The character needed help preparing for the invasion
of some alien creature with a silly name, and tasked me with putting up a barricade in less than a minute.
Not exact matches
Barkun devotes several chapters to the recent evolution
of this hybrid superconspiracy theory, which includes a variant — derived from 1920s pulp fiction
with an assist from Tolkien — in which the conspirators are not space
aliens but reptilian
creatures from Inner Earth who take on human form.
Barring the appearance
of flying saucers, there are two broad possibilities: either we have a close encounter
with our neighbours by visiting the planets and moons next door; or we make an interstellar phone call to
creatures inhabiting much more distant planets that circle
alien suns.
During this time, there was a lot
of «evolutionary experimentation»,
with many ancient communities dominated by
alien - looking
creatures unlike any
of their modern counterparts.
In the cult sci - fi horror flick Chronicles
of Riddick: Pitch Black, anti-hero convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) crashes onto a rather unsettling
alien planet infested
with horrific flying bat - like
creatures hell - bent on eating Riddick and the rest
of the surviving crew.
The unholy horde
of monsters,
creatures, monstrosities, cagey ghosts, bats, demons, one well received Jurassic owner, a facetime loving Jason, clowns, cowboys,
aliens, Hellboy and the mad marionette
with his lovely doll - face lady came across the stage.
Think
of the Mos Eisley space cantina in «Star Wars»
with all the
alien creatures but no where near as good and
with terrible costumes.
Quite a bit
of blood n gore as viking males get torn apart by a reasonable looking
alien creature, kinda like a large neon lion
with more teeth.
By calling the film Predators the filmmakers are evoking the relationship between the original
Alien film and its sequel
Aliens by implying that Predators is the rightful follow - up film to Predator and promises to up the ante in terms
of action and the number
of creatures for the human characters to contend
with.
The backstory beats the hell out
of the present - tense plot, a routine affair in which a well - meaning doofus working for the Man is infected
with a virus, starts turning into an
alien himself, and falls in
with the oppressed
creatures.
You see, while previous Predators —
alien creatures with superior hunting skills — came to Earth and harassed military men in the jungles
of Central America, the current Predators have instead abducted a handful
of humans and dropped them on another planet, to be hunted for sport and entertainment.
These more - for - more genre epics try to fill every corner
with hundreds
of creatures (this film contains over 600 various
alien monsters) to the point where is stupefies whatever plot they are selling.
With «Guardians
Of The Galaxy» now less than two years from release, the studio is starting to get the cast in place for what is easily the most ambitious project on their slate (it has an alien tree creature and a pistol - wielding, talking raccoon, guys), and a ridiculously long laundry list of actors have been revealed as possibilities to sta
Of The Galaxy» now less than two years from release, the studio is starting to get the cast in place for what is easily the most ambitious project on their slate (it has an
alien tree
creature and a pistol - wielding, talking raccoon, guys), and a ridiculously long laundry list
of actors have been revealed as possibilities to sta
of actors have been revealed as possibilities to star.
For those
of us who have seen the two predecessor's in there glory know that what made us so enthralled
with the cinematic extravaganza wast he fact that the
alien was unpredictable; and in John Carpenters case the unknowing
of who or what the
creature was or its origin was just amazing and full
of spontaneity.
The global patience
of what to do
with the
alien population is coming to a boiling point, so the government contracts the private corporation Multi-National United (MNU), to handle the welfare
of the
alien creatures.
The movie, set in 8th - century Norway, follows
alien warrior Kainan (Jim Caviezel) as he crash lands on Earth along
with a fearsome
creature known as the Moorwen,
with the bulk
of the storyline detailing Kainan's efforts at insinuating himself within a local Viking tribe and leading their subsequent charge against the aforementioned
creature.
Ridley Scott married haunted house tropes
with SciFi
creature feature scares to create maybe the greatest
alien horror
of all time.
Ripley learns the tragic news that she is the only survivor, and worse, she finds evidence that one
of the
alien creatures may have stowed away along
with her.
The design and execution
of the CG - beasts is largely successful,
with the furious
creatures creating agreeable trouble as they take to land and air to steal humans, giving off a slight
Alien vibe as they reveal an extra pair
of hands from their chest cavity.
At the same time, Howard the Duck rolls into the same town where the
alien is hiding and some kind
of The Fly hi - jinks ensues because the two Marvel characters become one terrifying
creature that has the murderous tendencies
of the Merc
with a Mouth, and the cynical intelligence
of Howard the Duck.
Whether a vampire, a mutating
alien, a ghost, another vampire, a Hellboy or a labyrinth full
of creatures, del Toro does have a preoccupation
with monsters.
The decision came after 8 rounds
of voting involving a close runoff among several top films including Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER about the rescue of an alien creature from the clutches of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volume
of voting involving a close runoff among several top films including Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE
OF WATER about the rescue of an alien creature from the clutches of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volume
OF WATER about the rescue
of an alien creature from the clutches of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volume
of an
alien creature from the clutches
of cruel scientists in a cold war with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volume
of cruel scientists in a cold war
with the Russians, and also earned a BEST ACTRESS AWARD for Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady whose sympathetic performance spoke volumes.
While that franchise has moved on without her — most recently to the upcoming
Alien: Covenant — Weaver is bringing her powerful onscreen presence to a different kind
of creature feature
with A Monster Calls.
includes footage
of Bruce Greenwood in MoCap dress as the
alien, designed and redesigned ad nauseam by Neville Page, who struggled to please both Abrams and Spielberg
with a
creature that ultimately reeks
of compromise.
