Ray Harryhausen is 90 today

This name mightn't be familiar to many people but this guy was one of the most influential people of behind the scenes in art production in movies. This guy created those creepy stop-animation creatures in those old matinee films you see now on a lazy Saturday or Sunday on TV.

You'll probably already have seen a lot, if not most of his work in movies from Clash Of The Titans, Sinbad movies, Jason & The Argonauts, etc. One of his more famous bits was the infamous skeleton fight in Jason & Argonauts, it took him and his crew everyday for 4 months just to create a 3 minute segment. Back in the day when there was no green screen or digital touch ups it made the scene more alive considering every frame and movement was physically done by a person. You appreciate the work that's gone into that rather than some cheap CGI tricks.

That and they looked creepy as fuck, just the movement of them is a bit freaky. Adds to the monster image I suppose.

Anywho, here's a compilation of all his work from the various movies he worked on:


And that skeleton fight, looks dated but think of the fuckin' work that went into it: