An Ode To Stop Motion

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- • Another Ode To Stop Mo...
Stop motion has been around for a long time.
Music used
The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad Composed and Orchestrated by Bernard Herrmann. Conducted by Kurt Graunke performed by the Münchner Symphoniker (Munich Symphony Orchestra / Graunke Symphony Orchestra).
"The Valley Of Gwangi - The Landscape / Forbidden Valley / Pterodactyl Attack" by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul Bateman
Clash of the Titans by Laurence Rosenthal
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Movies used
The Lost World
King Kong
Son Of Kong
Unpublished Ray Harryhausen Movies
Mighty Joe Young
The Lost Continent
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
It Came From Beneath The Sea
The Animal World
Journey To The Beginning Of Time
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
The Beast of Hollow Mountain
20 Million Miles to Earth
The Black Scorpion
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Monster from Green Hell
Fiend Without a Face
The Giant Behemoth
Dinosaurus!
Goliath and the Dragon
The Three Worlds of Gulliver
Mysterious Island
Journey to the 7th Planet
Jack the Giant Killer
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Jason and the Argonauts
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
First Men in the Moon
One Million Years B.C.
The Valley of Gwangi
Equinox
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Flesh Gordon
The Legend Of Hillbilly John
The Crater Lake Monster
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
The Alien Factor
Planet of Dinosaurs
Laserblast
Piranha
Starcrash
The Empire Strikes Back
The Day Time Ended
Caveman
Clash of the Titans
Dragonslayer
The Evil Dead
Galaxy of Terror
Basket Case
Q
Return of the Jedi
Jaws 3
Ghostbusters
The Terminator
Dreamscape
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Evil Dead II
RoboCop
Beetlejuice
Willow
Hellbound Hellraiser 2
Puppet Master 2
RoboCop 2
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor
A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell
Subspecies
Robot Wars
Demonic Toys
Doctor Mordrid
Body Bags
Puppet Master 4
Puppet Master 5
Dinosaur Island
Oblivion
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Scary Movie 2
Monster Island

[@venomouslizards]

A remake of this video is now available. This one contains 355 movies compared to 81. Hope to see you there. -kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYTEco2VnNijobc

[@voronOsphere]

I just finished watching it! I never realized there were so many Stop-Motion movies I have never heard of! Thank you!!!!

[@isaacland249]

I wanted to stop watching because the only good ones were rayharryhausens

[@jesseseonza2929]

Seems that the direct human-touch makes it different (puts human- soul in it) than CGI like playing with Action-Figures it has a toyish resemblizim love it.

[@alexdias624]

Well, well this is reallly beautifull. Even old films with anthological scenes all time. Remember me "Land Of The Lost" on 70`s. YEAAHH!!! Dynamite in my soul!!!!!

[@thesamson1091]

When i was growing up They was the best monsters on 📺 TV

[@varanid9]

It's still way cooler than CGI, and a LOT more fun to watch.

[@jamesvalentino7024]

Fantastical stop motion beasties and otherworldly monstrous stop motion monstrosities engaged in all manner of carnage and destruction!......i love it! Monsters writ large indeed! Long live those superb stop motion nightmares!

[@Alps6408]

Thank you sooo much for adding the list of movies, now I think I'll have to rewatch them all, these movies are my childhood, growing up in the early 90's, watching these movies whenever they were on TV and recording them on VHS, fantastic times! Long live stop motion.

[@nekononiaow]

I found your video while looking for an old movie our French teacher used to show us in class in middle school that I could not remember the name of. Your work helped me pinpoint it, so you have my eternal gratitude for gathering all these great references in a single place! (It was "Jack and the giant killer".) Thanks!

[@venomouslizards]

Laurent Giroud No problem, glad I could help.

[@rowecofilms6788]

Basket Case has 10 out of 10 best stop-motion

[@Scifogon]

Sarcasm I guess ?

[@ETcetra]

Eu gosto muito destes filmes antigos!

[@clightning9703]

you can do amazing things with clay

[@Andrew-zj6ry]

I think a lot of these films should be remade or have sequels

[@MichaelButchin]

H'mm. The rancor was done with puppetry, actually. Still.

[@maxyoutuber3560]

0:47 what a movie?

[@artli_word]

Удаление момент из Кинг конг 1933 в паучем ущеля

[@maxyoutuber3560]

1:01 what a movie?

[@chrismortimer4068]

Stop motion should never be forgotten, it looks different and somehow more real then CGI at times. A truely great art form.

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

Definitely not forgotten :-) but you’re right, its influence is heavily seen in today’s entertainment.

