As you may recall, NECA had several years back turned H.R. Giger‘s original translucent Xenomorph concept for Alien into an action figure, and now Mezco is doing the very same. The original prototype suit for the “Big Chap” Alien was cast in a translucent flesh-tone but repeated difficulties with the material forced the change to […]
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The ‘Alien’ Xenomorph Appeared in Polaroid’s 1989 Holiday Commercial! [Video]
Our friend @HorrorMovieBBQ pointed us to a rarely seen commercial package from the holiday season back in the late 1980s that carries a nice little surprise. Included within this assembly of commercial breaks taken from the Prime Movie presentation of A Christmas Story (Fox O&O WTTG in Washington, D.C.; December 12, 1989) is a spot […]
[Black Friday] Best Buy Slashes 4K Releases to $9.99 Including ‘Blade’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Alien’ and More!
If you’ve been waiting to upgrade some of your favorite horror movies to 4K Ultra HD without breaking the bank, look no further than this week’s various sales for Black Friday. Best Buy‘s sales, for example, are already live in store and online, so you don’t have to wait until Friday. And best of all, […]
Ridley Scott Says the FX “Alien” Series With Be 8-10 Hours Long
The Alien universe is about to grow exponentially with FX backing a franchise’s first-ever series. At the time of the announcement, Alien director Ridley Scott, who returned the franchise to helm both Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, was in advanced talks to executive produce the small screen series for the cabler. Now, in an interview with […]
Xenomorph Hybrids Will Be Unleashed in Next Year’s Novel ‘Aliens vs. Predators: Rift War’
On the way from Titan Books next year is a brand new Aliens/Predator mashup book, this one titled Aliens vs. Predator: Rift War and releasing in the early summer of 2022. The 352-page book is being written by Weston Ochse and Yvonne Navarro. In this new tale… “The planet LV-363 teems with exotic life, including […]
Ridley Scott Says the ‘Alien’ TV Series Will “Never Be as Good as” the Original Classic
Announced at the tail end of last year, Disney is working on the first-ever television series set within the Alien universe for FX/Hulu, with Noah Hawley (“Legion,” “Fargo”) developing. What we know so far, which isn’t very much at all, is that the series will be set on Earth. FX had teased, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too […]
When ‘The Power’ Goes Out: 10 of the Scariest Scenes in Horror That Take Place in the Dark
Corinna Faith’s supernatural chiller, The Power, takes place in 1974 London when mandated blackouts plunged the city into darkness every night. It’s the worst-case scenario for Val (Rose Williams), a young nurse starting her very first night shift in an old hospital that’s mid-relocation. Trying to navigate the unfamiliar labyrinthine corridors at night, save for a lantern […]
New NECA Figures Imagine the Aliens from the ‘Aliens vs. Predator’ Arcade Game as Movie Characters
NECA once again steps outside the box with their Aliens line of action figures, this time around turning three Xenomorphs from the world of arcade games into “movie deco” figures. This particular batch of monsters is from the Aliens vs. Predator arcade game from 1994, which brought the two franchises together long before the movie […]
Land Sharks, Horny Beasts and Glow-in-the-Dark Aliens: 6 of the Most Unique Movie Monsters!
There’s nothing like a good old-fashioned monster movie to get the blood pumping, and with decades of vampires, werewolves and zombies consuming poor victims on the silver screen, there’s no shortage of films to choose from. Personally, I have a soft spot for productions that come up with original monsters that aren’t based on any […]
New One: 12 Collective ‘Alien’ Figure from Mezco Brings the Xenomorph to Life With Film-Accurate Detail
Mezco‘s One: 12 Collective line of action figures expands with the addition of the Xenomorph from Ridley Scott’s original Alien, which is now up for pre-order as of this morning. Mezco explains, “The One:12 Collective Alien features an all-new seamless body designed with an internal skeleton armature that is durable yet highly posable.” “The hostile […]
Neill Blomkamp Opens Up About His Unmade ‘Aliens’ Sequel; ‘Chappie’ to Blame?
With his new horror movie Demonic now available through VOD platforms, it was inevitable that Neill Blomkamp‘s latest trip around the interview circuit would yield some fresh insights into a movie he never actually ended up making, that being his sequel to James Cameron’s Aliens that would’ve brought back Sigourney Weaver as franchise heroine Ellen […]
We’ll Likely Have to Wait Until 2023 for FX’s “Alien” Television Series
Announced at the tail end of last year, Disney is working on the first-ever television series set within the Alien universe for FX/Hulu, with Noah Hawley (“Legion,” “Fargo”) developing. What we know so far, which isn’t very much at all, is that the series will be set on Earth. FX had teased, “Expect a scary thrill ride set not too […]