I didn't have a nature documentary on my radar of Halloween specials to be hyped for, but after watching Netflix's first trailer for "Nightmares of Nature," which was released today, it has shot to the top of my shortlist. Horror studio Blumhouse and natural history producer Plimsoll Productions are teaming up to tackle the real-life horrors lurking in the great outdoors, reimagining natural history filmmaking through a horror lens.

Having grown up hearing Appalachian folk stories, nature is already plenty scary as far as I'm concerned. But I'm always fascinated to learn about new real-life creatures that are pure nightmare fuel, like the "zombie" fungus that inspired "The Last of Us," and this two-part docuseries seems geared toward just that. It'll travel to "a place where trees bleed,

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