THE Jurassic Park The franchise is one of the most influential creature features of all time, thanks to its gripping story and impressive special effects. Jurassic Park And Jurassic World The trilogies aren’t technically horror films, but their fear factor is undeniable. It’s hard not to feel unnerved when a T. rex stares into a character’s face or vicious carnivores are ready to trap and eat a poor victim.
From the moment viewers saw the very first dinosaur in 1993, fans knew that the wonder and terror of living in a world with dinosaurs wouldn’t be a walk in the park. But key moments across the franchise’s six films, whether they’re featuring a raptor or a T. rex, prove that they don’t have to be horror movies to deliver a good scare.
10 The Indoraptor playing with its prey is evil
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- The Indoraptor had the highest body count Fallen Kingdom.
It’s incredibly satisfying to see the bad guy bite the dust, as gruesome as it may be. So it’s fun and fulfilling to see Wheatley suffer a gruesome end at the hands of the very commodity he wants to make a fortune from. As he enters the Indoraptor’s cage after supposedly tranquilizing the hybrid hunter, Wheatley opens its mouth to retrieve a tooth as a trophy. Surprisingly, the creature plays along as Wheatley struggles to remove the tooth.
After a brief smirk, the Indoraptor springs into action, grabbing Wheatley’s arm and devouring him. It’s nerve-wracking to see a creature that was just introduced as a killing machine moments ago in a locked cage with a hunter who’s out of his reach. The entire sequence is one long, scary, but entertaining kill to show just how deadly the hybrid is.
9 Owen feeds the birds of prey, it’s scary
Jurassic World
- Owen Grady is the only human to train raptors in the franchise.
Birds of prey are the most popular attraction of the Jurassic franchise. Although Rexy steals the show for obvious reasons, the raptors are the only ones who really get the scares due to their notorious hunting skills. Owen Grady is introduced as the raptor’s guardian in Jurassic Worldand despite his immense success in bonding with them, primal instinct tries to win out. Dinosaurs may be created in a laboratory, but they have all the natural instincts of a top predator, including the instinct to attack its prey, whether it’s a hunter or its keeper.
So when the new food manager falls into the raptor pit, it’s an intense and nerve-wracking sequence as Owen steps in to save the day. However, it’s a shock when even Owen struggles to keep four hungry raptors at bay. The fear factor is ratcheted up a notch when Owen narrowly escapes the raptors’ wrath after a few moments where the audience realizes he won’t be able to hold them off for long.
8 Claire deliberately releases the T. Rex
Jurassic World
- The T. rex in Jurassic World is the same as the original Jurassic Park.
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One of the most terrifying scenes in the Jurassic World The franchise focuses on the iconic T. rex chase at the end of the first film. When the fight against the Indominus Rex gets out of hand, Claire resorts to extreme measures. She deliberately opens the T. rex’s enclosure and forces the giant beast to chase her. It’s unnerving enough to be in the presence of such a majestic beast, and Claire shows great courage by running in heels with a dinosaur in hot pursuit.
It’s an absolutely spine-chilling sequence that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up as Claire narrowly misses the T. rex’s bite and leads the creature to the Indominus Rex. What follows is a breathtaking moment where past meets twisted present in an epic showdown that’s as intense as Claire’s race for her life was frightening.
7 Dr. Sattler suffers a terrible fright
Jurassic Park
- Dr. Sattler is one of three characters in the franchise to provide medical treatment to a dinosaur.
The T. rex is very present in the fear meter for very obvious reasons, but the stealth of the velociraptors allows for quality jumps in the Jurassic Park trilogy. These dangerous dinosaurs hunted to corner their prey and trap them when they least expected it. One scene that had viewers on the edge of their seats was when Dr. Sattler volunteered to restore the power. With raptors on the loose, it was essentially a suicide mission, but Dr. Sattler, along with the raptor’s keeper, Muldoon, tried anyway.
Although she succeeds, with Muldoon sacrificing himself to be chased away by his raptors, she is greeted at a power plant by the severed arm of Mr. Arnold, who tried to restore power before her. Ellie is immediately shocked by the presence of a velociraptor still waiting for another prey, and the ensuing chase is equally horrifying, especially in the confined space.
6 The Indominus Rex Swallowing the Gyrosphere Is Terrifying
Jurassic World
- The Indominus Rex is technically not a dinosaur as it is a hybrid of dinosaurs and animals like cuttlefish.
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The moment the Indominus Rex swallowed a poor maintenance man whole, fans realized that this creature only cared about hunting rather than feeding. While it was extremely tense to see Owen inches from the creature’s face, it was even more terrifying to see Claire’s nephews literally in the dinosaur’s mouth. The boys ventured deep into the wilderness in the “safety” of the gyrosphere, but what they didn’t realize was that a monster was hot on their trail.