[@dtdimeflicks6708]

The way I see it, CGI looks real but feels fake, while stop motion looks fake but feels real. There’s an actual physical object on film, and that element alone is what makes it superior.

[@frankthebutcher6679]

That's because it IS real.... real movement from an actual object.... cgi has really gone off the rails lately... nothing done with the same passion the few things that are actually are few and far between

[@880728leonjf]

it would not be forgotten, the same thing people were thinking when Television appeared, that the Radio will be forgotten, i think things evolve, adapt, and there will be always marketing strategies where people needs old school visual style

[@lastoutlaw3882]

I love stop motion and CGI both but i hate men in suit effects

[@MORE1500]

The music of Bernard Herrmann was a crucial element to many of Ray's films.

[@voronOsphere]

I love Bernard Herrmann! I'm so glad he did a few scores for Ray and Charles!

[@joseg.6090]

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[@oobrocks]

Wisely stated

[@100Singers]

Talos in "Jason" is one of Harryhausen's creepiest creatures ... Always gives me goosebumps.

[@chichiboypumpi]

likewise

[@tsopmocful1958]

The creaking metal noises add to the chilling effect too.

[@kenpentalow5176]

He's my favorite.

[@johnprovince5304]

I mentioned that to Ray once. He said the move came from a Kabuki dancer he saw once.

[@NATIVESUNSETS65]

Jason and The Argonauts is one of the Greatest Fantasy movies of all time The Harpies , Poseidon ? holding back the clashing rocks ,The Fighting Skeletons , The Hydra all great scenes but it was the Awakening of Talos when Hercules and Hylas pick up the Pearl and Brooch and you hear the creaking and Hylas warns Hercules and the door shuts had my 6 year old heart beating like a rabbits and ...... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX_KZX6QgKxsbNE

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad theme will forever be, in my opinion, the official anthem of stop-motion monster movies. It just goes so well with the spectacle of Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen's work.

[@kayokango]

The Clash of the Titans theme would have to be a close second.

[@mastomasto6197]

Simbad bacana.

[@andrewparsons2391]

the music started playing in my head from just looking at the thumbnail, and guess what accompanies that actual video starting!... heh

[@Subzero-oy9uw]

Amen dude

[@kaptainmanslaughta7887]

stop-motion is the perfect animation style for creating certain SFX and VFX, in my own opinion stop motion works best when creating unnatural creatures, the undead and robots.

[@dimitristripakis7364]

I'm a fan of Ray Harryhausen and thank you for this video!

[@davidwolf2952]

Me too

[@predatoreusfilms9992]

I think the rancor from Star Wars actually wasn’t stop motion, it was a puppet, but nice video

[@venomouslizards]

Predatoreus Films Thanks for the information, there was test footage of the Rancor in stop motion, but I could not track it down, so I used this as a place holder. Probably the biggest mistake I could have done.

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

@@venomouslizards This mistake could draw the Rancor of your fans.

[@dannyruiz6868]

LOL! That was our CGI when I was a kid. We were amazed back then.

[@rikk319]

Those skeletons sword fighting Sinbad and his crew were the stuff of nightmares and dreams combined...the coolest thing ever to me.

[@arcticarazon6941]

I don’t know why, but I love this style of animation

[@chrismortimer4068]

Yer man, stop motion is awesome... it's as good sometimes as CGI.

[@twistedrazor4730]

EP1CSASAFR4S 19 same I’ll always love it more than CGI. Just look at the original Clash Of The Titans scene compared to the remake!

[@arcticarazon6941]

Twisted Razor In some ways stop motion is similar to CGI

[@fernandomaron87]

Likewise

[@paulforder591]

In my opinion, stop motion is much more realistic than CGI, though labour-intensive and time-consuming. But the effects pay off and stand out in any movie. Such films deserve to be preserved for posterity. We are indebted to Ray Harryhausen for his innovativity and contributions to the genre. 🎥🎥🎥

[@kenamaro3942]

This was intertaining. As a kid in the 60's almost every sifi and horror film had some SMA in it. Loved it.

[@hermanmunster1797]

The 1925 movie “The Lost World” is really a treat to behold! For a movie made 95 years ago the special effects are pretty impressive. Anyone interested to watch it for the first time or just watch it again, it’s on Amazon Prime right now if you have it. 🦕

[@mastomasto6197]

Saudades de meu tempo de criança, tenho 57 anos e considero estes monstros como os melhores do cinema. Génio, génio, génio. Espetacular. Simbad. Velo de ouro.

[@pandarush.]

To me, these are much scarier than CGI. Love them!

[@DMDvideo10]

I grew with stop motion and even dabbled in it myself. When it's done well it's amazing. Same with CGI. When done well it's far more convincing. Problem is there are so many that aren't done well!

