Legacy
In April 2004, Empire magazine ranked Talos as the second best film monster of all time, after King Kong.
Ray Harryhausen regards this as his best film. Previous Harryhausen films had been generally shown as part of double features in "B" theatres. Columbia was able to book this film as a single feature in many "A" theatres in the United States. The skeletons' shields are adorned with designs of other Harryhausen creatures, including an octopus and the head of the Ymir from 20 Million Miles to Earth.
The film was nominated for AFI's Top 10 Fantasy Films list. It currently holds a 96% fresh rating on film review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)