The Ray Harryhausen Creature List

[UFWD2000]

first,what film is that giant squirrel in and second, harryhausen made awsome monsters.....but a squirrel!?

[matbergman]

@UFWD2000 The giant squirrel makes its apperance in The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), a Harryhausen film with few creatures but plenty of optical effects.

[ninjaspion]

@UFWD2000 An awesome squirrel

[Anarchos]

Nobody beats Ray Harryhausen! The man is a god, seriously. We need more stopmotion and less CGI!

[racefaceec90]

the man is an animation genius.i have and always will love his films.great tribute :-)

[masonpat1]

What is the crab and the squid from?

[matbergman]

@masonpat1 The crab and squid are from Mysterious Island (1961).

[alienbaroque]

You know, whenever I watch a movie with Ray Harryhausen stop-motion animation, my only complaint is that there's never enough. Thanks for this awesome compilation.

[Themaniacnextdoor]

I can't believe this was cheaper than other methods.

[MrMaxismybaby]

Loved the Tito Puente music with this video!

[19GirlBad]

Great work mate. The films I saw for Ray Harryhaussen is Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, King Kong and The Adventures of Sinabd. Ray Harryhausen is the no1 who did all those special effects. No one can beat Ray Harryhausen work.

[99brickstudios]

why is anyone using cgi.stop motion looks so much better.

[MikeyTheMikeSprite]

Okay this is greatest video on Youtube seriously

[104dragonman]

Stop motion is better than Computer animation.

[nils920]

I miss those days of stop motion, animatronics and complicated costumes. Even though cgi CAN be good, it's still more fun to watch a movie when there's something in front of the camera.

[SoundbombSoldier]

waaaaaay kooler then cgi

[idle45]

The man's a genius, such fluid motion it's hard to believe!

[babsash1]

pls dont take this down. already watched this 3x tonite & it still gets me! 91 wow....

[babsash1]

wonderful :) thanx so much. desperate to see some more harryhausen now....

[schallrd1]

Fantastic imagination and fantasy. Awful music.

[hperantunes]

@divasca !

[lar41381]

If it hasn't been said already, who knew that Ray Harryhausen mixed so well with Tito Puente?

[leatherfacey]

3:45 to 3:55 looks pretty amazing

[Themaniacnextdoor]

I think its neat to look at ideas for movies that willis o-brian wanted to do. One was about giant eagles, and one, evolution, was almost made, but it was too expensive for RKO. The dinosaurs from it are the ones in king kong and son of kong.

[CRUSH3Rdlux]

Perhaps I'm the only one who still recalls it, but there is a movie.. "something something Monsters of the Movies" and it was packed full of these, and it provided commentary and it was really well done. It's an old VHS cassette.

If you've heard of it, or know where I can actually see it, could you let me know? (I only ask because I see you seem to be much more aware of these works than I am)

[itzjoeymac]

Ray is the RULE

[superbn0va]

The inspiration of Goro (MortalKombat) came from his films...

[prolekult99]

Nice video! I haven't seen all of these movies, so I want to go and watch them now!  Awesome! :-)

[quesondriac]

Thanks for posting. Nice piece of work.

[snaildragon]

Wow, thanks for compiling them. I wish things hadn't changed so much. I wish this style of animation were still popular.

[jaimeduvallmusic]

Poor Ymir... The saddest of all the Great Monsters

[SuperJanball]

please what film starts at 0:20

[matbergman]

@SuperJanball The film that starts at 0:20 is The Animal World (1956)

[halofan3356]

i love the movies tht they showed up there i have most of them lol

[jbmaru]

Love those special effects, I'm sure nowadays we could use an improved version.

[texkit1]

Thanks for putting this together. Ray Harryhausen work was amazing. :)

[manysocksonfeet]

Isn't it amazing how he could match up the stop motion perfectly with the live action?

[manysocksonfeet]

King Kong was not Harryhausen's work.

[matbergman]

@manysocksonfeet That's Mighty Joe Young, not King Kong.