[@andrew.4469]

To me too.

[@GuillermoI71]

Que recuerdos de las pelis que transmitían en mi infancia me trajo este video. Gracias.

[@robsmoviecollection3715]

Fantastic! I saw a lot of favorites and many I've never seen before! I like that you included Peter Jackson's version of the Lost spider pit sequence that he made for the King Kong dvd.

[@michaelgaskell2031]

Wonderful man who made children very happy. Rip ray Harry ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@carlosvelazquez6201]

Gran trabajo. Es un viaje de aventura e imaginación

[@tanja8830]

These creatures/monsters are great

[@ChimpFromSpace]

The crabs, and scorpions, etc. actually look the most realistic imo, because they actually move like that in real life.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Did you know that the giant crab on "Mysterious Island" 1961.was made from a real crabs legs and shell parts. then animated through stop motion?.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

@@johnbockelie3899 omg yeah, i saw that in the documentary "Before CGI, there was Ray Harryhousen"

[@johnbockelie3899]

@@galaxydeathskrill5607 Ray was a student of Willis O' Brian , who did the 1925 movie " The lost world", and " King Kong" in 1933.

[@jasondaniel918]

From the 1950's through the '70's, I watched many movies with stop action characters. This is a very good tribute to that art. Thank you.

[@danielodarin1632]

I think that in our days we can make stop motion look like it's real. Just imagine: you see on screen giant monsters that moves and interacts with people like it's real, but it's made of real fur and skin and you can almost feel it on touch

[@michaelspilman5220]

stop motion has heart and soul which cgi often lacks . from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it.

[@leonkenedy4616]

Epic! Bravo! so real that is even scarier that any of those over_abused CGI´s from nowadays movies.

[@CaioH.]

*I remember my grandparents and great-grandparents telling me they watched Harryhausen movies at that time. Even though I was born in 2006, I'm a fan of his movies.*

[@Awebreeze-zm3st]

I grew up with this stuff. Great times at the show, with a drawing every Sat for who gets a bike. We'd get two movies and three cartoons for 50 cents. Good times.

[@TrueLifeAdventures]

Nothing beats Medusa for pure terror!

[@artli_word]

0:00 затерянный мир 1925 0:19 Кинг конг 1933 0:54 сын конга 1934 1:01 проект юпитера 1937 1:09 элементы 1939 1:13 эволюция мира 1940 1:23 войны миров 1945 1:27 могучий Джо янг 1949 1:30 затерянный концинент 1951 1:34 чудовище с глубины 2000 сажений 1953 1:38 это приболо со дна моря 1:41 Мир животных 1956 1:57 Путешествие к началу времён 1955 2:05 земля против литучих тарелок 1956 2:07 чудовище пещерной горы 1956 2:08 20 миллионов миль от земли 1957 2:10 чёрный скорпион 1957 2:20 7 путешествие Синдбада 1958 2:28 Монстр из Зелёного ада 1957 2:30 Безликий демон 1958 2:32 Бегемот, морской монстр 1959 2:35 динозавровы! 1960 2:38 Голиаф и дракон 1960 2:41 три мира Гулливера 2:44 таинственный остров 2:49 Путешествие к седьмой планете 1962 2:51 Джек убийца великанов 3:01 чудесный мир братев Гримм 1962 3:03 Ясон и аргонавты 1963 3:11 7 лиц доктора лао 1964 3:12 первые люди на луне 1964 3:18 миллион лет до нашей эры 1966 3:34 долина гванги 1969 3:44 эквинокс 1970 3:51 когда на земле все цари динозавры 1970 4:06 золотое путешествие Синдбада 4:19 Флэш гордон 1974 4:22 Легенда о деревенском Джоне 1972 4:23 Чудовище озера Крейтер 1977 4:25 звёздные войны. эпизод 4: новая надежда 1977 4:29 Синдбад и глаз тигра 1977 4:38 Чужеродный фактор 1978 4:42 Земля исчезнувших 1974 4:49 планета динозавров 1978 4:59 Лазерный взрыв 1978 5:00 пиранья 1978 5:01 Столкновение звёзд 1978 5:04 Звёздные войны. Эпизод V: Империя наносит ответный удар 1980 5:08 День, когда время закончилось 1980 5:13 пещерный человек 1981 5:17 битва титанов 1981 5:32 победитель дракона 1981 5:37 Зловещие мертвецы 1981 5:45 Существо в корзине 1982 5:49 Кью 1982

[@fidalf99]

Thanks for including the work of Karel Zeman, he's lesser known than people like Harryhausen, but important nonetheless.