The film was also awarded
with a Special Achievement Award for Sound Effects for the creation
of the
alien,
creature, and robot voices (Benjamin Burtt, Jr.).
General Cypher Raige (Smith pere) is the legendary head
of the Ranger Corps, a military unit tasked
with combating
alien creatures called «ursas»: H. R. Giger - y monstrosities that have no eyes but can (literally) smell fear.
The movie's story is mostly under wraps, but will see several
of the lethal
creatures hunting humans including Boyd Holbrook and Trevante Rhodes» military men, Olivia Munn's scientist and Keegan - Michael Key's character, who teams
with the others to fight the
alien hunters.
Director Andrew Stanton buckles the swashes tightly
with all manner
of alien creatures, daring rescues and a beautiful princess (Lynn Collins) who proves every bit the hero's equal.
The film is like a tropical hybrid
of Aliens and The Thing, and there is a moment in this film where the team is in peril
with one
of the
creatures in The Shimmer that simply ranks as one
of my favorite horror moments in the past decade.
«Conception and Design: Creating the World
of District 9» (13:18, HD) includes interviews
with Ivey, prosthetics effects supervisor Joe Dunckley, Weta Workshop lead concept designer Greg Broadmore, Weta design & effects supervisor Richard Taylor, Weta lead
creature designer David Meng, Image Engine visual effects supervisor Dan Kaufman, Tatchell, Berg, Kliptown liaison David Bloem, and Embassy Visual Effects visual effects supervisor Robert Habros, while «
Alien Generation: The Visual Effects
of District 9» (10:18, HD) features Blomkamp, Habros, Kaufman, Cope, Dunckley, Copley, and Embassy Visual Effects on - set VFX supervisor Winston Helgason.
The movie begins
with a plot involving some military types attempting to train
Aliens to do their bidding, but once the
creatures break free, it is once again Ripley and a ragtag crew (this time a bunch
of interstellar smugglers, including tough waif Call, played by a game Winona Ryder) trying to exterminate them.
We'd already seen a movie
with one
alien chomping down some folks, and then we watched a whole bunch
of creatures in what was essentially a war movie.
Taking the role
of Isaac Clarke, players will explore an old spaceship that is filled
with the most grotesque
alien creatures.
Six years ago a NASA probe brought back samples
of alien life, but when it crash - landed the probe «infected» a large swathe
of Mexico
with seeds that grew into enormous
creatures that look like octopi (that's plural for octopus) which walk on land.
The first is when a country witch summons the titular bogey using the blood
of a dead kid; another is when that same
creature stalks past a kitchen window like an early draft
of the
Alien hybrid from
Alien: Resurrection,
with a similar miscegenated backstory.
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Due, in part, to the outsized proliferation (and templatization)
of a particularly disaster - friendly subgenre
of science fiction — the superhero movie — mainstream cinema is saturated
with images
of VFX - bloated destruction wreaked by all manner
of creatures: demigods,
aliens, pirates, mummies, mutants, advanced apes, sentient cars, and humans.
That is probably because the room is crowded
with beasts — life - size vampires, zombies,
aliens, and other grisly
creatures —
of the students» own making.
To cope
with these circumstances, Danny forges a reality
of his own, which includes the sinister «Three Men in Black», mysterious lake
creatures with insect - like carapaces, a beautiful young seductress and thief
with whom Danny falls in love, and an
alien / human love child who - if only Danny can keep her alive - will redeem the planet.
In Subnautica, players crash land on an
alien planet and are tasked
with surviving in the depths
of its expansive oceans by constructing life support systems, submarines, exploring, and defending themselves from hostile sea
creatures.
We play as the three pupiled
alien Frank who was a captive on a ship
of bounty hunters when it crashes on a colorful planet filled
with tasty
creatures.
Alien: Isolation is an award - winning first - person survival horror game
with numerous Game
of the Year nominations and critical accolades commending the return to form
of Ridley Scott's terrifying
creature.
First - person games can offer so much more than the cliché violent encounter
with aliens, orcs or other
creatures of the night.
Kai is found imprisoned by an evil
alien race, but
with the help
of another, more benevolent set
of aliens, she manages to escape and is now leading a rebellion against the evil
creatures, while hoping to get back to Earth.
The Meeseeks box in Halo 5 Halo has been a franchise known for its
alien - like
creatures, but as it would seem, another popular television show
with interesting other - worldly characters makes a small cameo appearance within one
of its maps.
Alone on an
alien planet and tasked
with killing a whole bunch
of dangerous
alien creatures.
Descend into the depths
of an
alien underwater world filled
with resources,
creatures, wonder and threats.
The «ninja and katana action game» features one - button controls: just tap when Mr. Ninja is lined up
with the enemies on - screen, and you'll jump through and slash the
aliens that have invaded Karakuri Castle — slicing the entire line
of creatures creates chains / boosts your score.
Clamber up walls & glide through the air on the back
of a camouflaging chameleon - like «Rock Drake», keep the dark at bay
with one
of four friendly «Lantern Pets», or grab and toss multiple
creatures simultaneously
with a massive «Cave Crustacean», or — if you are brave enough — allow the horrific «Reaper Queen» to impregnate you, and spawn a vicious male Reaper
alien lifeform you can tame and control.