List of eco-horror films
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also: List of natural horror films
This is a list of eco-horror films. These are documentaries dealing with the possible disastrous ecological consequences of human activity.[1][2]
The term is also applied to some natural horror[a] films[3] and others[4] whose plot includes mention of ecological issues.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Documentaries
- 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]
[edit] Fiction
- The Last Winter (2006; oil drilling in Alaska awakes slumbering forces)[7][8]
- Long Weekend (1978; a young couple's disrespect for nature has consequences...)[9][10]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Natural Horror". Allrovi. http://www.allrovi.com/movies/subgenre/natural-horror-d584. Retrieved 29 August 2011. "[Natural horror is a sub-genre of horror films] featuring nature running amok in the form of mutated beasts, carnivorous insects, and normally harmless animals or plants turned into cold-blooded killers."
[edit] References
- ^ 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."
- ^ a b 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. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/3361. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Whitty, Stephen (18 September 2007). "Eco-horror tale short on horror but effectively unsettling". NJ.com. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2007/09/ecohorror_tale_short_on_horror.html. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Nayman, Adam (24 November 2008). "The Big Chill: Larry Fessenden’s The Last Winter". Cinema Scope: Issue 29. http://www.cinema-scope.com/cs29/int_nayman_fessenden.html. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ Simpson 2010.
- ^ Jordan, Bruce (20 June 2010). "Long Weekend (1978)". Classic-Horror.com. http://classic-horror.com/reviews/long_weekend_1978. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- Citations
- Ford, Matt (22 October 2008). "Eco-horror films shocking us into action". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-22/world/eco.films_1_climate-change-cinema-goers-horror-films?_s=PM:WORLD. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- "Lawrence Gough unveils Extraction, talks up Drought". Screen Daily. 30 August 2011. http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/lawrence-gough-unveils-extraction-talks-up-drought/5031315.article. 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. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=10219/. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- Ulaby, Neda (14 June 2008). "'Eco-Horror': Green Panic on the Silver Screen?". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91485965. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
