History Main / AttackOfTheKillerWhatever

* ''Film/{{Killdozer}}''. Yes, an evil killer bulldozer. Sounds like the perfect date for ''Christine''. It gets its evil via [[AdvancedPhlebotinum alien-life from another galaxy]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jumanji}}'' has the title boardgame and a boardgame inside the boardgame called "Brantford: The Game" (which evokes another trope; Fill-in-the-blanks: The something), so you get a killer board game, a killer jungle, a killer city and a list of killer things in everything is trying to kill you.

** Killer seaweed ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E6FuryFromTheDeep Fury from the Deep]]").

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured a number of movies like this, to the point where, in the ''Film/EarthVsTheSpider'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E13EarthVsTheSpider episode]], Crow started writing his own movie screenplay for something called ''Earth vs Soup'', in which a GreasySpoon's careless storage of uranium-235 in a soup pot turns a batch of California cornucopia vegetable jubilee into something resembling a BlobMonster that "slithers on all fours" (what, you think soup is a biped?). Posters for ''Earth vs. Soup'' became a popular subject for FanArt.

Compare EverythingTryingToKillYou. Depending on the object/animal, can overlap with NightmareFuel or ParanoiaFuel. Depending on the execution, can overlap with {{Narm}} instead. Also can overlap with OurMonstersAreWeird if the object is esoteric enough. When the "killer" is an inanimate object, it overlaps with ParanormalMundaneItem. For less exciting RealLife examples, see MyLittlePanzer and NoProductSafetyStandards.

* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' has touched on this trope in several strips, including "Scene from the film ''Giraffes IV'': This time, they're not just looking for acacia leaves." Another one that actually could be scary was "Night of the Crash Test Dummies", which showed crash test dummies shoving people into a crash test car and about to activate it.

* For normal sea-life transformed into vicious carnivorous killers, look no further than the Italian C-movie ''Plankton'' (1994) (a.k.a. ''Creatures from the Abyss'', a.k.a. ''Sea Devils''), where feeding on plankton poisoned by toxic waste has mutated fishes so that they can jump out of the water and eat sailors and a bunch of dumb tweens on a yacht. Nom, nom, nom.

* ''The Rats'' (2002). A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city. Proof that B-movies are not restricted to the 1950s.

* The natural insanity of humankind is perhaps exemplified by the fact that there is actually more than one movie about psychotic ice cream men. Website/SomethingAwful [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/mr-ice-cream.php reviews]] [[http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/ice-cream-man.php two]] of them. Both are somehow even ''more'' idiotic than they needed to be.

* ''Film/{{Alien}}'' (the first movie) is about a mindless killer extraterrestrial lurking in the shadows of a spaceship, picking people off one by one, and going "boo" every once in a while.

* ''Attack of the Sabertooth'' Oh no! A crazy saber-toothed cat is running amok in the forest! Even more oh no! They somehow convinced John Rhys-Davies to do this movie!

* A mediocre local writer in Singapore wrote a short story about ''killer hamburgers''. Pissed at the protagonist because ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor he switched his favorite food from burgers to fried chicken]]''. At the end of the story, they MindControl him [[AssPull in an unspecified manner]] in a form of AndThenJohnWasAZombie.
** They're mad at him [[FridgeLogic for]] ''[[FridgeLogic not]]'' [[FridgeLogic eating them?]]

If you can think of something, there's probably a B-grade horror movie about it trying to kill a bunch of people. You name it. [[{{Snowlems}} Snowmen]], [[BadHumorTruck ice cream men]], [[BadSanta Santa Claus]], [[DepravedDentist dentists]], [[MonsterClown clowns]], [[CreepyDoll dolls]], [[BooksThatBite books]], trucks, boats, [[VaginaDentata vaginas]], [[EvilElevator lifts]], chairs, [[AIIsACrapshoot computers]], [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame video games]], clocks, toilets, [[ViciousVac vacuum cleaners]], laundry machines (three of these, actually), condoms, [[HairRaisingHare rabbits]], [[RodentsOfUnusualSize rats]], [[KillerRobot robots]], [[FeatheredFiend birds]], [[BeeAfraid bees]], ticks, [[ThreateningShark sharks]], barracudas, flying fish, eggs, tires, tomatoes ([[Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes four-movie series]] with a remake in the works), pieces of dry toast, leprechauns, [[Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids triffids]], frogs, snails, puppy dog tails... and anything that you're not usually scared of.