[@davidjanuszewski5020]

Oh, the memories!

[@MKF30]

This guy was ahead of his time Ray Harryhausen. I sculpt from time to time I used to do it more but I need to feel inspired and tried stop go claymation and animation. It’s hard and takes time.

[@bryanmiller6046]

A master story teller whose films are still excellent thank god for video

[@crittersofearth9914]

The wonderfull music from the seventh voyage ; gwangi and also the first clash of the titans 😊

[@antelopefreeway214]

There's just something about miniatures and background paintings that is, as yet, still lacking in most CGI effects. Maybe part of the magic is that hand-crafted effects aren't so slick and perfect as CGI tries to be, which to me often looks and feels cartoonish. There is a feel, a weight, something I just can't find the words for, which is more like the real world with paintings and miniatures.

[@からすカラス-v4f]

今のCGに頼りきってる映画より遥かに面白いですよ！ハウゼンは天才ですね！

[@tannerbruning868]

I think the rancor was actually mostly done through puppetry

[@johnnywalker7961]

4:08 I would like that little flying homunculus creature as my pet.

[@johnbockelie3899]

The pit scene where the men are attacked by giant insects is from the 1933 King Kong movie. It was cut out. after a test audience viewed it, and afterwards couldn't stop talking about it. So the scene was replaced with Kong shaking the men off the giant log, into the pit then dropping the log. I guess that scene wasn't as shocking. It was 1933.

[@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz]

Now I understand why half of Americans believe humans and dinosaurs co-existed.

[@anje93061]

These stop motions really motivates me to do my own little videos with "Transformers" toys, but it will only include me since I don't have enough people to cast.

[@voronOsphere]

Excellent! Many of these clips I have never seen before!!!! Thanks!

[@duffymoony]

Growing up in the late 60s and 70s, this was gold dust when shown on telly. There was nothing to compare. Those shit films with real lizards sporting big frilly fake neck armature were utter gash. Hail Harryhausen and his dynamation! Legend.

[@niklasernecke8963]

Hi I've seen your amazing tribute to stop motion video which was a little bit longer but sadly put down by youtube. In that video was a sequence from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in which John Malkowich character has those tiny spider legs. Is it really true that the sequence made use of stop motion and were can I find information about it? I love that movie and the effect looks so cool.

[@thenachomancandysavage4074]

Man I love these movies used to watch them on tbs with my old man.

[@paulguzman1634]

Great work with selection and placement of these Awesome classic clips! The incredible stop motion work done by these masters, especially Harryhausen made these films the classics they are! They set the bar high, and are the Grandfathers of special effects in science fiction and fantasy and good old fashioned monster making in my humble opinion.

[@miguelortegasagarnaga2510]

Esa es verdaderamente arte.

[@martincarman1725]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@kenpentalow5176]

Medusa from Clash of the Titans was cool. Scared the shit outta me when I was small.

[@fernandomaron87]

Likewise

[@Wolfie66]

Me too!!

[@145752411]

all the special effect those of ray harryhausen was the beginning of the imagination of gave us and that opened our minds and just as everything began.

[@tsatatazian6799]

Carlos Elias Carranza Mendoza the

[@Sandlot1992]

Awesome Video! 11 out of 10 stars!

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

Not that I don’t totally adore Ray Harryhausen and Willis O’Brien as much as the next stop motion fan. But I think this could’ve been appropriately renamed ode to action and horror film stop motion :-) Seems to be a significant lack of children entertainment LOL and there’s so many wonderful properties like Gumby, Wallace and Gromit, and of course the full length animated features like Coraline, nightmare before Christmas, etc. I’m sure Ray would love to know that he inspired puppet master and Ghostbusters! But editing-wise, great collection!

[@venomouslizards]

John Donovan Productions Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it. My goal for this was to highlight stop motion as it was used as a form of special effect, and not as a full form of animation, if that makes sense. I’m not knowledgeable enough of on full length stop motion features to make a video like that, sorry. I hope there are videos like that

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

Venomous Lizard Well you did a great job! Keep up the good work.

[@emanuelmaia1017]

Excelentíssimo trabalho ♥️

[@ColombianCasanova]

i love stop motion and clay mation

[@paulhart3812]

Nice list. There is only one glaring ommission... THE GATE from 1987. I'll check out the new list however.

[@DuaneTanTC]

stop motion in the past are more eerie than CGi today

[@niklasernecke8963]

Hi I've seen your amazing tribute to stop motion video which was a little bit longer but sadly but down by youtube. In that video was a sequence from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in which John Malkowich character has those tiny spider legs. Is it really true that the sequence made use of stop motion and were can I find information about it? I love that movie and the effect looks so cool.

