This is a list of eco-horror films. These are documentaries dealing with the possible disastrous ecological consequences of human activity.[1][2] Also included are some natural horror films and other films in the horror genre whose plots include mention of ecological issues.[3][4]
Contents
Documentaries[edit]
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006; global warming)[5][6]
- The 11th Hour (2007; the state of the natural environment)[5]
- Flow: For Love of Water (2008; privatization of water infrastructure)[5]
Fiction[edit]
- Long Weekend (1978; animals turn hostile towards a young couple who disrespect nature)[7][8]
- The Last Winter (2006; oil drilling in Alaska awakes slumbering forces)[9][10]
- The Happening (2008; plants release a toxin as a defense mechanism)[11]
- The Bay (2012; about the Chesapeake Bay water quality problems)[12][13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ford 2008. "Unlike most horror films these movies aren't fiction, they are serious documentaries tackling the big issues of our time. But the message is still: Be afraid."
- ^ Ulaby 2008.
- ^ Simpson 2010. "... this article examines how a number of exploitation horror films have dealt with environmental topics and issues of trespass. In particular ... animals ... in some key Australian eco-horror films from the last 30 years..."
- ^ Screen Daily 2011. "...Drought, [an] eco-horror tale about survivors of an apocalypse whose precious water source is threatened by a legion of bloodthirsty youths."
- ^ a b c Ford 2008.
- ^ Taubin, Amy (September 2006). "An Inconvenient Truth". BFI. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Simpson 2010.
- ^ Jordan, Bruce (20 June 2010). "Long Weekend (1978)". Classic-Horror.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Whitty, Stephen (18 September 2007). "Eco-horror tale short on horror but effectively unsettling". NJ.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Nayman, Adam (24 November 2008). "The Big Chill: Larry Fessenden's The Last Winter". Cinema Scope: Issue 29. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Foy 2010, p. 168. "The Happening is a naturalist parable of what might occur if the earth began rejecting humanity as a virus."
- ^ Piepenburg, Erik (28 October 2012). "With 'The Bay,' Barry Levinson Makes Eco-Horror". nytimes.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Ramos, Steve (14 September 2012). "TIFF12 Review: THE BAY. Veteran filmmaker Barry Levinson tries his hand at found footage horror and comes up short". upcoming-movies.com. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- Citations
- Ford, Matt (22 October 2008). "Eco-horror films shocking us into action". CNN. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- Foy, Joseph J. (2010). "It Came From Planet Earth: Eco-Horror and the Politics of Postenvironmentalism in M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening". In Dale, Timothy M.; Foy, Joseph J. Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2580-0.
- "Lawrence Gough unveils Extraction, talks up Drought". Screen Daily. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- Simpson, Catherine (2010). "Australian eco-horror and Gaia's revenge: animals, eco-nationalism and the new nature". Studies in Australasian Cinema. 4 (1). doi:10.1386/sac.4.1.43_1. ISSN 1750-3175. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- Ulaby, Neda (14 June 2008). "'Eco-Horror': Green Panic on the Silver Screen?". NPR. Retrieved 4 September 2011.