Chris Klimek remembers science-fiction designer H.R. Giger, who kept him sleeping with the lights on for many nights after producing some of the indelible and terrifying imagery of Alien.

The Swiss artist and designer rewrote the rules on movie monsters, which makes Quentin Cooper wonder why we’ve always thought aliens look like humans? Surrealist, sculptor and set designer HR ...

H.R. Giger, a Swiss artist who designed the nightmarish creature that takes over a spacecraft in Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” attacking the helpless crew in what has become one of the ...

Surrealist Swiss painter H.R. Giger, who died on May 12th at age 74, is perhaps best known for inspiring the design of the creature in the Alien movie franchise, also had a long and deep ...

The Swiss surrealist behind the "Alien" film franchise has died at 74.

The Swiss artist H.R. Giger is best known as the creator who gave the Alien franchise its iconic, eerie aesthetic. Giger mixed biology, machinery and erotic imagery to create the titular Alien ...

H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist artist who designed the eponymous creature in the “Alien” movies made him world famous, has died. He was 74.