He’s best remembered for stretching our minds with his stretched-head design for the creature in 1979’s original – very original – Alien. 35 years and many spin-offs later, Giger’s ...

“I always wanted my alien to be a very beautiful thing, something aesthetic,” Giger later recalled. “A monster isn’t just something disgusting; it can have a kind of beauty.” It’s one ...

It's no easy thing to give birth to a monster – ask Mary Shelley. The late artist HR Giger did just that with his landmark work on Ridley Scott's celebrated sci-fi film, Alien. Giger’s hideous ...

Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger is dead, Swiss media reports. The 74-year-old painter, sculptor and set designer died after a fall. Giger won an Oscar for special effects for the 1979 film “Alien.” ...

Responsible for spearheading the creature design for the original film, Giger's unique style is what came to define the imagery of the Alien universe. This is why the chrysalis in Romulus manages ...

The Oscar-winning Swiss set and creature designer of Ridley Scott's "Alien" died following a fall in his Zurich home. By The Associated Press H.R. Giger - P Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the H ...

The Swiss artist H.R. Giger is best known as the creator who gave the Alien franchise its iconic, eerie aesthetic. Giger mixed biology, machinery and erotic imagery to create the titular Alien ...