Farewell, Ray Harryhausen

The master of stop motion passed on at 92

"...so many more iconic fantastical images, special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen, has died, aged 92...."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Drafthouse Gets Animated Over Ray Harryhausen

Mondo's Justin Ishmael leads tribute to the FX innovator

"...1963 mythological adventure will always be remembered as a Ray Harryhausen film. So what better way for the Alamo..."

May 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Ray Bradbury Has Gone to Mars …

Iconic author of 'Fahrenheit 451' dead at 91

"...Ray Bradbury, our favorite American author, fabulist, science fictioneer, screenwriter..."

June 6, 2012 Books Post by Marc Savlov

Titan, King, God, Monster

Ray Harryhausen in Austin, Tuesday, March 28

"...there's the man who made the gods and monsters, Ray Harryhausen, who, along with pals Ray Bradbury and Famous..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

The third coming of C.S. Lewis' Narnia fantasy/allegory series has arrived.

"...appears to have been ripped straight from one of Ray Harryhausen's old Sinbad epics, you'd expect some sort of..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Twenty-Fourth International Tournee of Animation

"...loving tribute to field pioneers like Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen that pits a T-Rex against a Stegosaur in..."

April 15, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Alien Trespass

Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films, Alien Trespass is a deeply affectionate homage to the era when every kid on the block knew what "Klaatu borada nikto" meant.

"...and Saturday afternoons were made for flying-saucer matinees and Ray Bradbury's red planet, Mars. Thematically similar to 2002's The..."

April 3, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest Interview: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Inside the mind of stop motion wizard Phil Tippett

"...second giant (after King Kong creator Willis O'Brien) in Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan: four years later, they pulled..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'It Came From Beneath the Sea' and 'Earth vs. the Flying Saucers'

Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen's collaboration produced 12 fantastic films in 26 years and a profound influence on the likes of Spielberg and Lucas

"...In 1955, producer Charles H. Schneer and special-effects guru Ray Harryhausen began their long-running collaboration, creating 12 fantastic films..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

"...the wake of Turner Classic Movies' weekendlong tribute to Ray Harryhausen (who turned 83 this past Sunday). Their "Ray..."

July 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

DVDanger: Elstree 1976

On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen

"...1976 (FilmRise/MVD Entertainment) is available on Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray now...."

July 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jason and the Argonauts

One-eyed monsters! Great White sharks! Man-eating alligators! We look at four adventure films that take their threats (sort of) seriously: Jason and theArgonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Lake Placid, and Deep Blue Sea.

"...(1963); with Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack (special visual effects: Ray Harryhausen; music: Bernard Herrmann)...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

Clash of the Titans

A messy assemblage of mythic odds and ends, Clash of the Titans takes a nosedive off Mount Olympus.

"...If you're casting about, looking to remake one of Ray Harryhausen's beloved stop-motion masterpieces but unsure of where to..."

April 2, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

"...Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher (special visual effects: Ray Harryhausen; music, Bernard Herrmann)...."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Review by Bud Simons

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Michael Caine zips around on a giant bumblebee and Dwayne Johnson is a pectoral spectacle in this family-friendly, fantasy-island adventure tale.

"...zipping around astride a giant bumblebee. I can only pray to the god that is Ray Harryhausen that it's..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Plan 69 From Outer Space

"...John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Martine Beswick; Special effects by Ray Harryhausen/laserdisc version..."

May 9, 1997 Screens Feature

Irreplaceable

Co-director Mike Johnson on 'Tim Burton's Corpse Bride' and how stop-motion has done more than survive amid the rise of computer animation

"...to it, and you make an explicit nod to Ray Harryhausen, for instance...."

Sept. 23, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Scanlines

"...master of this process was an effects wizard named Ray Harryhausen. A generation of kids grew up (or not)..."

July 21, 1995 Arts Feature

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...Suddenly, Mom and Dad's boxy new Zenith is cathode ray-beaming you Karloff and Lugosi, Frankenstein and Dracula, The Wolf..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part Two: The Bane of Michael Medved

Savlov's Top Ten extras

"...don't, although one not-so-new DVD box set does: Sony's Ray Harryhausen Collection. It Came From Beneath the Sea, Earth..."

Jan. 7, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

King Kung Fu

Production began in 1974, but due to financial constraints, it wasn't finished until 1987. What exactly the money was spent on is unclear.

"...and China. As part of a publicity stunt, Bo, portrayed by writer/director Lance Hayes, and his lackey, Herman, free..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

All the Gory Details

The Maestro of movie make-up Tom Savini talks about George Romero, the increasing popularity of CGI, and what it felt like to shoot a crotch-gun.

"...the way it takes away the artistry of, say, Ray Harryhausen or George Pal miniature work?..."

March 24, 2000 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

The lackluster return of the DCEU kid in a hero's body

"...and features monsters directly inspired by the work of Ray Harryhausen, I would have guessed that the genre was..."

March 24, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Fantastic Fest: Behold! The Mad God, Phil Tippett

The stop motion legend's most personal and bizarre movie yet

"...live action footage; Czech nightmare-maker Jan vankmajer; monster master Ray Harryhausen; and Phil Tippett. The man that made Luke..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Monster Hunter

The beast-slaying game gets the Paul W.S. Anderson treatment

"...toll there's a strand here running right back to Ray Harryhausen. Meanwhile, there's a lengthy fight sequence between Jaa..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

VHYes

Bizarro tribute to camcorder culture is silly and profound

"...my favorite filmmaker of my youth, the late, great Ray Harryhausen. (I mourn the fact that my 30-second epics..."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kubo and the Two Strings

Sublime animated movie is disguised as kids' fare

"...tedious, incremental process and endless passion that would make Ray Harryhausen's skeletal corpse smile in his grave. Their new..."

Aug. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Exclusive Peek: Jason Edmiston's Mondo Blacula

Plus a sneak behind Harryhausen's Cyclop's eye

"...Mondo CEO/creative director Justin Ishmael. After all, what huge Ray Harryhausen fan wouldn't want Edmiston's take on the mighty..."

Aug. 22, 2013 Design Post by Richard Whittaker

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

A teenager's Greek mythology book comes to life and thrusts him into an adventure to recover Zeus' stolen lightning bolt.

"...Greek mythology, they'll need at least three screenings of Ray Harryhausen's finest 24 frames per second stop-mo to get..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2012

Big. Dumb. Fun.

"...and undertaken by everyone from Cecil B. DeMille to Ray Harryhausen to Irwin Allen. The German-born Emmerich takes the..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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