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I bet Harryhausen had the sabertooth-in-the-ice-that-gets-free as an homage to SHE


Right you are. He had previously paid homage to SHE in FIRST MEN IN THE MOON, with the steps leading up to the throne of the Grand Lunar inspired by the steps leading up to the throne of Ayesha. (If you pick up the colorized SHE that Harryhausen helped with, he talks about this in his commentary track.)