* Both ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/Goosebumps1995'' had suspiciously similar stories about killer cameras, and got two of the actors to play the same roles in both adaptations. Both were more than likely inspired by ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E46AMostUnusualCamera A Most Unusual Camera]]".
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' has a guy killed by an evil slot machine ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E17TheFever The Fever]]") and killer home appliances plus a killer car ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E40AThingAboutMachines A Thing About Machines]]").

* Both ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' and ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' had suspiciously similar stories about killer cameras, and got two of the actors to play the same roles in both adaptations. Both were more than likely inspired by ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E46AMostUnusualCamera A Most Unusual Camera]]".

[[caption-width-right:350:''Everything'' is deadly in fiction![[labelnote:images]]Clockwise from top left: a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' book, ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103729/ Attack of the Killer Refrigerator]]'', an issue of ''[[http://www.stagmags.com/L-to-M/Mans-Conquest/index.php Man's Conquest]]'', ''[[Film/TheCarsThatAteParis The Cars That Eat People]]'' (US title)]][[/labelnote]]

At the very least, if there's not a horror movie based around it, there's surely a horror short story or episode of an anthology horror series about it.

A caveat: if it's a killer animal, there's about a 70% chance that it'll also be giant. If it grows too large, it becomes AttackOfThe50FootWhatever.

Often, the titles of such films will be quite [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin self explanatory]], or something simple like a ScaryAnimalTitle.

** ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'', though it emphasizes chimera animals more, has a number of inanimate objects, like rocks and trees that can attack.

* The ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series has killer animatronics at a SuckECheeses.

* ''VideoGame/Mother'':

** In''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'', the first enemy you face is a possessed lamp.

* ''Film/TheRing''. Killer videotapes! (Okay, it's a ghost USING a videotape, but...)

* There's ''[[Literature/RatmansNotebooks Willard]]'' and its sequel ''Ben'', both about killer rats.

* A mediocre local writer in Singapore wrote a short story about ''killer hamburgers''. Pissed at the protagonist because ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor he switched his favorite food from burgers to fried chicken.]]'' At the end of the story, they MindControl him [[AssPull in an unspecified manner]] in a form of AndThenJohnWasAZombie.

** ''Web'', the inspiration for/prequel to the ''Arachnophobia'' movie(s) involves an island full of mutated spiders that are: a) more poisonous; b) have fangs/mandibles that are stronger and sharper than normal; c) more intelligent and d) have a rabidly cannibalistic, yet simultaneously highly co-operative society that apparently crosses species barriers. Oh, and some of them are as big as dogs.

* ''Literature/DemonicHousehold'': A lot of stories in the anthology feature killer household objects in one way or another: There's a swarm of electrical power cords in “Cords”, a killer tea set in “Shattered Love”, a killer garbage disposal in “Gamma Ray’s GD Sink”, a killer oven in “Just Desserts”, a demon-possessed computer mouse in “It’s Just A Little Mouse”, and a killer egotistical sofa in “Sofa King Tired Of This”. The title of “Killer K-Cups” is also a reference to this trope, although that story’s villain is a more conventional [[spoiler:demon]].

