20 Million Miles to Earth (Part5)

Ray Harryhausen's original design for the monster was a giant cyclops, similar to the one he later used in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). He discarded the idea after making a clay model of it, and eventually settled on the reptilian Ymir.
One of My favorite scenes involves the Creature walking forward in the barn as they try to lock it in,it just looks soo good,almost as if He were creeping along and I was reminded of that scene years later,the first time I ever watched Pumpkinhead wherein PH walks very slowly into an old abandoned church and with that same creeping movement that gives the viewer a feeling of wanting to crawl back a bit further into their seat.

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[VOMMHATRED]

LONG WOODEN POLE VS YMIR BEAST OF VENUS!!

Poor fucker, he only wanted to be friends with that sheep.

[Chutultu]

Did the guy on 6:36 say "Biatch"?

[furlansindaco]

@Chutultu He said "Questa è una cosa che a me non piace" (I don't like this thing). "Biatch" is actually "piace" (like)

[sreejithnair94]

Here's an idea. If you know this creature is not vicious unless provoked, then why don't you calmly draw it out like a dog, rather than stabbing it with a poll and risking yourself getting ripped apart

[richwicz]

The Ymir reminds me a little of the homunculus from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, minus the bat wings though.

[funis2sk8]

that thing makes annoying sounds...

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology horror novel see video book trailer

[derekgornall]

@VOMMHATRED I haven't seen this movie since I was a little kid, when does it say his name is Ymir?

[SAOTUBE]

that guy was a fucking idiot to jab the monster with a pole like that, he could of just put some food in the cage and made this easy for everyone

[7DARKHELLS]

People I just found the biggest error in this whole film.. when the farmer stabs the Ymir with the pitch folk at 4:55, at 4:56 - 4:59 you can see the farmer standing behind the man with the classes holding a rifle LOL!

Thanks for posting this is by far my favorite Harryhausen movie next to 7th VOYAGE OF SINBAD.

[vincef329]

Yeah it's "docile" so lets provoke it with a stick, pitchfork and some guns!

[sreejithnair94]

I wonder if Ray Harryhausen has a habit of changing mythical monsters. He turns the Greek Cetus into a Kraken, and the Norse Frost Giant is now an alien.