What made the encounter even more frightening was the Indominus’ instincts. It did its best to break the vehicle, and when it didn’t move, it tried to crush the whole thing to get its prey out. Claustrophobic types might need to catch their breath as they watch a fearsome beast try to swallow two children whole while trapped in a giant glass ball.
5 The Spinosaurus that attacked the boat was similar to Jaws
Jurassic Park III
- The Spinosaurus of Jurassic Park III is not scientifically accurate as to what Spinosaurus actually looks like.
Spinosaurus has always been downplayed in the Jurassic Park Despite being as fearsome as a T. rex or a raptor, this notorious predator was in the spotlight when it attempted to devour Dr. Grant and the Kirby family while they were trapped in a cage on a boat, almost growing in size in the process. The suspense of this scene is likely to have the audience on the edge of their seats waiting for Dr. Grant to come up with a plan.
From the dark and ominous river setting to the Spinosaurus dancing in the river like a frenzied shark, the scene increases the threat level as it appears to be the end of the line for the boat and its passengers. Although many viewers would argue over the glorification Jurassic ParkIn the third installment, the boat scene still wins points for being absolute terror to watch.
4 The T. rex escape is an iconic sequence
Jurassic Park
- Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were almost stop-motion created by iconic filmmaker Phil Tippett.
Nothing beats the fear factor and originality of the first ever dinosaur chase in the Jurassic Park The directness. The slow build-up is iconic, drawing viewers in with subtle hints that something terrifying is about to happen. The ripples in the puddle, the creepy feeling that something was watching us, and the deafening silence were enough to paralyze the audience, as everyone could tell that something brutal was about to happen.
From the moment the Rex escaped, it was clear that humans were not the dominant species, and the way Rexy attacked anything that moved proved that she was not a villain but a hungry beast, which made her even more horrifying. The scene is absolutely breathtaking because it relies heavily on the icy atmosphere, the creepy buildup, and the human ability to ooze fear when threatened.
3 The Indoraptor in Maisie’s Room is a Blood-Chilling Sequence
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
- The Indoraptor is a refined and more deadly version of the Indominus Rex.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The film has a unique structure that makes it more of a gothic horror film bordering on dinosaurs than a full-on survivalist sci-fi film. The tone of the film changes drastically when the setting shifts to the Lockwood mansion, especially after the big reveal of the Indoraptor. Freed from its cage after a calamity of bad choices, the hybrid creature goes on an all-out hunt to sink its teeth into any living thing. While its disturbing physical appearance is enough to scare the younger set, its attempt to break into Maisie Lockwood’s bedroom is more terrifying.
The whole sequence seems like something out of a horror movie, with the frightened girl desperately hiding under her blanket to try to escape the killer dinosaur. The monster slowly moving its long claws to expose its prey will send shivers down your spine. If it wasn’t for Owen, Maisie would have been food for the dinosaurs.
2 The T. Rex couple that tears Eddie apart is dark
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- The rexes of The Lost World reappear in Jurassic World Domination.
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It is safe to say that both Jurassic Park And Jurassic World The franchises have managed to maintain an entertaining balance between blood and brutality in their films. While attacking or eating humans is nothing new, brutally dismembering a sympathetic character proves the seriousness of the situation. Eddie was a good guy who saved the film’s protagonists, but it cost him his limbs.
As the baby T. rex’s parents attempt to throw Sarah Harding and Dr. Ian Malcolm off a cliff, Eddie comes to their rescue but is immediately “manipulated” by the two dinosaurs. Fans can see that the franchise has reached a new level of darkness when Eddie’s scream rings through the air as he is torn apart by the two dinosaurs. It is without a doubt one of the most terrifying moments in the entire franchise.
1 Birds of prey in the kitchen have become the franchise’s signature scene.
Jurassic Park
- The raptor locked in the freezer could return in the coming days Jurassic Park: Survival video game.
Who knew that a deadly game of hide-and-seek with hungry raptors would go down in history as one of the franchise’s most memorable cinematic moments? There are only a few scenes that can be called perfect, and the one where Lex and Tim hide from the velociraptors is one of them. The sheer tension of that moment as the kids fight for their lives and not become food for the raptors is terrifying.
This scene from the 1993 film uses silence and suspense to create a creepy atmosphere that will keep fans on the edge of their seats. As the children play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the raptors, it is difficult to predict when the ferocious creature will gain the upper hand. The unease and discomfort felt at this moment is enough to call it the scariest scene in the film. Jurassic franchise.
Jurassic Park
Scientists bring the dinosaurs back to an amusement park, but everyone learns that the dinosaurs can’t be contained in the Jurassic Park franchise.
- Created by
- Michael Crichton, Steven Spielberg
- First film
- Jurassic Park
- Latest TV Show
- Camp Jurassic World Cretaceous
- Casting
- Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, BD Wong, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard