Special effects creator Ray Harryhausen poses for photographs with an enlarged model of Medusa from his 1981 film ‘Clash Of The Titans’ at the The Myths And Legends Exhibition at The London Film Museum on June 29, 2010 in London, England. I can still play back the scene in my head where Perseus has to kill and behead Medusa who is armed with a bow and arrow – and of course her stare that turns men into stone. I was only 11 at the time when it first came out and this was one of my first truly suspense scenes I saw in a movie. Then again, my parents let me see Halloween in 1978 when I was only 8 years only. Though that was horror suspense. Slightly different genre than sci-fi or fantasy suspense. But tell me this isn’t scary:

Ray Harryhausen is considered the father of modern day special effects. Clash of the Titans is one of those movies I can watch over and over again. Memorable quotes such as “Release the Kraken!”, “A Titan versus a Titan!”, “and “Call no man happy who is not dead!” and “Now give us the eye!! We must have it!! Give us the eye!”

In total Ray made sixteen landmark fantasy films including ‘Jason And The Argonauts’ (1963), ‘One Million Years BC’ (1966) and his last feature ‘Clash Of The Titans’ (1981). The exhibition includes original models and artwork from classic movies.

Now that it’s the Labor Day weekend I just might have to watch Clash of the Titans (1981) and the remake, which I just got on Bluray (via Netflix).

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