Dominion Proves Jurassic Park & World Movies Wasted The Dilophosaurus

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Warning! SPOILERS For Jurassic World: Dominion.

Jurassic World: Dominion shows how underutilized the Dilophosaurus has been in the Jurassic Park franchise. Despite its weak reviews, Jurassic World: Dominion has struck box office gold in bringing the modern and original Jurassic Park casts together in a new adventure, as mankind is forced to live in a world with dinosaurs. It also brings back a familiar pre-historic face in the Dilophosaurus.

In the film's third act, a Dilophosaurus almost kills Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) before being stopped by Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Kayla Watts (DeWanda Wise). Later, a Dilophosaurus trio attack and eat the villainous Lewis Dodgson (Campbell Scott). In both scenes, the Dilophosaurus, complete with the dinosaur’s paralyzing and blinding venom, is supremely frightening, showing just how much their absence has been a mistake.

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The Dilophosaurus was originally seen in Jurassic Park, encountered by Dennis Nedry (Wayne Knight) as he attempted to smuggle dinosaur embryos to a Biosyn contact. Initially presented as seemingly harmless, the Dilophosaurus’ sudden carnivorous turn is a majorly effective scare (even as it was considerably toned down from Nedry's very gruesome death in Michael Crichton's novel.) Unfortunately, other than a hologram in Jurassic World, this would be the last time the Dilophosaurus would be seen until Dominion.

While dinosaurs like the T-Rex and the Velociraptor have been wisely retained throughout the Jurassic Park franchise, the Dilophosaurus is very much their equal in terms of presence and the ability to scare the audience. Jurassic Park built the dinosaur up as a ticking