There are only (2) dinosaurs that made the list who came from the age before CG (Computer Graphics) which began around 1993 with the first Jurassic Park movie being the most famous to use this technique. The dinosaurs (and all monstrous creations) have seem to get scarier and scarier from that date all the way to our number 1 which came out in 2008.
The Velociraptors of Jurassic Park
Number 10
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), ok this dinosaur was scary because this was the dino that started all the films about a giant beast being awakened or brought about by the detonation of an atomic bomb. It was the predecessor of Godzilla, King Kong, Them! and others in the 1950s. So for being the first it gets to be number 10.
Number 9
The dino in Carnosaur(1993), this dino was trying to beat the T.Rex of Jurassic Park to the movie theaters and so, well, they should have waited and made him a touch more scary.
Number 8
The Pteranodon from Jurassic Park III (2001). I wouldn’t mess with these flying mean machines and when they catch some of the cast in the water, then it’s all over. I mean their beaks with one shot could pop through your head and you would resemble a shish-kabob.
Number 7
Gustave, that Crocodile from the movie Primeval (2007) a seriously scary 2,000 pound crocodile. What makes this movie scary is that crocodiles do exist! Is there a 2,000 pound one out there? The film is based on an actual crocodile who killed more than 300 people.
Sabre-Toothed Cat
Number 6
The Sabre Tooth Cat from 10,000 B.C., now how scary would it be to run into this cat in the woods with a stick to ward him off? No gun, no dynamite, and he can outrun and out climb you?
Number 5
King Kong (2005) ok well he’s not exactly a dinosaur, but he has dinosaurs all around him. When he was mad he could get evil.
Number 4
The T-Rex from Jurassic Park (1993). You could almost smell the stink on this giant’s breath, the scene where he is chasing the jeep is probably one of the most famous dino scenes in the movies.
Number 3
Godzilla (1998) this vintage was way scarier than the older movies in which he looked like an inflatable pool toy. If only the plot had been a little different this could have been a fantastically scary movie like Cloverfield or well…you get my drift.
The monster from Cloverfield
Number 2
The Velociraptor of Jurassic Park (1993) fame that premiered in 1993. These sleek, mean, chomping machines proved during the course of the Jurassic Park sequels that not only do they hunt in packs but they talk to one another as well. Has there ever been a scarier dinosaur on screen? Their bark & bite, well that’s OK, but what made them the scariest was how crazy smart they are.
Number 1
The beast from Cloverfield (2008) and well the parasites that accompany him, put them together and they made a serious push for number 1 and had to stay there. Did the film make him scarier than the rest? Probably so. But, I know one thing, I don’t want to be in the city when he shows up.
