Final 12 months’s Jurassic World Rebirth was a totally fine, however not very memorable Jurassic Park sequel. That’s been most of what we’ve gotten from the dinosaur-filled franchise over the past decade or so. But when, like me, you crave one thing higher, one thing extra like the unique books and movie, then you need to take a look at an ongoing YouTube sequence that’s one in all my favourite issues on the web.
YouTuber Ali Awada has been making animated Jurassic Park movies since 2023. And whereas a few of his earlier makes an attempt weren’t extremely polished, with uneven animations and peculiar edits, they confirmed that the creator understood how one can produce scary movies utilizing the world of Jurassic Park. And Awada’s most up-to-date Jurassic Park sequence is a large enchancment over that previous work.
Muldoon’s Logs is an ongoing found-footage-like VHS horror sequence made up of 12- to 20-minute-long movies from the standpoint of Jurassic Park sport warden and khaki shorts lover Robert Muldoon. You understand, the man who will get eaten by a raptor within the first film after saying, “Clever girl.” In Awada’s sequence, we get to see what Muldoon was as much as earlier than the film, as he helped run the park and handle its dinos.
Every installment options Muldoon checking on varied dinosaurs whereas coping with a thriller involving rogue velociraptors that hold inflicting issues. The place these raptors come from, how they bought into completely different components of the park, and who’s guilty are questions the sequence has been teasing for weeks now with every new add. And I’m hooked.
Muldoon’s Logs aren’t the scariest YouTube movies round, however as an alternative are extra of a gradual burn. You get loads of time to simply chill with Muldoon as he interacts with the dinos or investigates completely different situations. This builds the stress as you realize one thing dangerous or scary goes to occur earlier than the video ends. And when that occurs, like a raptor showing the place it shouldn’t or a T-Rex chase, it’s thrilling and tense.
Muldoon’s Logs are an excellent instance of how Jurassic Park might be the proper franchise for horror-adjacent tasks and flicks, one thing the franchise correct doesn’t do sufficient of. Dinosaurs stalking round is creepy stuff, and Awada faucets into that, with the VHS aesthetic serving to to cover a few of the limitations whereas additionally making all of it really feel extra actual. I hope the upcoming horror sport Jurassic Park Survival is as scary or scarier than Muldoon’s Logs.
And for Jurassic Park lore nerds, you’ll take pleasure in all the big and small references to the flicks, video games, and books, together with characters from the Telltale Jurassic Park sport being name-dropped and Awada skillfully explaining why the Dilophosaur is so completely different within the novel in comparison with the movie. In reality, one thing I actually respect about Muldoon’s Logs is how typically the writing jogs my memory of the technical, science-heavy dialogue present in Michael Crichton’s unique books.
For those who’e a Jurassic Park fan and/or somebody who enjoys VHS found-footage horror, Muldoon’s Logs are excellent for popping on at evening in a darkish room and getting misplaced in a creepy, tense ambiance.
