature Featured: Shark

The official synopsis of the film reads, “A shark breaks free and enters an ocean after a scientist implants it with dinosaur DNA in an experiment. Later, the shark starts killing tourists and locals offshore from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.”

Evidence

Cast: Ryan McCoy (Ryan), Ashley Bracken (Ashley), Abigail Richie (Abi)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5/10

Creature Featured: Unknown

Ryan is on a camping trip with friends Abigail, Brett, and Ashley, who wish to capture a documentary as a young film student, so he always keeps his camera handy. However, they come across unexplained inhuman creatures that send them down, running and gasping for their lives.

The Killer Shrews

Cast: James Best (Thorne Sherman), Ken Curtis (Jerry Farrell), Ingrid Goude (Ann Craigis)

Streaming On: Plex

IMDb Rating: 4.1/10

Creature Featured: Wild Shrews

A mad doctor is experimenting with wild shrews and turning these harmless creatures into flesh-eating demons who will feast on you and tear you up alive. A delivery ship crew lands on the same deserted island and witnesses this experiment come to life and, in the process, become prey to the rodents.

Resident Evil

Cast: Milla Jovovich (Alice), Ali Larter (Claire Redfield), Michelle Rodriguez (Rain Ocampo)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime, Netflix

IMDb Rating: 6.6/10

Creature Featured: Zombies

With six movies in the franchise, this movie sees the world being eaten up by a zombie apocalypse by a genetics lab that causes a deadly virus breakout. While the employees turn into predators, a special team of commandos is hired to take them down.

Killer Bees

Cast: Roger Davis, Edward Albert, Liam Dunn

Streaming On: Plex

IMDb Rating: 3.1/10

Creature Featured: Bees

Honeybees have gone rogue, stinging people to death. However, Sheriff Lyndon Hobbs wants to overcome his fear and help the community to fight for their survival.

Stung

Cast: Benjamin Diez (Firefighter), Jessica Cook (Julia), Lance Henriksen (Caruthers)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.1/10

Creature Featured: Wasps

A toxic mishandling of fertilizer causes a colony of wasps to turn into giant blood-sucking predators who target people in the town. Paul and Julia went to visit Mrs. Perch’s garden party at her house. But who knew such a casual affair would instigate the wasps to turn their attention to the guests at this party?

Goosebumps

Cast: Jack Black (Slappy), Odeya Rush (Hannah), RL Stine (Ele), Dylan Minnette (Zach)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.3/10

Creature Featured: Multiple

RL Stine has been a revolutionary writer in the horror genre. He is stunned when all his books and their demons come to life, right from the giant ape to Slappy. His daughter Hannah and her friend Zach try to capture all the demons back into the book.

No Such Thing

Cast: Sarah Polley (Beatrice), Helen Mirren (The Boss), Julie Christie (Dr. Anna)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6/10

Creature Featured: Immortal Human

The official synopsis of the 2001 film reads, “Satire has a journalist meet an immortal but depressed beast who wants nothing more than to die. To help him find the one man who can kill him, they travel to New York where a media storm erupts.”

Abominable

Cast: Matt McCoy (Preston Rogers), Lance Henriksen (Ziegler Dane), Haley Joel (Amanda)

Streaming On: Plex

IMDb Rating: 5.1/10

Creature Featured: Monster

A man has had a terrible mountain climbing accident and is trapped in the forest while trying to recover. Incidentally, he comes across an abominable snowman chasing a group of college girls who need to be saved from the rogue monster.

Blood Monkey

Cast: F Murray Abraham (Professor), Amy Manson (Amy Armstrong), Matt Ryan (Seth Roland)

Streaming On: Apple TV and Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 3.1/10

Creature Featured: Apes

The official synopsis of the film reads, “Six academicians accompany their professor into the dense forests of Thailand to investigate the missing link between humans and apes. However, their study tour transforms into a game of survival.”

