Tag Archives: Willis O’Brien

24 Hours of Stop Motion Creatures

Posted on July 20, 2017 at 9:15 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The recent arrival of Indicator’s Sinbad Trilogy box set, collecting the three Sinbad films with special effects by Ray Harryhausen, and Indicator’s subsequent announcement of the forthcoming The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen Volume 1 (It Came from Beneath the … Continue reading →

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Son of Kong (1933)

Posted on January 17, 2016 at 1:48 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Maybe it’s telling that one of the most memorable moments in Son of Kong (1933) is a troupe of performing monkeys. Specifically, it’s a monkey orchestra, playing for some bored villagers in the Dutch East Indies. Hey, it’s an amazing performance … Continue reading →

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Double Feature: The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)/The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Posted on July 25, 2015 at 2:32 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

Cowboys vs. dinosaurs! The idea was kicking around in stop-motion animator Willis O’Brien’s head for a while in the years following his seminal work on The Lost World (1925) and King Kong (1933). It was an appealing and original notion to … Continue reading →

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