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H.R. Giger Remembered

H.R. Giger Remembered

May 13, 2014 By S. K. Sloan 2 Comments

H.R. Giger was a renowned painter and artist famous for some of the most bizarre and frightening depictions on canvas, images that were also used by some of the greatest filmmakers in the entertainment industry.

Giger was the creator of the creatures used by Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic film Alien. Giger’s work was also used in such landmark sci-fi and horror movies like Dune, Poltergeist II and Species. He was awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on Alien.

His genius was so unique that professional psychiatrists were fond of using his images to help in the diagnosis of mental disorders in their patients. In fact, one of his earliest works was titled “A Feast for the Psychiatrist.”

Hans Ruedi Giger died today in a Swiss hospital at the age of 74.

[Feature AP photo by Arno Balzarini]

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About S. K. Sloan

Samuel K. Sloan's love of Star Trek brought him to Slice of SciFi, where he was Managing Editor from 2005-2011, and returned from 2013-2014 before retiring once again from scifi news gathering.

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Comments

  1. J says

    May 14, 2014 at 7:30 pm

    An icon of sci fi. Brilliant, sublime and creepy artwork.

    I’m going to rewatch Alien tonight.

    Thanks H.R.

    • Summer Brooks says

      May 14, 2014 at 8:37 pm

      If you get a chance, check out the documentary “Jodorowsky’s Dune”… some of his pre-Alien work is displayed in there, and it’s amazing. You can see one of them in my review: https://www.sliceofscifi.com/2014/04/11/jodorowskys-dune-a-slice-of-scifi-review/

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