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Jul 16, 2022 · All the stop motion shots from "20 Million Miles to Earth" by Ray Harryhausen. The Ymir might be my personal favorite of Harryhausen's creatures and…
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May 16, 2024 · The creature design in 20 Million Miles to Earth, created by Ray Harryhausen, revolutionized stop-motion animation in the 1950s. The intricately designed creature brought a new level of realism to the screen and became an iconic symbol of the movie.
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The Ymir is the main monster antagonist in the 1957 classic, 20 Million Miles to Earth.
After a secret misson to Venus, the solar system's hottest planet, the U.S. Air Force crashed near a small fishing village in Italy. They studied Venusian life-forms called Ymirs, that had a network of spongey membranes inside their bodies to filter out Venus's toxic gas atmosphere of carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid and reptile-like form to allow the...
The Ymir was a green colored scaly alien, with a dinosaur-like tail, feet with a humanoid upper torso and arms, along with a sagittal crest on its head. It also had simian-like facial features with large jowls hanging from its cheeks. It constantly increased in size due to tissue build-up as a side effect of inhaling Earth's different atmosphere fr...
The animal was initially gentle, until it was locked in a cage for a whole day, later to be assaulted by a farmer and his dog, which turned it into a malevolent and aggressive monster. The once-peaceful beast became hostile with both humans and animals alike after the incident and attacked them without second thought. Then it was chained down by th...
It was discovered on Venus by the crew of the American rocket ship XY-21. An egg-like object, it was collected by the astronauts and placed onboard the ship. On their return ship, something catastrophic happened: it crashed! Plunging into the cold water off the coast of Sicily, the ship and its contents were thought to be lost forever. While Col. Robert Calder survived the ordeal, the alien object washed ashore and was discovered by a young boy.
Hoping it would be worth money, he took it Dr. Leonardo. In the possession of the scientist, the object began to hatch! A tiny, reptilian-like creature emerged from the egg. Leaving the alien reptile in a cage, Dr. Leonardo found the creature had grown tremendously by the time morning came around. Now almost as large as a man, the Ymir escaped its confines and began to hunt for sulfur, its primary food source.
While Col. Calder continued to track the rogue alien, the Ymir moved across the country and continued to grow. It was cornered by a farmer’s dog where it then responded with violence. The commotion gained the attention of the following soldiers whom confronted the beast. After being stabbed with a pitchfork and shot at, the Ymir managed to escape, fleeing toward the sulfur pits of Mount Etna. The creature was then surrounded by the Italian army and trapped within high-voltage, electrical nets. The electrocution sent the alien into unconsciousness where it was then collected and transported to the Rome zoo.
Having grown to an impressive twenty-foot height, the Ymir was continuously studied until a freak accident cut off the flow of electricity. Enraged, the Ymir awoke! It burst from the building and quickly went on a rampage, attacking a nearby elephant. The two animals clashed, but the screaming mammal was no match for the vicious, angry alien. Continuing on with its rampage, the Ymir continued to increase in size and eventually reached the famous Roman Coliseum. Scaling to the highest reaches of the historic landmark, the Ymir was then attacked with heavy fire. It slipped and fell, followed by chunks of rubble. Struggling, the creature was crushed by the falling debris, ending mankind’s first contact with a life from another world .
•Ymir resembles the Thetis Lake Monster.
•The Ymir's name is borrowed from a primeval godlike being in Norse mythology.
•Early concept art of the creature depicted it as am enormous satyr-like monster complete with a horned-head, hair covering the body from the waist down and cloven-hoofed feet. These traits were later recycled for Harryhausen's iconic Cyclops in his next film, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Coincidentally, The stop-motion Ymir model was cannibalized to create the said Cyclops.
•Ymir was unofficially "remade" by creature sculptor Tony Mcvey for his "menagerie"
•The Ymir was used as an inspiration for the character “Lizzie” in the Arcade game “Rampage”.
•collection of figure kits, which also included the monster Rhedosaurus from Beast From The 20'000 Fathoms and Gillman from Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Jul 29, 2011 · 20 Million Miles to Earth was directed by Nathan Juran for Columbia Pictures for the sole purpose of displaying the incredible, jaw-dropping, still-as-of-yet-unparalleled stop-motion animation effects talents of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. While a lot of the film seems quite low-budget, Harryhausen, as always, shocks and awes.
Dec 15, 2023 · A cast-resin replica of the stop-motion miniature Ymir, the creature and main antagonist in the Nathan Juran film, 20 Million Miles to Earth (Columbia Pictures, 1957). The original stop-motion figure from 20 Million Miles to Earth was reported to have been repurposed for the film, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (Columbia Pictures, 1958).
The fully grown ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth. The creature, now gargantuan in size, battles a zoo elephant and sends the panicked patrons scurrying. Taking their fight to the streets of Rome, the two beasts destroy cars and damage buildings.
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20 Million Miles to Earth: Directed by Nathan Juran. With William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Frank Puglia, John Zaremba. The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
