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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 ...

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 Swiss media ...

Before the blood-chilling monster in "Alien" was designed by H.R. Giger, a couple of other ideas were considered that were ...

Largely known for his Oscar-winning set design of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi flick Alien, the Swiss surrealist artist, who died this past year at the age of 74, also had a fruitful career as a niche ...

Horror and sci-fi fans have lost another one of their most inspirational and iconic artists. We are deeply saddened by the news coming to us from Swiss public television channel SRF of the passing of ...

H.R. Giger poses with a prototype of his Xenomorph design for 'Alien.' The artist hoped to feature translucent version of the creature, but that version was abandoned before shooting began. (Courtesy ...

The summer movie season is about to get considerably more horrifying with this Friday’s release of Alien: Covenant. A direct follow-up to 2012’s Prometheus, Covenant is Ridley Scott’s second prequel ...

Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger is best-known in the United States for his lurid monster designs, most notably the psycho-sexual nightmare creatures featured in Alien and Species. But there’s a lot more ...

BERLIN (AP) â?? Swiss artist H.R. 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, his museum said Tuesday. Sandra ...

Born Hans Rudolf Giger in Chur, Switzerland, he studied Architecture and industrial design in Zurich before finding fame in the art world with his book Necronomicon, a compendium of HP ...