History Main / AttackOfTheKillerWhatever

* ''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?).

** "Literature/TheCatsOfUlthar" had a similar premise. Although it was pretty cool. And it was part of a KarmicDeath, so it was all good.
** In ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'', it is a color that is attacking. It works extremely well.

* There is actually a book called ''Attack of the Killer Potatoes'', according to [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]. The tomatoes should sue.

* ''Film/NightOfTheLepus''. It's a movie about GIANT KILLER RABBITS. And they're adorable real bunnies jumping around in little sets, and then closed-up for maximum dramatic effect. You've never witnessed terror until you see a furball gnawing ketchup.

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. [[{{Snowlem}} 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, [[KillerRabbit rabbits]], [[RodentsOfUnusualSize rats]], [[KillerRobot robots]], [[FeatheredFiend birds]], [[BeeAfraid bees]], ticks, [[ThreateningShark sharks]], barracudas, flying fish, eggs, [[Film/Rubber 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.

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. [[{{Snowlem}} 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, [[KillerRabbit 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.

* ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' did it first. [[SnuffFilm Snuff television]] gives you tumours!

* Unlike the [[MonsterOfTheDay Monsters of the Day]] from previous seasons, the Daimons/Heart Snatchers from ''[[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Moon S]]'' were normal objects infected with a Daimon egg/pod and transformed into monstrous beings [[MonogenderMonsters female in appearance]]. Said objects included a sport car, a vacuum cleaner, a violin, a train, a script for a TV show, a star projector (this episode was skipped during the show's first run on Creator/CartoonNetwork due to the resulting daimon resembling [[http://sailormoon.wikia.com/wiki/File:Uchoten.jpg a scantily clad carnival dancer]]) just to name a few.

* 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''.

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. [[{{Snowlem}} 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, [[KillerRabbit rabbits]], [[RodentsOfUnusualSize rats]], [[CrushKillDestroy 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.

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* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' features several electronic appliances (along with [=TVs=] and telephone poles) all trying to kill the titular protagonists courtesy of [[{{Technopath}} Electro.]]

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* A mediocre local writer here 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.

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* There is actually a book called ''Attack of the Killer Potatoes'', according to [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]. The tomatoes should sue.
* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' has a somewhat lighter take on this concept. SpoiledBrat Veruca's attempt to steal one of the Nut Room's squirrels results in all 100 of them swarming her and tossing her down a rubbish chute, and when her parents try to rescue her the squirrels kick them down it too. This is a potentially deadly fate since said chute ends in an incinerator, but the humans do survive -- besides, Veruca and her parents aren't the most sympathetic potential victims anyway. In certain adaptations the squirrels qualify as RodentsOfUnusualSize to boot: in the 2010 opera ''Theatre/TheGoldenTicket'' they're human-sized. In [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory the 2013 musical]], while most of them are normal-sized, there are several large ones (big enough to have Oompa-Loompa riders) that emerge to confront Veruca.
* Creator/JohnWyndham:
** ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids''. In the film version, the only thing that gives the ''immobile killer plants'' a fighting chance is the fact that the meteor shower on which they arrive also blinds nearly everyone on Earth. In the original novel, it's a bit more sensical, as they were, when fully-grown, just barely mobile... and the focus wasn't on them, but on the [[CosyCatastrophe reaction of the survivors to the apocalypse]] to which the plants contributed, and the humans' attempts to cope. They didn't invade -- people were farming them for their commercially-useful oil, then the strange blindness-causing meteor shower eliminates the ability to keep them from being a danger, and they started rampaging. It's still a good movie, though.
** ''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.
* Some of the grimoires turn people into other tomes (thus killing them) in Pratchett's ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''.
** There's a short story in one of the Alfred Hitchcock story collections that uses that plot.
** Terry Pratchett also used a swarm of "killer" rats, with the rat-king in ''Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''. The titular rodents themselves (as well as Maurice, a talking cat) are all good guys, though.
* In John Byrne's ''Fearbook'', a catalogue that arrives in the mail convinces people to kill others or themselves.
* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' books had dummies, lawn gnomes, egg monsters, snowmen, and a small sponge-like creature found underneath a sink.

