Killer dog movies offer a terrifying twist - beloved pets turning into deadly beasts. From rabid dogs to genetically engineered killers, this subgenre offers various plotlines. Some killer dog movies deliver social commentary, all feature survival against scary pets.
There are a lot of monsters in horror movies, but killer dog movies are much more terrifying as the threat comes from deadly beasts that were once beloved pets. One of the earliest examples of this wasn't a horror movie but was a tense drama from 1936 called Killer-Dog, a story about a family dog accused of killing sheep. However, before the dog is put down, the family asks a judge to determine its fate. While that was mostly about proving the dog's innocence, the killer dog movies that arrived decades later caused fear by showing a family pet turning into an out-of-control killing machine.
Even though it's a specific horror subgenre,...
There are a lot of monsters in horror movies, but killer dog movies are much more terrifying as the threat comes from deadly beasts that were once beloved pets. One of the earliest examples of this wasn't a horror movie but was a tense drama from 1936 called Killer-Dog, a story about a family dog accused of killing sheep. However, before the dog is put down, the family asks a judge to determine its fate. While that was mostly about proving the dog's innocence, the killer dog movies that arrived decades later caused fear by showing a family pet turning into an out-of-control killing machine.
Even though it's a specific horror subgenre,...
- 5/7/2024
- by Shawn S. Lealos, Jake Dee
- ScreenRant
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