Carnosaur: The hilariously dumb B-movie that rode Jurassic Park's coattails to unlikely Hollywood glory

A look back at the other dinosaur franchise that won at the box office in the 1990s

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Scott Meslow
Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.