The Oh, Is there anything more beautiful or inspiring and outright

terrifying than nature? As human beings we like to feel like we're top of the food chain, we're in control of our environment.

But of course, we are but one of over 8 million different species that live on this planet. We are a tiny minority.

We've talked a lot on this podcast over the last nine seasons about movies in which

human beings do unspeakable things to each other, and with good reason,

over 400,000 people per year are killed by other people.

But it's perhaps easy to forget that over 1 million people per year are killed by animals,

from the largest beasts to the tiniest insects.

Over 500 people per year are mauled to death by hippos.

Over 1,000 people per year are killed by crocodiles. Over 130,000 people per year are killed by

venomous snakes and over a million people per year are killed by what is statistically the deadliest

living creature on earth, the mosquito.

And then there are people killed by nature more generally, 10 to 20,000 people per year are killed in natural

disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones and an estimated 250,000 people per year die by drowning in seas and oceans.

And these sorts of numbers are only going to increase.

Global warming and climate change could prove to be

humanity's ultimate threat, our biggest nemesis of all. In short, planet Earth

is fucking terrifying and something not to be messed with.

And maybe that's why the horror genre has had such a long, popular and celebrated tradition of films that deal with the horrors of nature.

They're coming.

This series will be looking at the evolution of horror movies that focus on nature biting back.

We'll begin by looking at the fantasy sci-fi horror films of the 30s and 40s about giant beasts that represent both the

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