«Snakes on a Plane»

  • USA, Germany, 2006
  • Director – David R. Ellis
  • Starring – Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies

What it's about: nearly a hundred venomous snakes break out of the cargo hold and begin attacking the passengers. Having lost their pilots, the people will have to not only fight off the snakes but also land the plane…

Age rating: 16+

«Black Sheep»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • New Zealand, South Korea, 2006
  • Director – Jonathan King
  • Starring – Matthew Chamberlain, Nick Fenton

What it's about: innocent sheep, under the effect of genetic engineering, turn into carnivorous monsters and terrorize a local farm. What's more – anyone bitten by an animal mutates into a ram or a sheep!

Age rating: 18+

«Mimic»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • USA, 1997
  • Director – Guillermo del Toro
  • Starring – Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam

What it's about: to defeat a terrible epidemic, scientists used the genes of insects – namely, cockroaches. And now hardy monster-parasites, which can mimic and take on a form resembling something human, hunt people.

Age rating: 18+

«The Killer Shrews»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • USA, 1959
  • Director – Ray Kellogg
  • Starring – James Best, Ingrid Goude

What it's about: so radiation has reached the little shrews as well, and they, having become monsters (and grown smarter in the process), decide to exterminate the human race.

Age rating: 16+

«Razorback»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • Australia, 1983
  • Director – Russell Mulcahy
  • Starring – Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley

What it's about: legends are told about this man-eating boar, and dozens of hunters want to destroy the monster. But it is so huge and bloodthirsty that it annihilates everything in its path.

Age rating: 16+

«Slugs»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • Spain, 1988
  • Director – Juan Piquer Simón
  • Starring – Michael Garfield, Kim Terry

What it's about: we warn you – this film is not for the faint of heart. If you shudder at the sight of ordinary slugs, then these creatures inspire not only horror but also disgust. They attack people in swarms and don't even leave a trace…

Age rating: 18+

«Zombeavers»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • USA, 2014
  • Director – Jordan Rubin
  • Starring – Rachel Melvin, Cortney Palm

What it's about: friends decide to relax on a raft, only there's a dam nearby, on which terrifying zombie beavers are at work. Of course, they became that way because of radiation…

Age rating: 18+

«Deep Rising»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • USA, Canada, 1998
  • Director – Stephen Sommers
  • Starring – Treat Williams, Famke Janssen

What it's about: a disturbed giant lamprey bursts forth from the ocean depths. It wipes out all the passengers and crew of a luxury cruise liner. Which, by the way, a band of pirates had just been planning to rob. Now they'll have to forget about the money and fight for their lives….

Age rating: 16+

«The Breed»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • Germany, South Africa, USA, 2006
  • Director – Nicholas Mastandrea
  • Starring – Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson

What it's about: a group of friends sets off for an abandoned island. But wild dogs that were experimented on live here. Smart, cunning, and very bloodthirsty, the dogs drive the people into a trap…

Age rating: 18+

«The Killer Bees»

Rabid sheep and zombie beavers: 10 horror films about very unusual animals
Photo: still from the film
  • USA, 1995
  • Director – Rockne S. O’Bannon
  • Starring – Robert Hays, Nancy Stafford

What it's about: an entire swarm of killer bees has attacked a small town. People are forced to hide in their homes and search for ways to leave the town…

Age rating: 16+

Dangerous travels: 10 films about tourism with risk