it as a "lumpish sequel to a sequel: even the animated monsters raise a yawn this time". Some modern reviewers find the stop-motion work lackluster compared to previous Harryhausen films. Harryhausen biographer Roy P. Webber found the ghouls highly derivative of the skeleton warriors from Jason and the Argonauts, with the heads strongly reminiscent of the Selenites from Harryhausen's 1964 effort, First Men in the Moon. He also found the Minoton and the giant wasp to be lacking in character and so ancillary to the plot as to be dismissed. Harryhausen later admitted that the picture was too rushed, which led to many characterization problems in the animation. Other cinematic effects in the film have also been criticized. Webber, for example, notes that the traveling mattes used in the film to include various filmed elements are very poorly done, and the special effects used to show Zenobia transforming into a gull are "so bad that it is truly laughable." However, some aspects of the film have received enduring praise. Webber notes that the baboon animation was so good that many people were fooled into believing a real animal had been used. The battle between the troglodyte and the smilodon is much better choreographed than the battle between the one-eyed centaur and the griffin in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, and much more dramatic (with the cat actually raking with its claws and biting with its teeth, leaving deep wounds on its opponent). References External links Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger at Moviephone 1977 films 1970s fantasy adventure films British fantasy adventure films Seafaring films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Sam Wanamaker Films based on Sinbad the Sailor 1970s monster movies British monster movies Films using stop-motion animation Films set in the Arctic Films set in the 8th century Columbia Pictures films Films shot in Almería Films scored by Roy Budd American fantasy adventure films American monster movies Films about shapeshifting Films produced by Ray Harryhausen Films with screenplays by Ray Harryhausen Films produced by Charles H. Schneer Films with screenplays by Beverley Cross Minotaur Films set in the Middle Ages 1970s American films 1970s British films