Category Archives: stop-motion animation

LOTTD Favorite Villainess – My Choice: Clash’s Medusa

March 24th, 2011 | Posted in fantasy, LOTTD, Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

That group of horror bloggers, the League of Tana Tea Drinkers (LOTTD), of which I am a part, has come up with the theme for their latest roundtable group of posts. By early April those participants will have posted on their favorite villainess. It’s been a while since I’ve done something on the lighter side, […]

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Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks Vol. 3

September 5th, 2010 | Posted in Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

The third volume of Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks by Mike Hankin, with a focus on the British films, is now available for pre-order through October 3. The Archive Editions website describes this volume with the following: Foreword by Caroline Munro Preface by Guillermo del Toro From his Preface to Volume 3 — […]

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Clash of the Titans Remake: Contrasting CGI Creatures with Stop-Motion Artistry

March 3rd, 2010 | Posted in fantasy, Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

Some of my favorite and formative influences of the fantastic as a child and teenager were the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen. I was so taken by Harryhausen’s use of stop-motion animation to bring creatures to life that I saved my paper route money and purchased an 8mm camera with single frame capacity that allowed […]

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Rue Morgue Magazine Tribute to Ray Harryhausen

June 7th, 2009 | Posted in Ray Harryhausen, Rue Morgue magazine, stop-motion animation

The new issue of Rue Morgue magazine, #90 (June 2009), recently hit newsstands. I knew when I received their weekly email announcement that I had to pick up a copy of this issue to add to my collection. The cover art drew my attention to the Ray Harryhausen tribute. Fans of fantasy films will be […]

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Halloween Animation Offerings

October 3rd, 2008 | Posted in cartoon, Halloween, stop-motion animation

One of the great things that I associate with the fall and the Halloween season is a collection of animation that I have enjoyed over the years. As children in the not too distant past, viewers had to wait for the whims of the major networks to air these programs, but now with DVDs, the […]

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Forthcoming 3-volume Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks

September 10th, 2008 | Posted in Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

I recently became aware of a new and extensive book on the work of Ray Harryhausen that will be published this coming weekend. The book is coming out as part of a three-volume series called Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks. It is authored by Mike Hankin and published by Archive Editions and Ernest […]

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Ray Harryhausen Presents “The Pit and the Pendulum”: Interview with Producer Marc Lougee

September 6th, 2007 | Posted in Edgar Allan Poe, Marc Lougee, Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

This blog explores a variety of facets related to the celebration, enjoyment, and a deeper examination of the genres of the “fantastic,” including horror, science fiction, and fantasy. As my readers may recall from a previous post on The Sci Fi Boys documentary, one of the most influential and moving forces in my childhood in […]

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