Famous Monsters Forryever • Personalities

Ray Harryhausen

11 issues • 1962–1982 • Famous Monsters of Filmland

The man who made the monsters move. The stop-motion sorcerer behind the Cyclops, the skeletons, and the Ymir — Dynamation that turned clay into legend. Every kid who ever wanted to build a creature owes Ray a debt.

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The Ray Harryhausen Reel

A run through the covers, on film.

Harryhausen creatures on the cover (Vol. 1)

Raw Cover Sets 0:20

A Dynamation gallery - the FM covers where Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion creatures became the cover star, from the green Cyclops and Ymir of the 1960s to the Clash of the Titans monsters.

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The Midnight Reel — all 59 reels →