During an appearance on The Playlist‘s podcast Bingeworthy, Hawley shed light on the creative decisions behind the xenomorph’s design. “Some micro elements are different, just refining away from ...

The Xenomorph species, on paper, is far more efficient than humans. They are perfectly engineered to be apex predators, possessing an extremely efficient hive-mind-like mentality, a relentless drive ...

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The Xenomorph from the Alien franchise is having quite the comeback lately. First, in last year’s surprisingly good Alien: Romulus, then in this year’s Alien: Earth. So it’s no surprise that one-man ...

In the decades since the Alien franchise began, we’ve never seen the Xenomorphs as anything but pure killing machines. It was the shark in Jaws, only more terrifying-looking. And much like the shark ...

Few monsters manage to terrify me. Demons and ghosts do absolutely nothing for me, and while home invasion and crazed serial killers get a reaction out of me, it never lasts. Sure, there are instances ...

Alien aficionados will know that creator Ridley Scott’s original idea for the ending of the sci-fi horror masterpiece saw the xenomorph kill Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley then mimic her voice before ...

Of all the science fiction movies out there, few have created a monster as iconic and frightening to behold as director Ridley Scott's 1979 classic "Alien." The film's groundbreaking special effects ...