Isn’t it time to bring back the grand tradition of those great films?
The simplicity of the beasts has been replaced by increasingly ridiculous creatures.
The carnivorous earthworms of 1976’sSquirmare possible, however remoteand it’s really, really remotethat it could happen.
Image by Federico Napoli
These movies also highlight another problem with the animal disaster movie genre in recent years:whythey’re made.
No one makes a movie calledMega Shark Versus Giant Octopusintending it to be an honest attempt to frighten.
There are surprisingly few horror movies that feature these all-too-common antagonists.
But there are examples of late that have revisited the 1970s aesthetic with 21st century know-how to great effect.
A little dose of the groovy 1970s doesn’t hurt, either.
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