Posted to BoingBoing a few weeks back, I finally took the time to watch this early work from acclaimed stop-motion pioneer Ray Harryhausen. Created in 1949, long before his better-known work on movies like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans.
There are a handful of outstanding moments. The way the grandmother leaps out of bed; the wolf prowling up the stairs in silhouette; the hunter jumping on the bed then putting an arm down to prop himself up at the window. It's that attention to detail that makes Harryhausen one of the greats.