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Trailer, Clip, and Details for Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Documentary

French director Gilles Penso has posted the trailer for his Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan online, and of course we have it for you here along with a clip and more details on this definitive documentary about the life and times of the legendary effects artist. Synopsis:

Jason and the Argonauts (Blu-ray)

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Niall MacGinnis, Honor Blackman Directed by Don Chaffey

First Details! Jason and the Argonauts Hitting Blu-ray

Rejoice! Looking to wash away the taste of the Clash of the Titans remake! We are, too. Hopefully the latest news from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will get you as giddy as it has us!

Go Hero Preps Harryhausen Creations

Go Hero is set to make its mark on San Diego Comic-Con with a line of 12-inch scaled figures you are not likely to forget. Combining an eye for fine art wrapped up in every stitch of clothing, accessory detail, and sculpted part with the sensibility of an overgrown kid who always wanted kick-ass toys from Ray Harryhausen creations, Go Hero has created some amazing new collectibles!

Rondo Hatton Award Winners

The votes are in (2,933 of them in fact), and the winners of the 7th annual Rondo Hatton Awards have been announced. Apparently the big upset this year came in the Best Model, Toy, or Collectible category, where "The Birds Barbie" beat out her competition. No surprise to me; she's been kicking butts and taking names since she first got into town! I certainly ordered mine the first chance I had.

Pullin's Pit & Pendulum T-shirt, New Screenings!

On the right you can check out a very cool T-shirt design for Marc Lougee’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” (review), the first stop-motion Poe adaptation produced by Ray Harryhausen.

Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (DVD)

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba Directed by Fred F. Sears Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

It Came From Beneath the Sea (DVD)

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith, Dean Maddox Jr. Directed by Robert Gordon Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

20 Million Miles to Earth (DVD)

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba, Thomas Browne Henry Directed by Nathan Juran

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Pit & Pendulum Blog

As promised we have more info for you on the stop-motion animated adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Pit and the Pendulum, which was produced by master animator Ray Harryhausen and directed by "Celebrity Death Match" alum Marc Lougee.

Harryhausen, Ray (Stop Motion Master)

To readers of this site, Ray Harryhausen needs no introduction. Not only have we been weaned on his incredible fantasy films like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, but many of

Davis, Mitch (Fantasia Film Festival)

Mitch Davis, the man, the legend, the Director of International Programming for the Fantasia Festival managed to peel himself away from Concordia’s Hall building for a while to speak with our man on the sce