Books or stories where the story's PRIMARY antagonist is vicious vegetation/man-eating plants!
NO MINOR PLANT APPEARANCES! Must be FULL-ON wicked plants, spores, vines or even trees!
Plants may be carnivorous, alien, invasive, intelligent and/or be of the plant "creature type" - any hostile plant-based foes!

PLEASE ADD WITH CARE (FICTION ONLY) AND COMMENT WHY THE ADDITION YOU'RE MAKING BELONGS TO THE KILLER PLANTS LIST!
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message 1: by Adam (new)

Adam Light Man eating trees! Need I say more?


Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* Creepshow would probably work too because of the plant short story. Not sure if it's in the book form but I think so


message 3: by Adam (new)

Adam Light It was a comic book, Erin. I had it at one time, but that was long aago. The story you mentioned is called THE LONESOME DEATH OF JORDY VERRIL.


message 4: by Rebekah (new)

Rebekah Needs Uprooted and the Soldier Son series. Tree horror galore!


message 5: by Gerry (new)

Gerry I added a book. It had sentient banyan trees in a post-apocalyptic world, with names like Gatherer of Memories from Times Past and Devourer of All Things. The Devourer was a continent-spanning killer tree, but kinda dim in the brain department.


message 6: by Jaro (new)

Jaro I added "Weeds" by Stephen King, the original short story that the Creepshow episode, movie and comic, are based upon. Also I think The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke qualifies. It has some mean mushrooms, very much like those in The Last of US.


message 7: by Scott (new)

Scott Strictly speaking, fungi are not plants, which would eliminate The Girl with All the Gifts.


message 8: by Georgina (new)

Georgina Warren Can we also include creepy plant people on this list?


✨ Bookferatu ✨ Georgina wrote: "Can we also include creepy plant people on this list?"

Sure!


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