Monsters : What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

My list, just off the top of my head (lord knows there's nothing ELSE on the top of my head):

Snakes: Anaconda
Apes: King Kong
Spiders: Earth vs the Spider
Rabbits: Night of the Lepus
Rats/mice: Food of the Gods (this movie has several gigantized critters, but it's been too long since I've seen it...)
Sheep: Godmonster of Indian Flats
Bears: Prophecy
Lizards: The Giant Gila Monster
Birds: The Giant Claw
Octopi: It Came From Beneath the Sea
Praying Mantis: The Deadly (Giant?) Mantis
Grasshoppers: Beginning of the End
Turtles: Gamera
Crocs/gators: various, usually with titles like 'Crocodile!' and 'Alligator!'
Pigs: Razorback
Shrews: Killer Shrews
Walruses: Gorath (monster was named 'Magma;' scenes were cut)
Leeches: The Giant Leeches
Caterpillar/Moth: Mothra
Shrimp: Ebirah (Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster)
Crabs: (Attack of?) The Crab Monsters
Sea snails: (I know there was one, but I can't recall the title)

What other critters have been supersized into movie monsters?



- What are you gonna do, when the world catches on?

Re: What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

Sea snails: Demikingu
Mollusks: Deep Rising
Bats: Bats / Nightwing
Roaches: Mimic
Wasps: Stung
Beetles: Caved In
Ants: Empire of the Ants
Fleas, ticks, mites: Ticks
Subterranean worms: Tremors
Scorpions: The Giant Scorpion / Tail Sting
Snakeheads: Frankenfish
Sharks: MegaShark series (way too many shark films to name)
Squid, cuttlefish: Space Amoeba (Gezora)
Venus Flytrap: Little Shop of Horrors

Re: What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

I was thinking of 'Nightwing;' I thought there was an older film with giant bats, though. Vincent Price?

- What are you gonna do, when the world catches on?

Re: What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

Dogora 1964 - Giant space jellyfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Wmo60KuSE

Re: What animals/fish/birds/insects have been gigantized in movies?

Actually some amazing FX, especially for that time. Great animation. I've only just watched the footage for the first time, but I always heard it was great.

- What are you gonna do, when the world catches on?
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