9 lovely-yet-deadly plant/animal hybrids from sci-fi film and TV
Here at Blastr, we consider it our duty to panic people by reporting how scary plants can be. Which is why we find tonight's episode of Face Off organically horrifying: Contestants must combine an animal and a plant to make a scary monster. Personally, our choice would be "an elephant high on cocaine." To celebrate this unholy fusion of flora and fauna, we took a look at nine classic examples of horrific plant-animal hybridization:
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Poison Ivy
Depictions of Poison Ivy range from "plant-loving nerd" to "carbon dioxide-breathing parahuman." We always wondered if all of Poison Ivy's lovers develop itchy rashes all over their bodies.
The Guardian
In this campy 1990 film, innocent families must devise a way to take down an evil druidic tree. If you guessed "cut it down," you are a genius. Although we also would have accepted "move away from the tree" and/or "stop feeding it human babies."
Triffids
Sure, walking plants that look like the neck of an ostrich may not seem scary at first, but you have to remember that everyone in Day of the Triffids was stricken blind. Close your eyes and look at the triffid pictured—you'll notice it looks much scarier.
Killer Tomatoes
There are three sequels to the comedy-horror film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, yet there is not a single prequel. How is humanity supposed to avoid this tragedy if we don't even know how it started?
Biollante
When Godzilla's skin cells are merged with a rose, the result is about as sweet-smelling as the King of Monsters' droppings. We were relieved to see that Biollante had more moves than just "when you punch me I prick you."
Krynoids
This alien plant from Dr. Who infects its victims, turning them into plant-human hybrids. Then the Krynoid shuffles off to find more victims. We imagine its archenemy would be a lattice.
Wildvine
This monster from Ben 10 has all of the stretchy, thorny defenses a killer plant should have (plus smoke bombs). We also like to imagine he has a crippling case of Season Affective Disorder, as dark winters must leave him low on energy.
Ents
These Lord of the Rings characters were originally made to protect the forest from lumberjack dwarves. Kind of like how the Brazilian rainforests are protected by ... every deadly thing in the Brazilian rainforests.
The Apple Trees of Oz
These crabby apple trees won't let the Scarecrow and Ms. Gale pick anything. Since the Tin Woodsman is frozen stiff just across the road, we wonder how many times the apple trees tried to peg him.
