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Draco
In the late 80s, Raffaella de Laurentiis began proposing to various Studio Executives her pet project — a fantasy film set in the 10th century, about the unlikely alliance between a Dragon and a...
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Las Criaturas del Laberinto del Fauno
El Laberinto del Fauno (inappropriately translated overseas as Pan’s Labyrinth) was independently written, produced and directed by Guillermo del Toro, with a budget of approximately 16 million...
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Monster Gallery: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Main Article: Las Criaturas del Laberinto del Fauno
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Exclusive: Interview with Jaroslav Kosmina!
We have interviewed the author of the Kaiju size chart that has been doing the rounds in the internet lately (and which you can see above, completed)! Monster Legacy: Let’s start with the basics; what...
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StarBeast — Prologue: Alien, Dan O’Bannon’s Cosmic Horror
Dan O’Bannon’s original Alien sketch. During the pre-production of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune, screenwriter Dan O’Bannon witnessed the concept art work of Swiss surrealist Hans Ruedi Giger — who had...
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StarBeast — Part Ia: Alien, the Egg and the Facehugger
When Hans Ruedi Giger was finally hired as a designer for Alien, he was assigned the task to conceive all the othewordly aspects of the film — the planetoid, the Derelict and its Pilot, and the Alien...
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StarBeast — Part Ib: Alien, the Chestburster
THE ALIEN, SECOND PHASE: Once the Alien (First Phase) has attached itself to the face of a victim, it lays eggs in the victim’s stomach, and the egg grows into the Alien (Second Phase). This is a...
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StarBeast — Part Ic: Alien
THE ALIEN, THIRD (MATURE) PHASE: Having left its victim, the Alien promptly grows to man-size, whereupon it is terrifically dangerous. It is very mobile, strong, and capable of tearing a man to...
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StarBeast — Part IIa: Aliens
Hans Ruedi Giger, the original Alien designer, did not return to work on Aliens. None of the filmmakers involved in the project contacted the artist, whom at the time was attached as a creature...
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Monster Gallery: Aliens (1986)
Main Articles: StarBeast — Part IIa: Aliens StarBeast — Part IIb: Aliens, the Alien Queen
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StarBeast — Part IIb: Aliens, the Alien Queen
A PIERCING SHRIEK fills the chamber. She turns. And there it is. A massive silhouette in the mist, the ALIEN QUEEN glowers over her eggs like a great, glistening black Insect-Buddha. What’s bigger and...
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StarBeast — Part IIIa: Alien³, the Beginning
Alien³ underwent a long, articulated creation process — which saw several scriptwriters elaborating their own screenplays, only to be replaced — one after the other. Going from William Gibson to David...
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StarBeast — Part IIIb: Alien³, the Dragon
Like many other aspects of Alien³, the creature effects department was plagued by constant changes in direction and contradicting studio decisions. Gillis recalled in an interview with Fangoria: “Fox...
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Monster Gallery: Alien³ (1992)
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StarBeast — Part IV: Alien: Resurrection
Amalgamated Dynamics returned to provide the creature effects for the fourth chapter in the Alien series. The special effects artists were only allowed a tight production schedule. Tom Woodruff Jr....
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Monster Gallery: Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Main Articles: StarBeast — Part IV: Alien: Resurrection Aberrations of the Auriga [COMING SOON]
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H.R. Giger’s letters to Twentieth Century Fox on the lack of credit for...
Necronom IV. When Alien: Resurrection was theatrically released, there was no actual credit given to H.R. Giger — neither in the opening credits nor in the end credits. The omission, allegedly “a...
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StarBeast — Part V: Alien Vs. Predator
Alien Vs. Predator was born as a successful comic book series by Dark Horse, which pitted the two iconic film Monsters against each other within an organic backstory. When the film version was being...
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