Favorite Harryhausen Monster
-
- Professor
- Posts:1353
- Joined:Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:00 pm
Visionary animator Ray Harryhausen has passed away at the age of 92. As a tribute, let's talk about all his awesome stuff!
Just off of the top of my head, I'd say the nautillus sea creature Mysterious Island.
Just off of the top of my head, I'd say the nautillus sea creature Mysterious Island.
Keeper of the Cthulhu Dark "Secret Everest Expedition" PbP scenario
Rip Wheeler in the Call of Cthulhu "No Man's Land" scenario
Plays for Keepers
Rip Wheeler in the Call of Cthulhu "No Man's Land" scenario
Plays for Keepers
Mine would have to be the Minotaur and Troglodyte from Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.
-
- Professor
- Posts:1353
- Joined:Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:00 pm
You know, my actual favorite has to be the skeletons. But since that seems somehow pedestrian, I present:
SNAKE WOMAN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... IarWyasPTY#!
SNAKE WOMAN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... IarWyasPTY#!
Keeper of the Cthulhu Dark "Secret Everest Expedition" PbP scenario
Rip Wheeler in the Call of Cthulhu "No Man's Land" scenario
Plays for Keepers
Rip Wheeler in the Call of Cthulhu "No Man's Land" scenario
Plays for Keepers
-
- Freshman
- Posts:22
- Joined:Sun Apr 14, 2013 2:28 am
I have to say Calibos is my favorite. He's not just a monster, but also a dynamic villain. Not to mention his transformation scene was brilliant!
Mighty Joe Young was probably the first of his I seen as a kid. They used to play that flick at Thanksgiving every year. The Sinbad movies and of course Clash of the Titans were big childhood favs.
-
- Freshman
- Posts:2
- Joined:Sun Apr 28, 2013 2:45 am
Skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts. Started me down a life long obsession with undead, which led to my gaming career.
-TOC
-TOC
I think the skeletons are a pretty universal introductory stop-motion creature. I loved that scene, and if anyone ever mentions Harryhausen or skeletons in casual conversation my mind will immediately jump to those images.
I'm surprised there's not been any love for the giant octopus from It Came From Beneath the Sea! Tentacles everywhere!
I'm surprised there's not been any love for the giant octopus from It Came From Beneath the Sea! Tentacles everywhere!
-
- Graduate Student
- Posts:188
- Joined:Tue May 14, 2013 11:30 am
- Location:Dearborn, Michigan
Eww this is tough.
How about my top 4.
Medusa from Clash of the Titans...the hissing, the bow twangs, the death.
Kali from the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth
and of course
The Cyclops
Here's a cool link: Harryhausen
How about my top 4.
Medusa from Clash of the Titans...the hissing, the bow twangs, the death.
Kali from the Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth
and of course
The Cyclops
Here's a cool link: Harryhausen
If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
H. P. Lovecraft
H. P. Lovecraft
-
- Sophmore
- Posts:45
- Joined:Fri May 03, 2013 2:53 pm
- Location:Between time & space
- Contact:
Yep, she would be mine.fallingtower wrote:Medusa from Clash of the Titans...the hissing, the bow twangs, the death.
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” ― Robert Bloch
-
- Sponsor
- Posts:76
- Joined:Thu May 09, 2013 12:49 am
- Location:Denton, TX
Ymir = awesome
Erich B.
Denton, TX
Denton, TX