[@venomouslizards]

Sorry for the late response, I guess I missed your comment. The video got blocked but I’ve since reuploaded it with slightly pitched music to get around KZbin’s copyright system. I hope this helps

[@domsau2]

I hope that robots will help us to make stop motion and go motion easier!

[@enniopaone]

How will they?

[@Scifogon]

That would be almost impossible. But if "everything is possible", it would be much different. The man is the Creature. The man knows the Creature, it knows perfectly what and how it will do, move, interact, and whatever. A robot don't. It's poorly explained, I know.

[@radicalronik4087]

Harryhausen Movies must to be considered National Treasure

[@Subzero-oy9uw]

I did some stop-motion films as a high school project. It was pretty fun but the dinosaur models that I had was school property so I didn't get to keep any of them but still it was hard work but fun too.

[@Subzero-oy9uw]

And as for my grade for it A+ because the teacher was really impressed that I did it the old fashioned way and not with CGI affects.

[@especialesdehalloween326]

Where is the extended version of this video? I can't find it.

[@venomouslizards]

It’s been blocked for copyright, I’m working on fighting it now nu I don’t know when it will be back up.

[@beverlyjordan8957]

I watched these as a child. Today I am a 67 year old woman and still love stop action movies. Harryhausen was the master.

[@starguard4122]

Watching this makes me wonder.... "How come the Japanese never used technology like this in their monster movies? "

[@Scifogon]

They wanted to, especially for Godzilla, but it was just about time, so to make it more quick, they made suits. However, they are a few Stop-Motion shots in some Godzilla Movies.

[@ajivins1]

Cheaper to hire Barney!

[@barneythedinosaur4283]

@@ajivins1 Don't bring me into this!!

[@Megaspinosaurusrex]

@@ajivins1 C'mon man, they didn't have the money, and suitmation can also look great sometimes

[@lepterfirefall]

Awesome...apparently the tick monster and the worm at 2:15 were the stop motion models used in the lost spider pit sequence in king Kong. They did get some screen time in the black scorpion.

[@伊東敏明-j2v]

怪獣だの化け物だの、いっぱいいたんだなぁ、よく人類が絶滅しなかったなぁ。

[@artli_word]

фильм на 7:02 это фильм Нимфа-дикарка в аду у динозавров 1990

[@kaikmorais3562]

Salve

[@rockholiday7344]

I like the music to,it reminds of the music they play in the theater when they turn the house lites up.and flash on screen basically go home :-)

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

The Sinbad theme is definitely a great piece of work

[@djmaxxsaint]

A true art form.

[@tai8831]

People say old animation movies are crap but I like them the puppets are just out standing there works of art and the thing I love about animation is that you can let your imagination run free

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

Who would win,Cyclops or the Creature that came 6 million miles from Venus?...Both are buff and similar size and weight. Tuff call!

[@WHOOOSHXDOfficial]

King Kong is the best stop motion movie!

[@EthelCaseyAnnabelle]

Imagine Jurassic Park with this!

[@glonk1535]

1:02 Can somebody tell me the title of this movie?

[@nathb3315]

Why dont make a animated serie whit this wonderfull material of monsters ???? would so good!!

[@SACHSENBERG29]

このテの映画では子供の頃に見たシンドバッドのシリーズが懐かしいですね～😺🎵後は「魔神ハンターミツルギ」とか😺🎵

[@franklinarchambault-ik5xg]

I would prefer RAY HARRYHOUSEs stop motion to CG and all the noise in the movies today

[@seanledden4397]

Great job! And nice choice of music. Thanks for making and posting.

[@cosmobane6995]

0:18 probably the first instance where a man made structure was destroyed by a huge animal.

[@markjohnson7004]

excellent stuff never seen some of these before

[@michaelwilkening8542]

4:27 is from the original star wars.

[@princeeverlove]

🧜🧟‍♂️🦖🦕🐍Truly the Golden Age of Fantastic Cinema 1950's~1960's

[@aadamtx]

Excellent - and you even got the aliens from LASERBLAST in there!

[@diegosantillanvargas1443]

Actual mente husan el CGI

[@voronOsphere]

Thanks for compiling this! One of my very favorite art forms!

[@jamiebanner3000]

I remember and movie called The Golden Child that was stop motion. With the dancing can of coke. One of the best uses. Also I think there was some used in Critters?.. Interesting comparison between Robocop 2 and Terminator 2. RoboCop 2 kinda the last blockbuster live action movie to use it to that extent. Terminator 2 was kinda the beginning of CGI to be used in full extent. Although it had been experimented with before. History between both movies there. Robocop 2 used it really well.