Ahead of Meg 2 3h3y6t The Trench, Here Are Our Favourite Animal Attack Movies

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Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 4 August 2023 12:53 IST

Ahead of Meg 2: The Trench, Here Are Our Favourite Animal Attack Movies

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Jason Statham in a still from Meg 2: The Trench

Highlights

Meg 2: The Trench also stars Cliff Curtis, Wu Jing, Sienna Guillory
Leonardo DiCaprio-led The Revenant features the best bear attack scene
Our other top picks include The Host, Crawl, Jaws, and more

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Animal attack movies are easy to plan conceptually, but hard to deliver since one must first figure out what tone to go for. If you go the campy route as with Meg 2: The Trench, it's important to realise that the audience generally wouldn't care for the events leading up to the colossal Meg's appearance. All the fluff needs to be gotten rid of fast if they're looking to provide mindless entertainment, which is essential to the idea of campy thriller films.

On the other hand, films like The Host and The Revenant are more focused on their characters, with the creatures merely serving as a catalyst for the events to unfurl in time. That's what's impressive about this genre — there are so many ways to interpret it, but it all hinges on how the animals' rage is presented.

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As we await Meg 2's global release, here's a list of glorious animal attack movies worth sinking your teeth into.

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Charting a tale about survival and revenge in the American wilderness of the early 1800s, Leonardo Di Caprio), who on an expedition into the snow-capped forests, falls victim to a bear mauling, with the beast rigorously thrashing him around — biting him whenever he stops moving and heavily breathing and grunting in and around his face. It's a sense of fear heightened by a lack of music, with both man and beast taking a few seconds of break to compose themselves, as the audience prepares themselves for what's about to happen next.

It's hand down the best animal attack you'll ever see on film, all of which was captured in a continuous long take that took advantage of low lighting to make the best use of the CGI bear's imposing shadow and create the fear of imminent death. Director Iñárritu watched over ‘100 different bear attacks' as research, to best represent its movements and patterns, where it would briefly walk away to check on its cubs before slamming its weight down on Hugh again. Thankfully, he survives, albeit with deep wounds that render him unable to move and a case of severe fever creeping in. Left for dead by his comrades, he goes in and out of consciousness, often witnessing dreamlike sequences about his wife that motivate him to pull himself out of his grave and head on a path of revenge across a cinematic landscape.

The Revenant is up for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. You can also buy or rent it on Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies, and Apple TV.

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If you've come across the ancient yet The Host. Sure, it doesn't exactly fit into the category of animals, but it's a darkly comedic take on a tired genre that relies heavily on realistic, humane aspects of our society. A horrifying slug-like creature with tiny limbs and a slimy tail, formed by the vast amount of pollution in the local river, emerges within the first 20 minutes, kidnapping clumsy vendor Park Gang-du's (Song Kang-ho) youngest daughter. Just in that timespan, The Host has divided itself into two genres — one about killing the monster that's terrorising citizens, while seamlessly tying into an abduction thriller where a desperate family wants their child back.

Bong, who's known for inserting dialogue about social themes in his films, uses the titular Rebel Moon) as the child's gold-medal-achieving archer mother, and frequent Bong collaborator Byun Hee-bong as her grandfather.

The Host is currently available to stream on Netflix. A Hindi dubbed version is also streaming for free on MX Player.

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budgetary restrictions for CG.

When it did appear, it looked very convincing, but all of it is set in a darker colour palette. It's pretty common knowledge that filmmakers use darker environments to hide imperfections in CG, which isn't a problem by itself. It's just that Goodfellas).

Cocaine Bear is available to stream on newly-forged partnership with NBCUniversal. You can also rent or buy it across Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies, Apple TV, and Zee5.

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Following the success of Piranha 3D, director Alexandre Aja is swapping the carnivorous fishes for some reptilian rampage, by way of alligators. Kaya Scodelario), a competitive swimmer, gets trapped underneath her father's (Barry Pepper) flooded house during a Category 5 hurricane, stained with bloody handprints that point toward something sinister. At a brisk 87-minute runtime, our characters can't catch a break, as they are pitted against nasty alligators chomping down everything that moves, escalating into a pure creature feature fun — a survival horror that also puts the poor family dog in trouble.

