Charles H. Schneer Archives

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Rating: ★★½

May 8, 1999Giant Atomic Octopus

An early film from cult stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen. Here he seems to have been given orders to copy the basics of his earlier The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms and offers up the tale of a giant atomically-mutated octopus

Director: Robert Gordon

Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis

Category: Science Fiction

8 May 199917 December 2024 by Roog

Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956)

Rating: ★★★½

Sep 9, 2000Alien Invasion

Cult stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen jumps aboard the 1950s flying saucer fad, making one of the era's better alien invader films, climaxing in some great scenes with the saucers demolishing much of Washington D.C.

Director: Fred F. Sears

Actors: Hugh Marlowe, Morris Ankrum, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis

Category: Science Fiction

9 September 200017 October 2025 by Roog

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 9, 2001Alien Monster

One of the film from legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen, featuring one of his finest creations The Ymir, an alien monster from Venus that rampages throughout Rome

Director: Nathan Juran

Actors: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba

Category: Science Fiction

9 August 20013 December 2025 by Roog

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 11, 2000Arabian Nights Adventures

One of the classic films from cult stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen, an Arabian Nights fantasy adventure where Harryhausen's creations prove to be quite wondrous

Director: Nathan Juran

Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer

Category: Fantasy

11 September 200017 June 2026 by Roog

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 5, 2002Big and Small Adventures

Adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic about adventures in the lands of big and small people with stop-motion creature effects by Ray Harryhausen

Director: Jack Sher

Actors: Kerwin Mathews, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson, Basil Sydney, …

Category: Fantasy

5 August 20025 February 2022 by Roog

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 2, 2003Greek Myth Adventure

Stop-motion animator Ray Harruhausen takes on Greek Myth and creates one of his finest works. Harryhausen's effects are at the absolute peak of their game and he delivers some astonishing creations

Director: Don Chaffey

Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Nigel Green, Laurence Naismith, …

Category: Fantasy

2 September 20037 May 2020 by Roog

The First Men in the Moon (1964)

Rating: ★★

Sep 5, 2002Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a Victorian journey to the Moon and encounter with its denizens. The film comes with Ray Harryhausen effects but is considerably weakened by a buffoonish tone

Director: Nathan Juran

Actors: Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer

Category: Science Fiction

5 September 200214 February 2026 by Roog

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Rating: ★★★

May 3, 2001Dinosaur Discovered

Ray Harryhausen film featuring cowboys roping dinosaurs. The plot rehashes King Kong but with a dinosaur instead of an ape however it is Harryhausen’s amazing stop-motion animation effects that make the film watchable

Director: James O'Connolly

Actors: James Franciscus, Lawrence Naismith, Richard Carlson, Freda Jackson, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 May 200112 September 2024 by Roog

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Nov 12, 2002Arabian Nights Adventure

The second of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad films, an Arabian Nights adventure. Made as a vehicle for Harryhausen's stop-motion effects, which are stunning. Everything about the film is classic

Director: Gordon Hessler

Actors: John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, …

Category: Fantasy

12 November 200212 March 2026 by Roog

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Rating: ★★

Jul 15, 2002Arabian Nights Adventure

The third of Ray Harryhausen's Sinbad films, this came out the same year as Star Wars and Harryhauden's stop-motion animated creatures look much more flat in comparison

Director: Sam Wanamaker

Actors: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, …

Category: Fantasy

15 July 200214 March 2025 by Roog

Clash of the Titans (1981)

Rating: ★★

Apr 14, 2001Greek Mythology Adventure

This would be the last of the films made by stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen where he turns his creations towards conducting another Greek Mythology adventure. With an all-star cast playing the Greek gods.

Director: Desmond Davis

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, …

Category: Fantasy

14 April 20013 January 2026 by Roog