We were expecting the Barry Levinson-directed found footage eco-horror flick “ The Bay,” produced by the “ Paranormal Activity” team of Jason Blum, Oren Peli and Steven Schneider, to be something of a mild curiosity. Rewinding to the 1970s, when "nature runs amuck" movies were rampant, this entry from veteran director John Frankenheimer examines the ramifications of a logging company that dumps waste material illegally, leading to the creation of a very threatening monster.Whoa. But the desolate land is not welcoming to humanity, as one fatal accident after another makes apparent. They do not treat the natural beauty with due respect, however, which soon leads to a very unusual tale of retribution.īeautiful yet forbidding, the Alaskan wilderness is targeted by an oil company seeking to establish a new drilling base.
This remake of an Australian thriller follows a couple to a remote vacation spot where they endeavor to repair their broken relationship.
Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel star in M. Night Shyamalan's apocalyptic thriller about a worldwide "event" that has chilling implications for mankind, even more so when the true, nonhuman source is revealed. Does the subject strike too close to home? Check out four recent examples - and one more typical entry from the '70s - to prove that eco-horror movies are still as relevant as ever.Īcademy Award-winning director Barry Levinson took a found-footage approach to a story set in his beloved Maryland, documenting the panic that breaks out soon after an ecological disaster. In more recent years, though, we've seen far fewer examples of such movies. Back in the 1970s, it seemed like every species on Earth was seeking revenge on clueless people.
Nowadays, however, we seldom see horror movies that confront mankind's eternal, often hostile battle against nature and its inhabitants. Less often we've seen fright flicks fueled by extraterrestrial visitors with hostile intentions, or by human explorers inadvertently trodding on territory that belongs to others (think Alien). Inspiration for horror movies can come from anywhere, but most often it comes from interactions between people - the grimly disturbing terror of a serial killer preying upon unsuspecting victims, for example - or from the supernatural realm (ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies and so forth).
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