Beast from 20.000 Fathoms

Sentimental favorite from my childhood (1953), this featured the stop-motion of Hollywood's great animator Ray Harryhausen. It was his first feature film and set a standard that wasn't surpassed until the advent of computer animation decades later.

The story was based on the notion that atomic testing unleashed critters, forces, that had lain dormant for millennia and we were now paying the price for our arrogance. It was an idea used many times during that era and isn't all that foolish...

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