The Beast From Hollow Mountain - Final Sequence

The epic dinosaur attack sequence from 1956's The Beast From Hollow Mountain.
Read how these pre-digital effects were accomplished at http://www.bluespill.com/?p=11

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• animation
• stop
• motion
• stop-motion
• sfx
• effects
• o'brien
• harryhausen

[benblur4]

wow...my dad raves about this movie from his childhood. Do you have the entire movie? If so how could I get a copy? Thanks for uploading this, this is great stuff!

[matbergman]

The movie has been in the public domain for a while. I found my copy on eBay.

[stroppytube]

Great clip but are you so sure about the comments you made about Ed Nassour? Also, the armature used for the monster was built in the machine shop at Nassour studios...it was not, as you have suggested, created by Marcel Delgado. This is something I know with 100% certainty.

[matbergman]

There is much uncertainty about Ed Nassour's involvement with the film beyond producer and director. Some accounts even credit him with some of the animation. Whatever happened between Nassour and O'Brien would be interesting to know, along with the true story of the armature. (My source on the armature is from The Stop Motion Filmgraphy by Neil Pettigrew.)

[stroppytube]

What happened was that Mr. Nassour purchased several story ideas from O'Brien, having known him since he first came to Hollywood. He visited "Obie" as he worked on various films going back to the 1930's and idolized him. At one time Mr. Nassour thought of hiring O'Brien to supervise the animation, but by the mid 1950's his production needs had changed and that put a stop to O'Brien's further involvement at Nassour Studios.

[matbergman]

Your account of the relationship between Nassour and O'Brien is fascinating and historically important. I want to know more. There isn't much published about The Beast from Hollow Mountain, but it's a fine example of stop-motion dinosaur effects.

[Piatnitskysaurus]

"Pance what happened?"

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!

"He followed me home, can I keep him?"

[ProTwoAm]

Pretty good! I recall seeing this at a theatre back around 1958-9. I was impressed. The stop-motion special effects are somewhat crude, but there's something about stop-motion that is more eerie/surrealistic than computer-generated fare. It seems to fit the overall concept/genre better.

[Themaniacnextdoor]

The effects are funny, like the ones in dinosaurus, but look pretty cool.

[yomandy51]

@matbergman

( puromando@verizon.net) Billy Nassour call me

[Scotttjt]

They should make a new Cowboys vs Dinosaur movie. Maybe a remake of Gwangi. XP

[megarouge2001]

Good grief, however deep is that bog????

[kezadrone]

Love the part wear it ripps the back of the shirt off. Would have been funny as hell if he'd swung back with a bare arse.

[flammamancer]

Cowboys and Dinosaurs? Hooah!

[oprep3]

The armature I saw in 1971 unquestionably had the typical universal friction joints used in the King Kong armatures. I was told it was the Beast of Hollow Mountain armature but it might have been the War Eagles Tyrannosaurus or even the Kong Tyrannosaurus because of it's size. If it was used in Beast of Hollow Mountain than much better animation could have been done because it was beautifully articulated.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel see video book trailer

[FamilyOfMan1975]

Huh.  Dinosaurs like Mexican food. Who knew?

[ligreekguy]

Yeah, like an eight ton dinosaur is going to have a hard time breaking through a tar paper shack, and is then going to be even the least bit hurt by bullets from a .38!