Bear movies that will scare the pants off you
Best Horror Movies with Bears (our top 4 bear scares)
If you're anything like us you love a good scare while in the comfort of your own sofa, preferably stuffing sweet & salty popcorn in the direction of your mouth.
We LOVE horror movies of all genres (we have a t-shirt design coming soon to celebrate our slasher fandom) - for this little list though, we've focused on movies that feature bears... for obvious reasons.
Here are our top picks for folks who like a scare from a bear.
4. The Ritual (2017)
This horror film follows a group of friends who decide to hike in the Scandinavian wilderness as a way of honouring the memory of a deceased friend. They soon discover that they are being stalked by a mysterious and terrifying creature, which may or may not be a bear. Regardless of what it is that's stalking them (it's probably not a bear), this is one of the most unsettling horror movies of the last decade.
The Ritual is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video
3. The Edge (1997)
In this super 90's cheese fest, Charles Morse, a billionaire played by Anthony Hopkins & Bob Green, a photographer played by Alec Baldwin survive a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness. They spend the rest of the movie trying to avoid a huge elephant in the room (metaphorical) and an even bigger Kodiak Bear (terrifyingly real).
The movie is a lot of fun & contains a line that always stuck with me when the Anthony Hopkins character says "What one man can do, another can do". A good mantra to remember - especially when you're being chased by a bear.
The Edge is available to stream with a subscription to Disney+
2 The Revenant. 2015
A cracker of a movie, if a trifle long.
The Revenant is set way back in the 1800's. It's a gritty. It's harsh. Men were men, & bears loved men (especially their legs). Leonardo DiCaprio plays a tough and pretty grubby looking chap who has a bloody awful encounter with a bear.
I think this is the movie that earned old Leo the reputation as Hollywood's most edible leading man. That bear scene though... ehhhhgggghhhh!
The Revenant is available to stream with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video
1 Backcountry. 2015
A bear horror in the purest sense, & (in my opinion) the BEST bear horror movie.
Set in Canada, a boyfriend & girlfriend, Alex & Jen, go for a weekend camping near Missinabi Lake. They meet a seemingly menacing stranger & a very menacing bear. This movie is wonderfully horrific. It serves up threat, anxiety and a good old wedge of bear attack.
Backcountry is available to stream with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video
Introducing 'Horror Bear' T-Shirt.
A bloodthirsty bear wielding a chainsaw on a cinema screen in the style of the classic horror movie 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.
This t-shirt is guaranteed to make your friends do a double take and will be sure to spark conversation among fellow horror fanatics. Just be sure to wear it with caution as it might attract other bears with a taste for gore and a love for cinema.