[manysocksonfeet]

@matbergman I see. Thank you for the correction. :)

[halofan3356]

@manysocksonfeet i think he was his work, b ut you like ray harryhausen then add me as friend

[pereirao2]

Great video. Terrible music.

[MrFirthguy]

what is the name of the movie at 0:16 i have been wondering for weeks.

[zombieplatypus]

@MrFirthguy I'm pretty sure that's from 'It Came From Beneath the Sea'...

[MrFirthguy]

@zombieplatypus oh thanks so much i really mean it thank you

[lesselp]

Dumb music -distracting

[Sanimangas]

I see at least 2 scenes from the opening of Malcom in the Middle 2:24 2:45

[TenDropChris]

A really nice tribute. This man influnced so many people and media.  I've got all his films and it's amazing how well the creatures still look. So alive and their so much a part of what film magic is all about.

[DragoMatt]

Great montage but incredibly awful music. Harryhausen is the king!

[Eiki7]

why am I watchin this????????

[mrahman248]

O_O'

[mc2NY]

Too bad he never finished the one with the two-headed beast that ate New York City....using the heads of Rosie O'Donnell and Joy Behar

[FanOfNuge]

TROG!!!

[KingRalf]

Great mash-up...

but I think the track should be by Bernard Herrmann !

Tito's keeps it movin though!

[DBoneBreaker]

great video, the music matched perfectly

[angeltread]

love it... but replace the dumb music with some epic orchestra music.. maybe something from one of these films.

[ardashir51]

Truly a great collection of the best work of what has to be one of the all-time stars of special effects..

[puppeli]

hahahaa! I can only laugh at people who think stop motion looks better than CGI, cause that looked amateurish. Sure when those were made, everyone else was even crappier, but anybody who cant see how much better the creatures look nowadays is just blind

[Hallamfoebell]

@puppeli you have to look at the time period

[SolidMike84]

@puppeli

I pretty much have a problem with the way CGI is being used in some movies

With alot of them it's just being used as eye candy

I get a great looking cake, but the taste isn't there at all

That's just me though, sure the CGI looks amazing in some movies but when it comes to really appreciate the effects, I must simply give more props to the "amateurish" effects from Willis O'Brien, Harryhausen etc

[masercot]

Jason and the Argonauts and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger were his best, in my opinion.

His Medusa in Clash of the Titans puts the newer version to shame...

[jonesisdying]

nice compilation spoiled by the clattering of Tito Puente

[angeltread]

@jonesisdying not spoiled... just turn down the volume on the player and turn on some epic soundtrack from a movie. instant good.

[Danno1850]

@jonesisdying That clattering is the music your forefathers danced around fires to. That clattering is the incarnation of a millennia old tribal spirit laying in the recesses of your over teched over advertised over worked western brain. Enjoy it like you know deep down you do. Also it fits in very well with the mythological and ancient backdrops to much of Harryhausen's work.

[mattthorn]

Happy 91st birthday to the legend!

[talljono]

What movie is that around 3:20?

[NotBornEveryMinute]

@talljono

From ~ 3:16 - 3:27 is from "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", starting with the evil sorcerer (Tom Baker; Doctor Who #4) with the flying homunculus on his arm, through the Gryphon.

[TheOneCalledTimmy]

OH man. He was my childhood hero (along with Forrest J. Ackerman).

With these creatures you feel the presence of an artist's hand and, even though they aren't as 'real' as CG, they brim with another kind of life that I find even more engaging. It's the different between a carny and Las Vegas. I need the carny, too. The spectacle overwhelms and I lose the humanity behind the curtain.

And that music. What the heck is it? It is such an awesome choice. It pumps this clip way up. Fantastic stuff!

[zabukazar]

Wow. This is incredible.

[Jarowdowsky2]

Happy 91st!

[uakronkid]

Happy birthday, Ray!

