Nature can be beautiful. Or it can be terrifying. Sometimes in the span of a few seconds. When you’re walking in the woods and suddenly realize that things don’t look…right. Or you’re enjoying a beautiful summer day and suddenly the sky turns dark ad the wind starts to blow and suddenly you’re getting pelted with hail the size of golf-balls.
Below is the Kali Krew’s list of nature acting unnaturally. Plants, weather, unnatural disasters, they’re all here.
Bloom by Kenneth Oppel
“Alien spores start growing as black grass and then people start dying” – Lilyn
Check out Lilyn’s review of Bloom!
Book of Koli by MR Carey
Chills (Kathy Ryan #1) by Mary SanGiovanni
“The snow takes over and is used to isolate the targets and kill them” – Eliza
Check out Lilyn’s review of Chills!
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verril from Creepshow
“Stephen King gets turned into a plant what more do you need?” – Olly
Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
“The classic killer plant story” – Olly
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
“Sci-fi where everything on the planet wants to kill you. Even the grass.” – Lilyn
Check out Lilyn’s review of Deathworld!
Eden by Tim Lebbon
“It’s now out in the US and I’ll be reviewing it Thursday!” – Tracy
The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight
“Fungi fun!” – Lilyn
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Growing Things and other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Check out Sam’s review of Growing Things and other Stories
Infernal by Cheryl Low
“Giant sharks, animals that shouldn’t be murdery are, and natural as a whole will fuck you up” – Sam
Check out Sam’s review of Infernal!
The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
Triple Shot of Unnatural Nature by Tonia Brown
Unnatural Disasters edited by Daniel Pyle
The Happening (movie)
“Marky Mark pleading for his life with a plastic plant is top tier cinema” – Shawn
Little Shop of Horrors (movie)
“I’m a mean, green mother from outer space”
Let s know your favorite killer nature tale or movie!
GracieKat was the first co-host of Sci-Fi & Scary, Lilyn’s partner-in-crime, and sub-head of the Kali Krew. She reviews horror books, movies, and games for the site. She also does a weekly Focus on the Frightful feature, and is the site list-maker. She is also in control of the Sci-Fi & Scary podcast which will relaunch soon.
Lol at Shawn’s comment about the Happening.
I remember when that movie came out. I went to the theater to see it and was so pissed. I was hoping for something way more sinister and creepy and everything because of the buildup.
I like the 1960, low-budget version of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ far more than the 1986 big-budget musical version.