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Kids Toy Commercials for… Alien?

by Susana Polo | 1:13 pm, December 19th, 2012

While the xenomorph (that is, the Alien) has become an enshrined part of horror cinema, the kind of cultural artifact that you can absorb easily whether or not you’ve actually ever seen the original source, like Godzilla, Frankenstein, or Ghostface from Scream. I can’t speak from personal experience, but in 1979, when the R-rated Alien actually hit screens, I doubt that it was that easy. Instead, little kids had to learn to fear the alien from, apparently, really clashingly upbeat commercials where they futilely fight off a horrifying embodiment of our existential dread of unfathomableness of space and our own bodies. Fun for the whole family!

On the other hand, we would totally go nuts for the Ripley action figure with Turbo Torch action that showed up later.

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It Came From Outer Space

The Making Of The Terrifying Baby Alien From Alien 3

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 5:43 pm, August 2nd, 2012

You may not remember the “Bambi Burster” from Alien 3, but that’s probably attributable to a few good reasons: the film is 20 years old, threequels are always kind of iffy, and, oh yeah, that thing is so terrifying you might have blocked from your memory anyway. Watch as the film’s crew makes sculptor Steve Norrington’s quadrupedal xenomorph animate, and try not to let it creep you out too much. Think of it as refreshing: isn’t it nice to see 3D models in an age of CGI?

(via i09.)

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