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 ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

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 ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Ridley Scott's Prometheus came out in 2012, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. Scott aimed to fix that ...

Alien: Earth‘s Xenomorph is only the tip of the iceberg, though, as its escape unleashes all sorts of creatures, each one with a gimmick more terrifying than the last. Through two episodes, it’s clear ...

"Star Wars" has a seemingly never-ending supply of alien designs. However, these five are the worst of the bunch, falling ...

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 ...