[alexgrecco2011]

Ray Harryhausen is king: "Stop Motion Animation"

[windjammer777]

it's fun trivia trying to remember the names of each movie these monsters were featured in

[moonlightnoir]

Oh!  lol

[hjfgjafk]

awesome video love those those creatures n d giant crab at 1:22 looks like ray used a cooked one haha

[TheBestComicKing]

Who needs cg if you have Ray Harryhausen's magic touch

[kezadrone]

Love it. Just magic.

[AtorTheFlyingEagle]

What douchebag could dislike this?

[TheFartking90]

1:13 looks like Gidorah! xD

[etyeneNavarro]

É um gênio, amo ele.

[hjfgjafk]

is the vulture creature in 3:55 in clash of the titans?

[tonylamosa]

@hjfgjafk yeah!!!

[AtorTheFlyingEagle]

@hjfgjafk Yes.

[PrinceAntonVoytek]

@hjfgjafk

Yes.

It's Calibos' emmissary that brings Andromeda's shade to him in the Marsh.

[starfyre05]

his work was and is FUCKIN FIERCE

love it

[FoxDX2]

stop motion ftw!

[primalinstinct1000]

Fuck CGI, this has so much more character

[primalinstinct1000]

Fuck CGI, this has so much more character

[Kelismoviesmoothie]

Ray Harry Hausen was an artist, I am such a critic on special effects and right now I am gagging for another look at the Rise of the Planet of the Apes but still nothing matches up to the creatures mysterious like the giant metal Talos statue in Jason and the Argonaughts and the one that got me pissing myself from fear; Medusa from Clash of the Titans!

[oliverecords]

02:30 is nice

[SexxyKevin]

i prefer cgi

[ultimatecollector1]

if stop motion didn't exist cgi never would have been invented but to be fair cgi can be done well but i prefer stop motion

[MrDjdecks]

@SexxyKevin then your an idiot

[cooktree]

Truly stands the test of time. Ray is my earliest inspiration for drawing.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology horror novel  see video book trailer

[2199William]

That was a very cool video! Thanks for uploading it!

[segitary]

medusa : the most beautiful creature

[tommynooka123]

This over CGI any day of the week, man. Fucking genius.

[xeZpIritO]

por favor diganme cual es esta pelicula 2:45 2:53 ?¿¿? help!! :S

[kyrastube]

there is a skelleton in one of the nightmare on elmstreet-movies, I think its the third one, that I always connected to harryhausen, but I see here I was wrong.. anyhow, I agree with everyone saying stop motion kicks cgi´s ass.

remember when I was a kid back in the 80s, I was so amazed by everything like this, but today kids dont get to feel that. it is cgi in every god damn movie and kids have computors around them with programmes you probobly could do cgi with if you knew how to. its a shame

[Madkre8tor]

list of films presented: Mighty Joe Young, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, It Came From Beneath The Sea, Animal World, Earth vs. Flying Saucers, 20 Million Miles To Earth, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Gulliver's Travels, Mysterious Island, Jason And The Argonauts, Journey To The Moon, One Million Years BC, The Valley Of Gwangi, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger, Clash Of The Titans.

[AlfredsVisions]

Great homage to Harryhausen. He was a great animator, a great designer and concept artist, he was a great sculpture, but as you look at the personality and life that he brings to each creature and inanimate object come-to-life.

Great moments in cinema and great glimpses of all of his films. And there is so much more. Probably another dozen creatures and miniature effects shots. The little touches in each creature. Harryhausen, the effects master, also an actor. His creatures act.

[CultureJudge]

Today's cgi is shite, sure, but Jurassic Park had incredible cgi. For realism - and that was Spielberg's aim - it did beat stop motion. But standards have fallen drastically since then, making Harryhausen's work shine anew; also, stop-motion's inherent dream-like effect, caused by the strobing of zero motion-blur, coupled with Harryhausen's expressive character sculpts and animation is now being recognised as having an expressive quality unachievable with cgi.

[N37BU6]

This music is lulling me to sleep...

[kingkongfan101]

The fact that these monsters were created by hand, tangible, and real, as opposed to a bunch of 0's and 1's in a computer, makes it 1000x better than CGI.

