Master special effects man and animator Ray Harryhausen died this week.  He was 92. Chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s, 197os or 198os that you saw his movies either in the theater or during the Saturday afternoon movie. The last movie he animated for was the original Clash of the Titans  (with an incredibly young Harry Hamlin as the main character), and there was a remake of that not long ago. We watched the Harryhausen version again right around the time the remake came out.

Last year I wrote about Ray Harryhausen and his impact on monster movies for Monster Movie Month, and rather than repeating myself I’ll provide a link to that post here. Since his passing, a video has come my way that does a pretty good job of documenting the answer to the question “So what did he actually do?”

It’s pretty cool to see all his creatures in action! If you want to see a list of the creatures and the movies they came from, check out The Ray Harryhausen Creature List.

You might discover a movie you want to see. Harryhausen may no longer be with us, but his work remains. Thanks for the memories, Ray.