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 ...

The aliens have landed at the Independent fair in New York—or at least, the work of science fiction legend H.R. Giger has. On the booth of New York gallery Lomex, looming above the galleries like some ...

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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.

Marvel's current version of the Alien comic took a step back today, drawing on the original designs for the movie by H.R. Giger. Famously, these were part of Giger's original designs which inspired ...

Surrealist artist H.R. Giger - one of the driving creative forces between 1979's Alien - died today in Zurich after complications from a fall. A 2010 interview published by Wired traced Giger's ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. Alien stands apart from other science fiction films by delivering truly unique and believable extraterrestrial creatures that are not ...

Although he passed away in 2014, H.R. Giger remains one of the most influential artists in popular culture. His visionary design laid the groundwork for the unsettling and nightmarish landscape of the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger who designed the monster and revolutionary sci-fi sets for the film "Alien" has died, his museum said on Tuesday. He was 74. Giger, who was born ...

H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the monster and sets for Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi pic “Alien” died May 12 at age 74. An employee of H.R. Giger Museum has confirmed Swiss media ...