Before the blood-chilling monster in "Alien" was designed by H.R. Giger, a couple of other ideas were considered that were cumbersome or downright bizarre.

When Ridley Scott first premiered "Alien" in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

Behind two of cinema’s most iconic extraterrestrials stands a single creative genius whose mechanical wizardry breathed life into both nightmares and dreams. While H.R. Giger’s biomechanical artwork ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...