[ciaramaguire111]

@kingkongfan101

are you an animator????????

Do you really think that CGI just come from numbers? ........ or just possibly, that something needs to be dreamed, designed and created to begin with. I am so sick of people slating CGI. Do people seriously believe that the mac does it all itself and that there is no skill needed???????

[Larvemannenz001]

I always hated Stop motion effects because the movement makes the monsters looks os fucking creepy

[angeltread]

@Larvemannenz001 shouldnt a monster be creepy. i think so.

[Huneiyue]

Awesome

[CarlosBluesman]

VIVA LA RUMBA!!!!

ÁI, MAMITA!..SALEROSA!..VAMOS A BAILAR!...

[TKDdisciple]

Doesn't matter how good CGI is nowadays, there was and is always something devoutly creepier about stop motion animation.

[Gunbarrelguru]

what movie is that at 2:12 ?

[UltraMovieNerd]

@Gunbarrelguru

First Men on the Moon

[vatho9]

@Gunbarrelguru it is first men on the moon

[StinkyGreenBud]

Dynamation is the motherfucking bomb! New Sinbad movie coming out soon that'll be in dynamation! Can't wait.

[NighthunderBAE]

these all remind me of corny boss fights...

2:29 whoa... Malcom in the Middle intro?!

[NighthunderBAE]

these all remind me of corny boss fights...

[SilentHillAsylum83]

The "Grand Lunar" reminds me of Lam, which is known to anyone familiar with Aleister Crowley.

Anywho, Ray Harryhausen is awesome and his work helped special fx get where they are today.

CGI is coming along better and better and I like stop-motion just as well.

They are both art forms and while some may argue about which is better, I think we also have to take into account the time period and the effort.

[barneylupoo]

Someone bold needs to bring this art back. It is so much more satisfying and skillful than CGI.

[Derdoppelgaenger]

@barneylupoo I agree with you, but while it is more satisfying it is also much more expensive. And much longer too. People like Henry Selick, Tim Burton or Nick Park fight for this art form, but they're fully animated movies. I miss the harryhsausen type mix stop-mo/live action.

So you say someone bold, I say someone bold and rich. That makes it twice as hard to find.

[barneylupoo]

@Derdoppelgaenger I shall be the one to do it. For I am a bank robber

[Derdoppelgaenger]

@barneylupoo Ha! Good luck then :p The fate of stop motion animation is in your hands ! :p

[ishouldplayzelda]

the master

[Django5198]

Went to the London exibition of this god today and saw most of these beautiful models. It was actually really moving that I finally saw all these marvelous things for real. Then I went to see Jimi Hendrix's flat lol!!!! What a day!!!!!!!!!!!!

[digitalintent]

33 people actually disliked this video? This world really does scare me sometimes.

[MetalMandible]

Definitely one of the finest stop-motion special effects artists ever, and he's certainly one of my favourite animators of all time

[imlaughing2death]

i love how ill-fitting the music is.

[qwtrerry]

this guy is a genius

[nevermore300]

Love all his films and thanks for creating and posting this.....but the music is bloody annoying. Some Pan Pipes would have been less obtrusive.

[noonej]

I wish there was a way to nominate this for a "Best of YouTube" award. Simply amazing!!!

[barneylupoo]

best damn video on youtube. how harryhausen made in the valley of gwangi is beyond me

[1995BATMAN]

I wish they still used stop motion, I thought that the Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus film would of actually been quite awesome if they used this kina animation, and it would of been a whole lot better than the crap computer effects they actually used

[BrickMasher]

Patrick Boivin is just as good But Ray Harryhausen is legendary!

[Wildrage101]

OMG, a giant enemy crab! Stop motion is way better than any CGI used today, Harryhausen is a legend

[LIbertyorDeath419]

@Wildrage101 And "Mysterious Island" is superior in every way to the boring CGI crap being made nowadays.

[StableD]

@Wildrage101 You're serious? By definition CGI is better looking and grants the viewer with endless possibilities. I can appreciate that the man was a visionary for his time but to say it is visually superior is preposterous.

