‘Alien: Earth’: How H.R. Giger, John Hurt’s Kane and Retrofuturism Inspired the Xenomorph and Creature Prosthetics

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 continues in FX’s “Alien: Earth,” set two years before the events of the original film. With new species and the opportunity to explore […]