I went to an exhibit of the actual claymation figures used by Ray Harryhausen in the making of these movies, including these tiny little skeletons from this movie. They are SO small in reality, it's amazing.

My nephew loves Ray Harryhausen, the way he singlehandedly pioneered special effects at that point in history.

The story is straightforward boys own fare, with a little bit of layered Greek mythology on top as the movie cuts to the Gods on Mount Olympus, breaking up the action to comment on it, presenting the Gods as kinds of movie makers themselves.

One of the Gods is Pussy Galore from Goldfinger, which came out the following year, and in fact, the year before, she was in the UK cult series "The Avengers." Yep, Honor Blackman, who plays Hera is a British legend, and she's still alive in her nineties. I love Bond's response to her, when she tells him her name is "Pussy Galore:" Bond simply responds "I must be dreaming."

For British geek fans, this movie also has the second Dr Who, Patrick Troughton, as the old guy who is tortured by harpies. At the time, William Hartnell was still Dr. Who, but Troughton was more popular when he took over, and thanks to him, the show is still on air.

My favorite monster in this movie was definitely Telos, because the dude looked like a real statue, and there's something so freaky about a giant statue moving towards you. That's the stuff adventurous boys dream about. When they're not thinking about Pussy Galore, of course. :)