It is one thing to see a tentacled-eyeball alien that consists of even more eyeballs launch out of a cat’s skull, but it is much worse to listen to. When you are squeamish (as I am), people often tell ...

British video game developer The Creative Assembly uses sound effects and music to keep players in a permanently tense state when exploring its video game Alien: Isolation. The title is a spin-off ...

With the new “Predator” prequel, “Prey” (now streaming on Hulu), set in the Comanche nation in 1719, director Dan Trachtenberg wanted a more appropriate design for the iconic alien hunter. He’s leaner ...

As Alien: Earth hits the small screen with promises of creatures even scarier than the slathering xenomorphs, SFX experts tell us how they made Stranger Things, The Last of Us and more so horrifying ...

"In space," some marketing genius once said, "no one can hear you scream". Bring the Xenomorph and its associated ecosystem back home, however — as "Alien: Earth" so memorably has — and you hear ...

You may not know the name, but you definitely know the work. Over seven decades, Oscar-winning special effects supervisor John Richardson has helped create some of the most memorable action scenes in ...