In the subsequent battle, Perseus petrifies the Kraken with Medusas head, causing it to crumble to pieces.It stars Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier.The film features the final work of stop motion visual effects artist Ray Harryhausen.It was released on June 12, 1981 and grossed 41 million at the North American box office, 6 which made it the 11th-highest-grossing film of the year.
A novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster was published in 1981. When the god Zeus impregnates her, Acrisius banishes his daughter and his newborn grandson Perseus to sea in a wooden chest. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, to destroy Argos. Dana and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos, where Perseus grows to adulthood. In revenge, Thetis transports an adult Perseus from Seriphos to an abandoned amphitheater in Joppa, where he befriends a soldier, Thallo, and an elderly poet named Ammon and learns that Andromeda is under a curse and cannot marry unless her suitor, upon the threat of execution if he fails, successfully answers a riddle concocted by Calibos. Zeus sends Perseus a god-crafted helmet from Athena which makes its wearer invisible, a magical sword from Aphrodite, and a shield from Hera. Perseus, wearing the helmet, captures Pegasus and follows Caliboss giant vulture carrying off Andromedas spirit during her sleep to learn the next riddle. Perseus is discovered and nearly killed by Calibos, but manages to sever one of Caliboss hands, losing his helmet in the process. ![]() At the wedding in Thetis temple, Queen Cassiopeia declares Andromedas beauty greater to that of Thetis herself, whereupon an earthquake shakes the temple, causing the head of the statue of Thetis to break off and crash to the floor. Thetis, using the statues head to speak through, demands Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken on pain of Joppas destruction. Perseus seeks a way to defeat the Kraken, but Pegasus is captured by Calibos and his men. Zeus commands Athena to give Perseus her owl Bubo, but she orders Hephaestus to build a golden replica of Bubo instead, who leads Perseus, Andromeda, Ammon, Thallo and some soldiers to the Stygian Witches. By taking their magic eye, Perseus forces them to reveal that the only way to defeat the Kraken is by using the head of Medusa, who lives on an island in the River Styx at the edge of the Underworld. The next day, the group continues on their journey without Andromeda and Ammon, who return to Joppa. Perseus fights and kills Medusas guardian, a two-headed dog named Dioskilos. Perseus then enters the Gorgons lair, where he uses the reflective underside of his shield to deceive Medusa, decapitate her, and collect her head; but the shield is dissolved by her caustic blood. As Perseus and his party set to return, Calibos enters their camp and punctures the cloak carrying Medusas head, causing her blood to spill and produce three giant scorpions. Calibos and the scorpions attack and kill Perseuss remaining escorts, including Thallo, whose death Perseus mourns. Perseus overcomes the scorpions and thereafter kills Calibos. Andromeda is shackled to the sea cliffs outside Joppa, and the Kraken itself is summoned. Bubo diverts the Krakens attention until Perseus, whose strength was secretly restored by Zeus, appears on Pegasus.
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