How The Exorcist and Angry Geese Shaped the Venom-Spitting Dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park

For six movies across the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World trilogies, the T. rex, Velociraptor, and Brachiosaurus have always received top billing amongst the franchise’s prehistoric menagerie. This isn’t a bad thing by any stretch of the imagination — they’re just three of the most iconic dinosaurs from the original film (now streaming on Peacock alongside The Lost World and Jurassic Park III).

20 Years Later, This Blockbuster Roland Emmerich Disaster Flick is Still Ahead of its Time

As a die-hard movie enthusiast, by the early 2000s, Roland Emmerich had cemented his status as the disaster maestro of Tinseltown. With his gripping portrayal of malevolent aliens in Independence Day and the fearsome mutated lizards in Godzilla, this filmmaker aimed higher with a more pressing concern: climate change. The outcome was 2004’s The Day After Tomorrow (now available on Peacock), a cautionary tale about the catastrophe lurking at the end of environmental ruin… all while delivering an action-packed Hollywood blockbuster bursting with jaw-dropping visual effects.