The Swiss artist and designer rewrote the rules on movie monsters, which makes Quentin Cooper wonder why we’ve always thought aliens look like humans? Surrealist, sculptor and set designer HR Giger ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

Swiss artist HR Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien, has died at the age of 74 from injuries suffered in a fall. The surrealist artist died in hospital ...

OSCAR winning artist H R Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror classic fil Alien, has died after a fall. Hans Ruedi Giger, 74, a surrealist artist, died in hospital on ...

Swiss artist HR Giger, who designed the creature in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien, has died at age 74 from injuries suffered in a fall. Giger's works, often showing macabre hybrids of ...

Apart from Ridley Scott, there is one other man who's ideas and designs are synonymous with the "Alien" franchise, H.R Giger. Having the honor of being credited with creating one of films most ...

Alien was first released 40 years ago this month. Helen O'Hara explains how the movie's monster became a cinema icon – and brought unexpected fame to the shy Swiss artist who created it In the late ...

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 ...

The Swiss artist and designer rewrote the rules on movie monsters, which makes Quentin Cooper wonder why we’ve always thought aliens look like humans? Surrealist, sculptor and set designer HR Giger ...

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