The tension in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and Ross Anderson (The King's Man).

Crawl is available to purchase and rent for home viewing across Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime Video.

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The cultural significance of Hollywood. When a young woman is washed ashore after being killed by a shark in the tourist beach town of Amity Island, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, and Robert Shaw assume the duty of hunters who head out into the sea to get rid of it. But kickstarting the shark-hunting mission isn't that easy with the mayor involved, who doesn't want to close down the beach for the Fourth of July celebrations, out of fear that the revenue loss would cripple the town. So a good half of the film is actually set on land, exploring the absurdist ideals of its characters and understanding the level of danger citizens are exposing themselves to due to ignorance.

At the time, Jaws broke ground with its special effects, using an animatronic shark (nicknamed Bruce) that would bite onto the team's little ship, with the fear accentuated by it remaining unseen for the majority of the film's runtime. You see, the shark malfunctioned during filming, causing Spielberg to adopt other methods to convey an invisible, unprecedented terror — such as the opening segment where the camera is used to simulate the POV of the shark that only rises in tension with composer John William's iconic score. It's a haunting film that still resonates among film lovers as one of Spielberg's greatest works.

Jaws is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video and JioCinema. You can also rent or purchase it for home viewing on Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies, and Apple TV.

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Following a violent plane crash landing, a group of unruly oil workers are stranded in the remote wilderness of Alaska, with no sense of direction or a way to officials for help. Among those survivors is an experienced hunter and sharpshooter John Ottway (Liam Neeson), who leads the pack through the icy conditions and a vicious pack of grey wolves that are circling them. Heavily wounded and with the stench of blood wafting through the air, the group must head south, hoping they aren't picked off one by one.

In addition to it being a good man vs wild film, The Walking Dead), and Joe Anderson (Hannibal).

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Meg 2: The Trench 5z6g1i

Release Date 4 August 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cast
Jason Statham, Wu Jing, Sophia Cai, Page Kennedy, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Skyler Samuels, Cliff Curtis, Sienna Guillory
Director
Ben Wheatley
Producer
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Belle Avery

The Revenant 1526q

Release Date 26 February 2016
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Kristoffer Joner, Duane Howard, Melaw Nakehk'o, Arthur Redcloud, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Tom Guiry, Grace Dove
Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole

The Host 1y3a6a

Release Date March 2007
Language Korean
Genre Horror
Cast
Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona, Go Ah-sung, Oh Dal-su, Lee Jae-eung, Lee Dong-ho, Yoon Je-moon, Yim Pil-sung, Kim Roi-ha, Park No-sik, Go Soo-hee, David Joseph Anselmo, Scott Wilson, Paul Lazar, Brian Lee
Director
Bong Joon-ho
Producer
Choi Yong-bae

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Cocaine Bear 6c5d2j

Release Date 24 February 2023
Language English
Genre Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Cast
Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery-Jennings, Alden Ehrenreich, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brooklynn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Kristofer Hivju, Hannah Hoekstra, Aaron Holliday, Margo Martindale, Ray Liotta, Matthew Rhys, Scott Seiss, Kahyun Kim, Shane Connellan
Director
Elizabeth Banks
Producer
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Aditya Sood, Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, Brian Duffield

Crawl 3n4r4k

Release Date 23 August 2019
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Horror
Cast
Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Ross Anderson, Jose Palma, George Somner, Anson Boon, Ami Metcalf, Colin McFarlane, Cso-Cso
Director
Alexandre Aja
Producer
Alexandre Aja, Craig J. Flores, Sam Raimi

Jaws 3q6b1v

Release Date 26 December 1975
Language English
Genre Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie
Director
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown

The Grey 4v63k

Release Date 25 May 2012
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Cast
Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale, Ben Bray, Greg Nicotero, Jacob Blair, Anne Openshaw
Director
Joe Carnahan
Producer
Jules Daly, Joe Carnahan, Ridley Scott, Mickey Liddell

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