From skeleton battles to the petrifying glare of Medusa, the effects pioneer, who died on Tuesday at age 92, created some of cinema's most thrilling sequences. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer Long ...

Ray Harryhausen, the special-effects and stop-motion pioneer whose work on fantasy and monster movies delighted millions and inspired a generation of filmmakers, died Tuesday at age 92, his family ...

A movie that created a new fantasy subgenre and changed everything about the industry thanks to a legendary filmmaker.

Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards. By Duane Byrge Animation effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, who pioneered many of the stop-motion ...

LONDON (AP) — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences ...

It’s the early 1980s and I’m about ten years old. On the TV is a fantasy movie replete with swords and ships. And monsters: monsters of metal, monsters of bone. Creatures of the imagination. And they ...

LONDON -- When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with ...

On May 7, legendary special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen passed away. He influenced more than one generation of filmmakers, and they repaid the debt with on-screen tributes, such as the ones ...

Ray Harryhausen, a gifted Holly­wood animator who was known for creating dramatic scenes with monsters, sword-wielding skeletons and other fantastic creatures that came to life in science-fiction and ...

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Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering visual effects artist perhaps best known for his work on 1963’s “Jason and the Argonauts,” died today in London. He was 92. The announcement was made on the official ...