* The political satire ''The Year of the Angry Rabbit'' by Russell Braddon. The rabbits are infected with a highly-toxic (to humans) strain of myxomatosis. Rather than trying to wipe them out however, the Australian government is more than happy to possess the most feared biological weapon in the world. Inspired the movie ''Film/NightOfTheLepus'' (which turned out nothing like the book).
* Discussed in "Literature/GenreSavvy", where two horror movie buffs talk about what animals native to the Mojave Desert could become the Killer Whatever; Edgar has a [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant rattlesnake]] on his mind, Charlotte suggests killer roadrunners, then they combine them into the crossover of ''Killer Roadrunner vs. Giant Rattlesnake''.
* Parodied in ''Literature/TheAreasOfMyExpertise'', where the author proposes that someone make a movie with the simple premise of ALL ANIMALS VS. ALL HUMANS. He assures the reader that the scene with the killer [[PuzzlingPlatypus platypus]] alone will be worth the price of admission.
** In the sequel, ''Literature/MoreInformationThanYouRequire'', he learns that screenwriter Mike Sobel has sold a script with this exact premise (although it seems to have fallen into DevelopmentHell since the book's publication), and asks if he can be cast in a cameo role as "The Man Who Gets Venomous-Foot-Spurred To Death By the Platypus."
-->IT'S ONLY FAIR.

* ''The Brain'' -- about a giant killer brain. Really. That's not the only killer brain film. We also have ''The Brain From Planet Aros'' and ''Fiend Without a Face''.

* Both ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark?'' and ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'' had suspiciously similar stories about killer cameras, and got two of the actors to play the same roles in both adaptations. Both were more than likely inspired by ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}} episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E46AMostUnusualCamera A Most Unusual Camera]]".
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' had a guy killed by an evil slot machine ("The Fever") and killer home appliances & a killer car ("A Thing About Machines").

* The infamous ''Film/JackFrost1997'' movies ([[SimilarlyNamedWorks not the one with Michael Keaton]], though both snowmen share [[UncannyValley equal levels of creepiness]]), about a snowman whose snow is infused with the DNA of a murderer. Includes a scene where the titular snowman [[spoiler:rapes and kills a woman in the shower with his carrot]].

* The VGA remake of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'' has the Pizza Elemental as a BonusBoss, a giant killer pizza.

* ''Film/RoadTrain'' (''Road Kill'' outside Australia) A movie about a spirit/demon possessed road train roaming the Australian Outback and demanding blood for fuel.

* ''Series/TheXFiles''' episode "Teso Dos Bichos" is the attack of the Killer Kitties. Sewer cats prove quite deadly in large numbers.

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* A killer electromagnetic pulse causes appliances in a suburban neighborhood house to go all homicidal in the film called ''Pulse'' (a film from the 80's) The creep factor on ''Pulse'' was way up, especially due to the shower scene, because none of the appliances seemed to really be doing anything unexpected. It's actually quite plausible that your sink wouldn't stop running, or your water heater would get broken and the temperature would rise to scalding, or the washing machine/TV could give you a fatal shock.

* ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161988/ Stardust]]'' has an evil microchip "possessing" a vacuum cleaner.

* An animated sketch on ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' introduces the Killer Cars, which [[BehindAStick hide behind poles]] and ''jump'' on unsuspecting pedestrians. The cars are defeated "thanks to [[ILoveNuclearPower the miracle of atomic mutation]]" by an [[MegaNeko enormous bipedal cat]], which displaces them as the town's reigning terror. This monster is then defeated by a giant hand. Animator Terry Gilliam intended this sequence to be a [[SatireParodyPastiche parody]] of 1950s monster movies.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured a number of movies like this, to the point where, in the ''Film/EarthVsTheSpider'' [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E13EarthVsTheSpider episode]], Crow started writing his own movie screenplay for something called ''Earth vs Soup'', in which a GreasySpoon's careless storage of [[NuclearNasty uranium-235]] in a soup pot turns a batch of California cornucopia vegetable jubilee into something resembling a BlobMonster that "slithers on all fours" (what, you think soup is a biped?). Posters for ''Earth vs. Soup'' became a popular subject for FanArt.