“I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley Scott to design the xenomorph for the first Alien film in the late 1970s.

Ever since Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic “Alien” gripped audiences with its sci-fi thrills, the heart of which lives the now iconic Xenomorph, the hype has birthed an entire franchise of films and now, ...

The new FX series went to Thailand to film a story that takes place in a hotter, wetter, more ominous world. By Mike Hale Mike Hale, a New York Times television critic, visited the set of “Alien: ...