Rise of the Planet of Apes

Cast: Andy Serkis (Caesar), James Franco (Will Rodman), Terry Notary (Bright Eyes)

Streaming On: Disney+Hotstar

IMDb Rating: 7.6/10

Creature Featured: Apes

A new drug makes Will’s oldest companion, Caesar the chimpanzee, think and act like humans. But when Caesar realizes he has been wronged, he brings together his fellow apes and goes on a revolt against mankind.

Man’s Best Friend

Cast: Lance Henriksen (Dr. Jarret)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 5.2/10

Creature Featured: Dog

Lori is an animal activist and reporter who sneaks into the lab and rescues a dog. He wins over Loriand, and he adopts the dog, naming him Max. However, he does not realize that the dog is a ferocious and highly violent engineered animal only created to kill. Will the love backfire?

The Relic

Cast: Tom Sizemore (Vincent), Penelope Ann Miller (Dr. Margo), Linda Hunt (Dr. Ann)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 5.8/10

Creature Featured: Unidentified Creature

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “Thrilling tale about a deadly creature at large in the Chicago Field Museum. Following several grisly murders, a policeman teams up with a biologist to find the demonic force stalking the corridors of the museum. With the museum’s gala opening being imminent, they face a race against time to track down the creature before it strikes again.”

The Hive

Cast: Tom Wopat (Bill), Kal Weber (Dr. Horace), Jessica Reavis (Debs)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 3.2/10

Creature Featured: Ants

Many studies show ants have strange behaviors and also contain a zombie virus that has the potential to cause an outbreak in humans, making it an interesting species. However, in this film, a group of ants have taken over an island and turned violent under unknown forces. Additionally, they start attacking the team that investigates the matter.

Slither

Cast: Michael Rooker (Grant), Elizabeth Banks (Starla Grant), Nathan Fillion (Bill Pardy)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime

IMDb Rating: 6.5/10

Creature Featured: Parasite-infected humans

The official synopsis of the movie reads, “When an extraterrestrial parasite infects the citizens of a town with the intent of devouring all life forms on Earth, it is up to the town sheriff and a local woman to put an end to the monster.”

Cujo

Cast: Danny Pintauro (Tad Trenton), Dee Wallace (Donna Trenton), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Vic)

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

IMDb Rating: 6.1/10

Creature Featured: Dog

St. Bernards are known to be fluffy and cute, making them the perfect cuddle buddy. However, a rabies virus turns St.Bernard bloodthirsty, attacking anyone who trespasses on him. A suburban mother and her young son are stuck amidst this and need to save themselves before it is too late.

Pet Sematary

Cast: Jason Clarke (Louis Creed), Jete Laurence (Ellie Creed), Amy Seimetz (Rachel Creed)

Streaming On: Apple TV

IMDb Rating: 5.7/10

Creature Featured: Pet Cat

Dr. Louis Creed thinks giving his dead pet cat a burial at a cemetery would be a good way to say goodbye. However, the Creeds get into a frenzy as the darkness of the cat starts haunting them in a million ways.

Unnatural

Cast: James Remar (Martin), Allegra Carpenter (Quincy), Ron Carlson (Brooking)

Streaming On: Tubi

IMDb Rating: 3.9/10

Creature Featured: Bear

This is an Alaskan wilderness film. Watch how a genetically mutated and engineered bear escapes from surveillance and puts a group of people’s lives at risk as they fight for survival amidst the giant trying to hunt them down.

RRR

Cast: Ram Charan (Ramaraju), NT Rama Rao Jr (Komaram), Alia Bhatt (Sita)

Streaming On: Netflix

IMDb Rating: 7.8/10

Creature Featured: Tiger, Bear and more

An internationally recognized film by SS Rajamouli, it sees the utilization of Tigers and Bears in the storyline from time to time to impose certain ideas and ideologies of power to be taken home. The story comes from the British rule when an officer turns the tables and wants to go on a revolt.