I’m interested in films set in pre-modern settings where a large-scale natural disaster, divine retribution, curse, unknown phenomenon, or a terrifying creature threatens a city or an entire population.

What I mean includes examples such as:

• Noah (divine retribution)
• Exodus: God and Kings (divine retribution)
• Pompeii (volcanic eruption)
• Nosferatu (both, vampirism & plague-like spread)
• Rampant (zombie outbreak)
• Kingdom (K-drama zombie outbreak)
• Game of Thrones (White Walkers)
• The Great Wall (aliens threatening the world)
• Outlander (alien threatening the Vikings)
• Black Death (plague)
• The Hobbit (Smaug destroying the dwarves’ kingdom)
• Prey (alien threat to the Comanche)