Double feature tribute to Stop Motion Animator Ray Harryhausen

Saturday Creature Features presents, “Welcome to “May” Harryhausen,” a double feature tribute to Stop Motion Animator Ray Harryhausen featuring an evening of “two” Ray Harryhausen classics, Mysterious Island (1961) and Earth vs The Flying Saucers (1956), 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale.

In Mysterious Island (1961), a shipwrecked group of travelers is stranded on an isolated south seas island and struggles to survive among gigantic animal life and a nearby volcano that’s ready to blow! Herbert Lom guest stars as “Captain Nemo.” Ray Harryhausen’s stop motion film process had no equal during this period in terms of natural animal movement and believability.

In Earth vs The Flying Saucers (1956), it’s a full-scale alien invasion as laser blasting flying saucers and hostile aliens from an unknown planet decimate the capitals of the world in their attempt to conquer Earth! Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor and Morris Ankrum lead the fight to save the planet! Featuring first rate flying saucers that continue to thrill in 2024, Harryhausen showed the world how an invading flying saucer should look and how it should behave!

Admission is $14/$10 to members or those in costume. For more information, visit rosndaletheatre.org or call 845-658-8989.