Warning! This publish comprises SPOILERS for Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands is well one of the vital inventive and distinctive entries in the whole Predator franchise. Not solely will we get a Yautja warrior because the movie’s protagonist, however we additionally see him encounter quite a lot of alien creatures by no means seen earlier than.
Decided to show himself a worthy warrior to his clan and cruel father, Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) ventures to the planet Genna to kill the Kalisk, an extremely lethal creature on a world full of extremely lethal creatures (and the Weyland-Yutani Company). With that in thoughts, we have ranked all of the distinctive and lethal creatures in Predator: Badlands, from least to most favourite.
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Explosive Grubs
Explosive Grubs are simply the smallest threats in Badlands, however they nonetheless pack fairly a serious punch. Exploding on impression after being thrown, these grubs are utilized by Dek to nice impact when he plans his assault on the Weyland-Yutani outpost. Whereas helpful, they are not essentially the most visually fascinating creatures Genna has to supply.
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Rock Biters
Proven originally of Predator: Badlands at an awesome distance away, Rock Biters seem like fairly huge, worm-like creatures that hold on the highest of huge rocks. Though they helped make an awesome introduction for Genna forward of the film’s title card, we do not really see Dek work together with any Rock Biters by the ending of Predator: Badlands.
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Vultures
Alien creatures generally known as Vultures circle the skies in Predator: Badlands, preying on any creatures silly sufficient to get paralyzed by the fields of spike pods they typically fly above. That includes reptilian heads and leather-based wings, there are some robust similarities between Vultures and prehistoric pterodactyls.
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Tree Vines
Genna’s Tree Vines very a lot blurred the road between plant and alien. A big grouping of sentient predatory tendrils, these residing root-like creatures (or maybe only a single creature with a number of arms/branches?) have been the primary to be confronted by Dek on Genna, an encounter he barely survived after the vines systematically stole items of his arsenal one after the other.
Nevertheless, the Tree Vines finally met their match in opposition to Weyland-Yutani with a full squad armed with flamethrowers.
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Bone Bison
Fairly giant and armored, Bone Bison are revealed by Thia (Elle Fanning) to be the first prey of the Kalisk. Able to roaming Genna’s fields of razor-grass unhurt, the Bone Bison function a really distinctive design, and its armor was finally utilized by Dek to create armor of his personal by the film’s finish.
A charging Bone Bison additionally made for considered one of Predator: Badlands’ greatest scenes with Dek spitting one of many creatures proper down the center along with his sword.
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Luna Bug
Named by Thia, “Luna Bugs” do not sound almost as scary as they really are in Predator: Badlands. Attacking Dek and Thia through the Yautja’s try to search out a Bone Bison, the duo are attacked from above by a Luna Bug, which is mainly a large multi-fanged central mouth and physique surrounded by three tentacle-like arms and a tail.
Certainly, the Luna Bugs are a few of Genna’s most unique-looking predators, whereas undoubtedly being considered one of its most horrifying.
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Kalisk
As the first focus of the film’s plot, it should not come as too massive a shock that the Kalisk has a better rating. The definitive apex predator of Genna and worlds past in line with the Yautja, Badlands’ extremely smart Kalisk was largely believed to be just about unkillable on account of its fast regeneration capabilities.
The Kalisk’s physique is roofed with lengthy black quills, whereas additionally having a closely armored conceal. Different notable options embody expandable jaws, a number of rows of tooth, an extended prehensile tail, and an extended tentacle-like tongue. We even have to say Bud, the small creature who befriended Dek and Thia and was finally revealed to be the Kalisk’s pup.
By way of display time, risk stage, and narrative function, The Kalisk (and Bud) verify all of the containers, simply being one of many film’s most vital and thrilling creatures. Nevertheless, there’s yet another creature in Predator: Badlands that we actually appreciated just a bit bit extra.
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Imbre Anguis/Spitter Eel
The Imbre Anguis aka the Spitter Eel, stands on the prime of the checklist purely as a result of it is so dang cool. Extremely clever and dependable to Dek after he feeds and befriends the creature, the Spitter Eel basically serves as an natural residing substitute for the Yautja’s basic shoulder-mounted plasmacaster.
Taking pictures extremely acidic spit from its mouth, Imbre Anguis was the proper weapon in opposition to the Weyland-Yutani synths, melting targets left and proper. Likewise, this specific Spitter Eel was so loyal that it even sacrificed itself for Dek within the film’s culminating battle. Whereas it could not have been the largest creature to name Genna house in Predator: Badlands, the Spitter Eel was undoubtedly essentially the most spectacular in our e book.
Predator: Badlands is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
- Launch Date
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November 5, 2025
- Runtime
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107 minutes
- Director
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Dan Trachtenberg
- Writers
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Dan Trachtenberg, Patrick Aison, John Thomas, Jim Thomas
- Producers
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Brent O’Connor, John Davis, Marc Toberoff, Dan Trachtenberg, Ben Rosenblatt
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Elle Fanning
Thia / Tessa
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Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Dek / Father