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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...