Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me (1983) User Reviews

A very good introduction to stop-motion and Ray Harryhausen

[sageaqua · 7/10 · 20 June 2002]

This interview documentary, looks at Ray Harryhausen's collective work.

He talks about his films, and stop-motion animation. It narrates about his style of animation and some of the effects he created. If you want to know a lot more about his work, this is a very good place to start.

Real Movie Magic

[BijouBob8mm · 23 March 2005]

One of the first extensive documentaries to be made about stop-motion maestro Ray Harryhausen, this light-hearted look at his work is almost the video equivalent of Ray's "Fantasy Film Scrapbook." It's a shame that this video has been out of print for so long, and it is long overdue for a DVD release. While not as comprehensive as THE HARRYHAUSEN CHRONICLES (which has been released as a special edition DVD, as well as been included as an extra by Columbia on nearly every one of their Ray H. DVDs), it does give us an extended on screen look at Harryhausen, himself, discussing his films, plus on screen comments by Ray Bradbury about his life-long friendship with the animator. I don't know who currently holds the rights to this film, but there seems to be enough interest in it to warrant it being reissued in the digital format.