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' has the Ents, [[WhenTreesAttack sentient (and ambulatory) trees]]. They're good guys, but you definitely don't want to be on their bad side. The Huorns (trees that have become a bit ent-like, or ents that have become more tree-like, it seems to work both ways) are possibly even more dangerous, since they're less alert and easier to anger. And of course there's Old Man Willow.

* The short story "Lonely Train A-Comin'" by William F Nolan (later expanded into the novel ''Helltracks'') is about a man hunting what he thinks is a serial killer wandering isolated railway lines, seeking revenge for the death of his sister. It finally turns out that what he's hunting is a man-eating steam train that somehow developed organic parts and a taste for blood.

** One of the most [[OurMonstersAreWeird enduringly insane]] traditional monsters would be the Yeti from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen The Abominable Snowmen]]" - giant killer robotic Yeti controlled by floating metal spheres in their backs which themselves are controlled by a sort of Lovecraftian pyramid. Then, in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web of Fear]]", they get stuck in the London Underground, making them even more ridiculous.
** Killer seaweed ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E6FuryFromTheDeep Fury from the Deep]]")

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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'':
** Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons! (see the page pic)
** Calvin's bike is also out to get him.
** And his baseball.
** His book once ate his homework and then attacked him, but he survived by breaking its spine.
** He's also had at least two run-ins with killer piles of autumn leaves.
** Once even his dinner came to life, grasped his fork, and tried to eat him.
* ''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."
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' approached this trope with Charlie Brown's nemesis, the kite-eating tree.
** Also there was that time in March of 1965 when Lucy was attacked by [[http://peanuts.wikia.com/wiki/March_1965_comic_strips Linus's blanket.]]
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' Dan is attacked by [[http://egscomics.com/egsnp/2010-02-03 living Ottomans]] (a type of ''footstool'') with teeth at a furniture store.

** Terry Pratchett also used a swarm of "killer" rats, with the rat-king in ''Discworld/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents''. The titular rodents themselves (as well as Maurice, a talking cat) are all good guys, though.

%%* ''Film/TheNun''

* ''Rectuma''. It's about a giant ass, and we don't mean a donkey (though that would also be strange).

* From Noboru Iguchi, ''Dead Sushi''. Bunch of killer sushi.

* [[SoBadItsGood Classically bad]] horror movie ''Film/TheCar'' is almost impossible to be horrified by, simply because the writing constantly reminds you how stupid the premise is. It reaches its logical extreme when the protagonist tells his wife, "Lock the kids in their rooms... the car is in the garage." Sadly, the car itself is a custom-built genuinely evil-looking thing that deserved a better movie to appear in.

* The short story "Lonely Train A-Comin'" by William F Nolan (later expanded into a novel of the same title) is about a man hunting what he thinks is a serial killer wandering isolated railway lines, seeking revenge for the death of his sister. It finally turns out that what he's hunting is a man-eating steam train that somehow developed organic parts and a taste for blood.

** Since then he made ''Reality'' (2014), which is about a director who plans to make a film about killer tv sets.

* ''VideoGame/ArmoryAndMachine'' has an enemy that's a sentient Giant Hogweed, which tries to destroy your fighters with corrosive venom.

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. [[{{Snowlem}} Snowmen]], [[BadHumorTruck ice cream men]], [[BadSanta Santa Claus]], [[DepravedDentist dentists]], [[MonsterClown clowns]], [[CreepyDoll dolls]], [[BooksThatBite books]], trucks, boats, [[EvilElevator lifts]], chairs, [[AIIsACrapshoot computers]], [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame video games]], clocks, toilets, [[ViciousVac vacuum cleaners]], laundry machines (three of these, actually), condoms, [[KillerRabbit rabbits]], [[RodentsOfUnusualSize rats]], [[CrushKillDestroy 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.

* ''Film/{{Absentia}}'' is about an evil underpass.

* Quentin Dupieux's ''Film/{{Rubber}}'': A film about an angry car tire (no, really) with deadly psychokinetic powers, rolling down the desert exploding the heads of anyone it doesn't like. ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.

** ''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. This troper wasn't particularly bothered by spiders before then, and it has taken many years to get even close to his pre-''Web'' state.