The biggest film of it's time, Jurassic Park sent Spielberg to new heights, brought Crichton back in vogue and sparked a worldwide obsession with inaccurate paleontology! The question does remain (blog post) though.. has the film stood the horror movies test of time, or (blog post) did it just scrape by in the first place thanks to it's flashy effects?
Source: Jurassic Park Movie Review - Decker Shado