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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --There will be many accolades in the months to come, paying appropriate tribute to the fantasy filmmaking legend, Ray Harryhausen, who passed last month, at 92. As a master of ...

Ray Harryhausen, a stop-motion animation pioneer who became a cult figure for creating special effects for “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” “Jason and the Argonauts” and other science fiction and ...

Medusa from 1981's Clash of the Titans is among legendary animator Ray Harryhausen's many creations. Harryhausen manipulates the figure of a serpent-like monster for a stop-motion film circa 1965. Ray ...

As news spread Tuesday that Ray Harryhausen had died at age 92 there was an especially emotional reaction from sci-fi, horror and fantasy filmmakers — a community with a deep and formative affection ...

LOS ANGELES – 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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most celebrated scene of the film, and certainly the one most people would associate with the name Harryhausen, is the one in which our heroes are engaged in a swordfight with skeletons ...

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Special-effects wizard was known for stop-motion model animation Influenced George Lucas and Peter Jackson%2C among others He was inspired by the original %27King Kong%27 The man responsible for all ...

The first time I watched the movies “Clash of the Titans” and “Jason and the Argonauts,” I was completely mesmerized and fascinated. And once I started reading more about those movies, I found out ...

Ray Harryhausen, who died Tuesday in London at age 92, became fascinated with animation after seeing King Kong in 1933. He went on to create some of the most memorable monsters of old Hollywood, from ...