The first Facehugger design for "Alien" was initially much larger and more grotesque. Thankfully H. R. Giger scaled it down ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...

Sir Ridley Scott's long-awaited return to the Alien franchise was cause for celebration among sci-fi fans but 2012's Prometheus wasn't exactly what the majority had expected. Rather than being a ...

H.R. Giger's original creature design continues to frighten audiences decades after it debuted in "Alien," but does the ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

“I had never been so sure of anything in my life.” — Ridley Scott, recalling his reaction to H. R. Giger’s creation for Alien. The most terrifying thing about the Alien in Ridley Scott’s film was ...

Alien: Romulus has cemented a place of infamy in the franchise, thanks to the climatic reveal of “The Offspring,” a xenomorph/human/Engineer hybrid creature, born from the infected womb of poor Kay ...

In space, you don't just have xenomorphs to worry about anymore. FX's new series Alien: Earth — premiering Tuesday, Aug. 12 — brings the Alien film franchise to the small screen with a fresh story ...