Father of the Alien Xenomorph

Paracosms: Know Your Fiction by Arthur McMahon

Apr 17, 201700:23:14TV & Film

H.R. Giger is the father of the Xenomorph. We call it an alien, we call it a monster, but to Giger his creation was beautiful, no matter how many people it raped and killed. Known for its interspecies sexual domination a...

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