A closer look
Steven Spielberg's animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex on the set of the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park would frequently malfunction and violently turn itself on due to the torrential rain used in the movie's most famous scene, terrifying the living daylights out of the crew. The water would soak into the creature's synthetic skin and short-circuit the sensitive electronic controls, causing the massive robotic beast to suddenly lurch forward and snap its jaws with absolutely zero warning while people were casually eating lunch nearby. While the actors were getting paid millions to pretend to be scared of computer-generated raptors, the poor camera operators were fighting for their lives against a soggy, rogue robot that had seemingly developed a taste for human flesh. It is truly a miracle nobody was decapitated by a highly expensive piece of malfunctioning theme park technology before the film even wrapped
