Stop-Motion Great, Ray Harryhausen on This Day in History

This Day in History: Visual effects creator Ray Harryhausen died on this day in 2013. Harryhausen created a form of stop-motion model animation known as "Dynamation" which I was a big fan of when younger. I loved movies like Jason and the Argonauts and the Sinbad movies (7th Voyage; Golden Voyage & Eye of the Tiger), and or course his last major feature, Clash of the Titans in 1981. The following year would see the release of TRON, the first major film release with digital effects, which marked the end of Hollywood's stop-motion age and Ray Harryhausen retired. While many prefer today's CGI animation, the old stop-motion animation had a creepy effect modern movies lack. Ray Harryhausen would go on to inspire Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, Joe Dante, John Landis, J.J. Abrams, Tim Burton, James Cameron, and Guillermo del Toro.

Medusa in Clash of the Titans