The man whose surrealist artwork led to the creation of Ridley Scott's Alien has died. HR Giger, who was 74, died in hospital in Zurich after suffering injuries from a fall. Giger, who was born in ...

This article comes from Den of Geek UK. It contains spoilers for Alien: Covenant. If Prometheus strongly hinted at the fact, Alien: Covenant pretty much confirms it – Ridley Scott’s Alien prequels are ...

Born Hans Ruedi Giger on February 5, 1940, in Chur, Switzerland, he was raised in a household that valued practicality—his father, a pharmacist, regarded art as a "breadless profession" and encouraged ...

Surrealist artist HR Giger died this week, leaving behind a legacy of nightmares that made him a beloved figure of the horror, art and film communities. Giger's works depicted a horrifying marriage of ...

Cult artist H.R. Giger was a big deal right after ALIEN was released in 1979. All of my friends ran out and bought his books Necronomicon and Giger’s Alien. His “biomechanical” designs had the ...

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.R.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Deyan Baric/Alamy Stock Photo “I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the ...

The Oscar-winning artist who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall, his museum said today. Hans Giger died in a ...

The Swiss artist who won an Oscar for creating the nightmarish creature from Sir Ridley's Scott's seminal 1979 horror died in hospital on Monday. A spokesperson for Mr Giger's museum in Gruyere said ...

There's no denying that the key moment where the baby monster bursts out of John Hurt’s chest in the 1979 film Alien is among the most shocking in cinema history. Moviegoers have artist HR Giger to ...

Surrealist designer Hans Ruedi Giger, who won an Oscar for the monster he created for the Hollywood blockbuster Alien, has died at the age of 74. Sandra Mivelaz, administrator of the HR Giger museum ...

Swiss artist Hans Ruedi Giger, better known as HR Giger, has died at the age of 74 from injuries sustained in a fall. The celebrated artist was best known for inspiring and working on the designs of ...