I watched Ridley Scott’s Alien recently, and was struck, as always, by the deeply unsettling design for the alien creatures. H.R. Giger is the man responsible, a Swiss artist who won the Academy Award for his work, which played on the latent human fear of alien rape, colonization, and twisted, threatening phallic imagery. Check out Giger’s original concepts and try not to think about the face-hugger when you go to bed tonight.
