Ever since Steven Spielberg’s first Jurassic Park film trampled its way onto the big screen in 1993, audiences have been fascinated by what life would be like living alongside dinosaurs. But while seeing a field full of grazing herbivores may have filled us with wonder, it’s the film’s carnivores—from the T. rex to the Velociraptors—who consistently steal the show.
With sharp teeth come bloody deaths, and over the seven Jurassic Park instalments, there have been plenty of memorable kills. Check out the 10 most gruesome deaths from the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchise, and find out where to stream them all below.
Dennis Nedry – Jurassic Park (1993)
The first Jurassic Park featured one of the most iconic deaths in the franchise’s history. Dennis Nedry, the programmer who was bribed into smuggling dino embryos off the island, died in spectacular fashion at the claws of the tiny, frilled Dilophosaurus. As Nedry makes his escape through torrential rain, his Jeep gets caught in the mud. When he exits to tether the vehicle, a mid-sized dino sneaks up on him and is unimpressed when he tries to distract it by throwing a stick. It slowly unfurls its colourful frills and spits poison on Nedry, partially blinding him. But just when Nedry thinks he’s made it to safety inside his Jeep, he realises the Dilo is already inside waiting for him. Although his death takes place off-screen, the jerky movements of the Jeep and his screams make the mental image one of the most horrific of the franchise.
Robert Muldoon – Jurassic Park (1993)
Perhaps the most iconic death from the original Jurassic Park is that of Robert Muldoon, a game warden and an expert hunter who joins the group on their journey through the island. While alone and making his way through the woods, he realises he’s being stalked by a Velociraptor. But just as he has it in range, another comes out of the bushes just next to him. Muldoon is one of the most cautious and capable of the original troupe, and his respect for the game leads him to utter the most famous line of the franchise when he realises he’s been outsmarted by a raptor: “Clever girl.” The Velociraptor proceeds to spring on him, and the last we see is it tearing into his face while he screams in agony.
M. B. Nash – Jurassic Park III (2001)
In Jurassic Park III, the pilot and former soldier M. B. Nash is part of the crew escaping from a Spinosaurus attack in a small plane. The plane catches on the Spinosaurus’ sail and crashes into the trees. As they attempt to collect themselves, the Spinosaurus crashes through the trees in pursuit. It drags Nash out by his leg, and he falls to the ground and is crushed under the Spinosaurus’ foot before it eats him whole. To make matters worse, a few days later, the crew walk past a massive pile of feces in which they find the remnants of Nash and others.
Eddie Carr – The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
In one of the most tragic and gruesome deaths of the Jurassic Park franchise, equipment expert Eddie Carr meets his end between the jaws of two T. rexes. In the pouring rain, Eddie finds Ian Malcolm and the kids in a caravan that is about to fall off a cliff. He manages to secure a rope to a tree stump and toss it to the three while heroically attempting to haul the caravan up with his own Jeep. Unfortunately, two enormous T. rexes arrive and proceed to lift him out of his Jeep before ripping him in half.
Dieter Stark – The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Dieter was one of the mercenaries tasked with hunting down the dinosaurs on the Isla Sorna to bring them to a zoo in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Not exactly one of the most likeable characters, Dieter was quick to anger and had very little respect for the prehistoric creatures. While traveling across the island with the crew, he goes on a bathroom break alone, only to find himself lost. He is eventually ambushed by a pack of tiny Compsognathus, and while their bites are small, they release a certain amount of poison that ultimately slows him and causes him to fall to the ground in the middle of a river. The Compsognathus then jump on him, killing him by a thousand bites, as we see his blood flow downstream.
Donald Gennaro – Jurassic Park (1993)
The park lawyer Donald Gennaro met his gruesome end via T. rex while sitting on the loo. After Nedry made his escape from the Visitor’s Centre by shutting off the power, he also allowed the T. rex to exit its pen. As it roamed free, Gennaro decided to run and hide in the toilet, but the T. rex merely removed the roof and walls, exposing Gennaro sitting on the WC before grabbing him from above.
Zara Young – Jurassic World (2015)
Zara Young’s fate is one of the most brutal and undeserving deaths of the franchise. The twnety-something Zara comes to the park in Jurassic World as the assistant to Claire Dearing and is tasked with looking after her nephews during their visit. She reluctantly complies while trying to plan her wedding at the same time. When she and the boys are on Main Street after the aviary is smashed up, the newly freed Pteranodons begin to terrorise the crowd. One picks the unfortunate Zara up and carries her all the way to the lake, where she almost drowns, only to be lifted out of the water again by a Pteranodon. However, the monstrous Mosasaurus leaps out of the water and catches both Zara and the Pteranodon in its jaws, dragging them back under water.
LeClerc – Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)
While Jurassic World Rebirth was relatively light on the carnage with respect to the other instalments, one death was particularly horrible. LeClerc was a mercenary and part of Duncan and Zora’s crew as they headed on their mission to the Ile Saint-Hubert. While he survives for a relatively long time, he winds up sacrificing himself to save Zora and Dr Loomis while they are extracting DNA from a Quetzalcoatlus egg in its cave. The flying dino returns to its nest while they are inside and attacks. LeClerc stays attached to a rope outside and throws a rock to coax the dino to come after him instead. However, although his crew members try to pull him up in time, they find he is already half way down the throat of the Quetzalcoatlus upon arrival.
Eli Mills – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the businessman Eli Mills starts out as a seemingly awkward but good-hearted participant in the park’s initiatives. However, he later proves to be corrupt and self-serving, betraying Claire and Owen while attempting to steal DNA samples from the island. However, after being caught by a stampede of freed dinos, Mills finds himself exposed when a T. rex appears. It captures him in its mouth and slowly crunches him to death while a Carnotaurus tries to make off with his severed leg.
Vic Hoskins – Jurassic World (2015)
As the leader of the park’s private security force, Hoskins had quite the condescending view of Owen’s sympathy for the prehistoric population on the Isla Nublar. His disdain was on full display when he approached Owen while he was soothing his raptors, and they clocked him as an enemy to remember. Later, after the chaos starts, one of the raptors makes its way into the lab where Hoskins is laying out his evil plan. He tries to explain to the raptor that he is on its side, but, of course, that doesn’t go down very well, and the creature promptly bites his hand off.
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