Paracinema...The Blog: Stalking...in a Winter...Wonderland

Just posted a review of the Norwegian Slasher film, Fritt Vilt (aka Cold Prey) over at Paracinema. The wonderful Christine had only a few days earlier posted her take on the 2006 Horror film, just as I was starting to write mine, so make sure you check out her review of the film too. We share some of the same thoughts about the film, but we do not share the same opinion of if we liked the film or not...intrigued? You should be!

Here is my review...

Paracinema...The Blog: Stalking...in a Winter...Wonderland.

Hope you all enjoy the reviews, as I have certainly enjoyed your company this fine evening.

Alien Lives...and not in AVP Form!

With the recent news of Ridley Scott officially coming back to the series he started with his original 1979 Science Fiction masterpiece, Alien, I thought I would do something different than simply writing about the excitement and potential that can come from such fantastic news. Instead, I have decided to post some of the artwork that would come to inspire the visual look of Alien (and the following sequels); artwork that would result in astonishing landscapes, intricate set design and one of the most amazing and original creatures ever to be put to celluloid.

H. R. Giger’s brilliantly surrealistic Biomechanical artwork lead to him receiving the Oscar in 1980 for his titular creature design as well as the remarkable environments found within Alien. His artwork is something that lives on very strongly, and forever will it continue to influence all aspects of art, from comics, to video games and even right down to furniture and interior design. I have personally owned at least five of the H. R. Giger calendars and have proudly displayed the gorgeous and sexually explicit Biomechanical artwork in my very own kitchen. And quite frankly, nothing says dinner like an alien sucking on its phallic tail! Who wants hot dogs for lunch?! No matter how perfect of a film Alien is, it's very difficult to say just how well it would have worked had it not been for Geiger’s inspirational artwork. Would this incredibly tense and brilliantly paced movie have had the same effect had it featured the Krites from Critters? I’m not saying that Krites aren’t so dope or anything, but it clearly wouldn’t be the same.

Anyway, without any further ado, here are the pieces that I chose. Most of these photos are taken from Giger’s Necronomicon books and are very much a part of what Alien would eventually came to be.
Hope you enjoy!




















All of that incredible work eventually resulted in this...


...easily one my all time favorite movie creatures, the Queen from Aliens!

We’ll keep an eye out for ya, Stingray!

If you find that your shirt is already slightly torn, why not just go ahead and rip it off? If you have an oily swamp chest and are in the midst of a major brawl with a villain rockin’ a similarly buttered set of pectorals, then why bother leaving it on? It’ll just get more wrinkled anyway, so at least if you rip it off, Hogan style, you may scare off your slimy chested foe. Unless, of course, he too takes off his shirt, then you’re just kinda back to square one. Hope your Karate skills are tight…cause the shirtless playing field is now officially level. Well, level until Cynthia fucking Rothrock shows up, and she’s on your side! Then you are, truly, Undefeatable. Buckle up, Stingray…this ones gonna hurt.



Just an observation.