[TheFartking90]

@Wildrage101 Agree!

[tombotucker]

This guy followed his own muse; he worked in his garage; he somehow swung financing to realize his incredible, creative personal vision. He hung around with Ray Bradbury and Forry Ackerman. He lived and did his thing in California when the Hells Angels and Surfing and Kustom Kar cultures were being born. He apprenticed to Willis O'Brien! WAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I WANT TO HAVE LIVED HIS LIFE!

[beautykilledbeast]

@tombotucker And he’s still alive God bless him.

[protoype123]

epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chickinchainmail]

What movie is the giant squirrel from?

[giguild]

Good choice to use Tito!

[seanb7796]

Hail Ray Harryhausen!!!!

[magikmhan321321]

Thumbs up if Churchofsatan brought you here

[milkychocolatebar]

thanks a lot for upload

[milkychocolatebar]

thanks a lot for upload :)

[mercsmania]

take out that annoying mechanical owl and it's perfect! really never saw the point in it. great talent, great style and i love the way his stop motion means that everyone thinks dinosaurs really did move like that!

[emleevassilos]

Well Ray Harryhausen was brilliant. That ending was epic.

[WaldoReyJr]

Beautiful!

[FlaviaR]

Happy Birthday to Ray!

[LordSluk]

3:16 Tom Baker (Dr. Who) :)

[HBomb81]

HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY HARRYHAUSEN!

[HeroOfCanton99]

Stop motion and dinosaurs are like peanut butter and jelly

[gmb8039]

7th Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts were the best!  Happy Birthday Ray!

[jonesrich]

Such a great compilation, thanks dude!

[stephendsullivan]

Today, June 29th, 2010, is Ray Harryhausen's 90th Birthday!

As part of my general happiness about this event, I've put up a breakdown by movie of this compilation on my site. You'll have to figure out what each monster/creature is within the films, but at least you'll have a good start. (I guess I could answer questions, too, if you really need me to after this breakdown.) Enjoy!

Happy Birthday, Ray!

[weinerbongo]

What movie is at 2:14?

[stephendsullivan]

@weinerbongo 2:14 is the selenite sequence from First Men in the Moon - where the moon creatures are examining the humans.

[KingofMarks91]

1:23 GIANT ENEMY CRAB! Flip it over and attack its weak point for MASSIVE DAMAGE!!!

[fierfly25]

so much and I repeat so much better then cgi

[lordofzeapes]

conclusion : Stop-motion = art 

[Abracamoron]

nice collection

What movies are

0:21

0:42

and 1:14 are?

[stephendsullivan]

@Abracamoron 0:21 Is Animal World (available as an extra on The Black Scorpion DVD - 0:41 is 20 Million Miles to Earth - 1:14 is 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

[Abracamoron]

@stephendsullivan thanks, I'll have to look those up

[rocko5544]

this man is the best  good movies!!!

[barneylupoo]

great video, brilliant music.

how harryhausen did In the Valley of Gwangi I will never know

[ricardoboli]

fantástico !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

Ray Harryhausen é um mago dos efeitos especiais. Merece todo o nosso respeito.

Parabéns ao mestre Ray Harryhausen.

[hippydippy]

OH HELL YEA!!!!!!

[hippydippy]

This is a great tribute!!!

very cool.... thanks for sharing!

[TheRadical42]

90 Snazzes on the 100 point Snazz-o-Scale. Near perfect!

-Astonishing FX, great collection, very nicely edited. Wonderful! Thanks bunches!

-Why not a perfect 100? Well I thought the music really really ... weird.

-But it was still awesome!

[Derdoppelgaenger]

RH is incredible. I can't understand people who say these FX are less good than nowaday's. I like these ones much better. Much more inventive and beautiful.

[gutjoe]

BEAUTIFUL.

[Sokret666]

Am I the only one who thinks that stop motion special effects are way cooler than most CGI?

[Django5198]

Ray is a genius. He put his life into the performance of these creatures. They will never die.