Every director has their own vision for this creature, so it's seen many subtle changes across the years – see the head ridges of Cameron's "warrior" variants, or David Fincher's dog-like "runners".

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Ridley Scott's Prometheus came out in 2012, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. Scott aimed to fix that ...

Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Alien: Earth episode 5! Alien: Earth creator Noah Hawley has explained episode 5's horrific new creatures and how they fit into the larger purpose of the series. Alien: ...

The sheep in question here is no normal mammal. It’s been corrupted by a parasitic, eyeball-shaped alien that's hellbent on murdering its human captors. And in episode 6 of Alien: Earth, the ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

The Alien franchise has some truly devastating and horrific extraterrestrials in its roster, and these are the ten most powerful. H.R. Giger designed some terrifying, awful, and strangely beautiful ...

Billy is a Senior Features Author for Collider. Having written over 300 articles in just over a year, Billy regularly covers the biggest TV shows and films releasing while also analysing some of the ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...