What is it about the great outdoors that makes Hollywood want to transform its wild beauty into terrorizing, nightmare-induced movies? Do we all have phobias about being eaten alive? Apparently so, because Hollywood seems to make a pretty good chunk of change off movies portraying the wilder side of the animal kingdom. Snakes, crocodiles, alligators, spiders, bats, birds, bees, lions, tigers, and bears… oh my! The sky is the limit. Well, maybe not… do aliens count in this category? I guess they do if I included dinosaurs on my list. Check out my all-time favorite top 5 horror flicks involving hungry rabid animals. But let me know what’s in your top 5… I may have missed a blood-thirsty creature on my list.

1. Jaws

2. The Ghost and the Darkness

3. Jurassic Park

4. The Birds

5. The Edge