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Here, you will discover Classic Stop Motion Animation of the past (mostly mainstream USA released films). I have not had a chance to search or list others that are probably circulating out there. You will find this to be a rich cinematic history of the Stop Motion technique used for entertainment using fantasy or surreal images, story telling, and has been used for TV commercials, educational media, and other applications. Currently, the "flavor of the month" technique that mainstream studios/producers now prefer, is the mass production of Computer Generated Imagery for digital animation and special effects. In my opinion, this is literally shutting-out other visual styles that the general public will not usually see .... resulting in maybe a homogenization of Film & TV media entertainment. I think Stop Motion can still be viable but it does not seem to fit the current hyper-rushed state of extremely short production schedules (studios want it faster & faster) .... quantity over quality, I suppose. Perhaps there will be a renaissance or resurgence of Stop Motion (in the past, it has made comebacks), maybe not in the USA but from some other country or some small independent productions. I have some hope ..... just enter "Stop Motion" in any online search engine and you will get many listings, so there still must be some interest and desire from the public for Stop Motion !

This section mostly lists VHS videos (the NTSC broadcast format). Not all the movies here are available on DVD's. Just click on the video images-link and you will be taken to Amazon, Barnes & Noble or another website and you can search there to see about DVD availability (or if you can get PAL format). Without notice, some videos go out-of-stock and will not be available .... so my advice is .... do not procrastinate and get it NOW for your collection or reference library !


FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

Great Harryhausen film based on H.G. Wells


THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS

Harryhausen's early films ... low-low budget but lots of visual bang


THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM

Jim Danforth's great dragon animation


CLASH OF THE TITANS

Harryhausen's last stop motion feature in the 1980's


CONEHEADS

Some Tippett, brief stop mo at end of film ... Conehead Beast


DRAGONSLAYOR

Best looking stop mo dragon design by Tippett & crew


7 FACES OF DR. LAO

Jim Danforth's stop motion work in this George Pal movie


EVIL DEAD SERIES

Cult classics using some stop mo & traditional special FX


THE GOLDEN CHILD

Stop mo flying devil creature near end of film by Tippett & crew


THE VALLEY OF GWANGI

Most stop motion content in a movie done by Godfather Ray H.


HOWARD THE DUCK

Wacky so-so movie but incredible Insect creature by Tippett & crew


ONE MILLION YEARS B.C.

Made Raquel Welch famous and we can thank Uncle Ray


JASON & THE ARGONAUTS

The classic sword fight skeleton battle by Ray


JACK THE GIANT KILLER

One of young Jim Danforth's early major works as a stop mo animator


JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

From the crew who made Nightmare B4 X-mas


MIGHTY JOE YOUNG

Oscar winner.... Harryhausen working with Willis Obrien


JOURNEY To BEGINNING OF TIME

Euro stop mo master Karel Zeman .... you got to see this rare one


KING KONG

What else can we say? Ultimate stop mo Classic that still kicks butt


MAD MONSTER PARTY

Unusual little all stop motion feature by Rankin-Bass


JESUS THE MIRACLE MAKER

Jaw dropping all stop motion by talented Russian animators

 

 

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