Frightened After All These Years

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2003)

As an avid fan of horror, sci-fi, and action flicks, I had become pretty numb to the adrenaline effects typically brought on by such movie experiences. By the early 1990's, I figured I had seen it all and may never be frightened by a movie ever again...until Jurassic Park! As a mother of young children, the "t-rex attacking Tim and Lex" scene just about knocked me into the theater aisle! I couldn't get enough of the adrenaline factor. I watched the movie in theaters every weekend in the summer of 1994 and waited in agony for its release on VHS. Now I own it (as well as II and III) on DVD and watch it every six months or so. The continued appeal comes from the performances of Sam Neill and Robert Peck, the special effects, and the primary moral of the story (don't mess with Mother Nature).