Originally conceived in the 1980s as a high-concept sci-fi film of ideas crossed with a police procedural, 1995's Specieseventually took shape as a cheesy and sleazy erotic thriller crossed with a ...

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 ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...

Alien: Romulus has cemented a place of infamy in the franchise, thanks to the climatic reveal of “The Offspring,” a xenomorph/human/Engineer hybrid creature, born from the infected womb of poor Kay ...

Alien: Earth is bringing the plural Aliens back to the franchise with a menagerie of new extra terrestrial life. It’s not quite like James Cameron chucking dozens of xenomrophs at us through the air ...

“During Alien: Romulus, [Fede Álvarez] encouraged us all to have a go at the hybrid. I dont really do creatures but had a go in nomad sculpt. I know Fede actually loved these. Great fun to do,” Price ...

The 24-year-old actor — who plays one of the show's two adult Xenomorphs — had to film a fight scene with the CGI-generated creature, but he wasn't left completely in the dark. The Alien: Earth ...

One of the surprising joys of Alien: Earth has been how unencumbered the whole thing feels within the scope of blockbuster, franchise filmmaking. For decades now, the Alien franchise has been trapped ...