The first Ray Harryhausen movie I saw was the last one he made. In 1981, the Greek fantasy epic Clash of the Titans hit theaters, featuring some of the master animator’s finest work. I was eight years ...

In the course of reviewing movies in the early 2000s, just as computer-generated special effects were becoming radically sophisticated and were also, increasingly, becoming the chief selling point of ...

In the spring of 1933, 12-year-old Ray Harryhausen saw the movie King Kong, and cinema would never be the same. The direct inheritor of the special effects innovations that Kong co-creator Willis ...

Vanessa Harryhausen and Connor Heaney with some of the artwork and plans made by her father, Ray Harryhausen. As collection manager for the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation, Heaney oversees the ...

"Created by stop-motion genius Ray Harryhausen, this detailed replica of the animation puppet is 30cm (12") tall and comes in a Regular and Deluxe version. Traditionally sculpted by the artisans of ...

The Cyclops from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad remains one of Ray Harryhausen's most legendary creations. It is a towering, goat-legged guardian of Colossa that was remarkably brought to life through ...

The legendary Hollywood FX man died Tuesday at age 92. Known for creating the monsters in such films as Mighty Joe Young and Jason and the Argonauts, Harryhausen spoke with Fresh Air in 2003 about ...

Ray Harryhausen, the stop-motion animation legend whose work on "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "Jason and the Argonauts" and other science fiction and fantasy film classics made him a cult figure ...

In the course of reviewing movies in the early 2000s, just as computer-generated special effects were becoming radically sophisticated and were also, increasingly, becoming the chief selling point of ...