From Jaws to Anaconda, movies in which humans are menaced by bloodthirsty members of the animal kingdom are nothing new. But with Open Water getting critical praise and comparisons to The Blair Witch Project, the genre has been reinvigorated: Water co-star Blanchard Ryan recently told Conan O'Brien that she'd read about a pitch that had just sold, called Snakes on a Plane. But that's just the tip of the iceberg; here's a sampling of other recent film pitches that you can expect to see in theatres starting in about 2006:

Boa Constrictor in a Bus Station

Black Widows in a Photomat

Cheetah on a Monorail

Tarantulas on a Ferris Wheel

Jellyfish in the High School Girl's Locker Room

Rhino in an Old Folks' Home

Hyena in an Elevator

Stingrays in the Toilet Bowl

Rats in a Discount Shoe Outlet

Bear in a Hotel Shuttle

Yellowjackets in a Prison

Wolverines at a Church Bake Sale

Velociraptors at the Prom

Rabid Racoon in the Orbiting Space Station

Wild Boar in an Airport Limo

Piranhas at the Y

Pit Bulls in a Hot Air Balloon Basket

Vampire Bats in a Zeppelin

Wolf on the Staten Island Ferry

Scorpions in a Starbucks

Killer Bees in a Gondola

Fleas in a CT-Scan