Swiss artist H.R. Giger, whose otherworldly imagery was prized by science-fiction aficionados, was plagued by nightmares as a child. As an adult, his nights were more peaceful. “I could heal myself,” ...

With Ridley Scott's prequel Alien: Covenant being released this week, it's worth revisiting the documentary on the painter H.R. Giger, who inspired the series' aesthetic. Still from Dark Star: H. R.

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It was not unusual for an assistant to the late artist H.R. Giger to find the doorway to Giger’s house blocked by a lion’s skeleton. The big cat’s bones were just something the Swiss surrealist needed ...

Surrealist painter Hans Ruedi Giger, whose designs inspired the creature in Alien and whose otherworldly and often grotesque art graced album covers for Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Debbie Harry and ...

On June 20, 1998, the MUSEUM HR GIGER opened its doors in the medieval Château St. Germain in the 400 year old historic, walled city of Gruyères, Switzerland. As the permanent home to many of Giger's ...

When "Dark Star: H.R. Giger's World" introduces us to its subject, the Swiss artist best known for designing the memorably creepy alien in the movie "Alien" (which won him an Academy Award), he seems ...

Without director Alejando Jodorowsky, it’s likely that the 1979 sci-fi classic Alien would have looked very different. In the late 1970s, Jodorowsky – the Chilean director of such wayward cult films ...

H.R. Giger was the guy who made me sleep with the lights on for years. The iconic Swiss painter and sculptor, who died Monday at the age of 74, reportedly suffered from night terrors for much of his ...