Following the emergence of a Predator-born Alien on a Predator scout ship, the tussle with it inadvertedly causes the craft to crashland on Earth, unleashing the seeds of an Alien horde. A veteran Predator receives a distress signal and gears up, departing to eradicate the infestation. Such is the premise of Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem,… Read More Hunter of the Cosmos — Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
Paul W.S. Anderson’s Alien Vs. Predator script bore influence from the very first comic books bearing the title, namely Aliens Vs. Predator: Prey, with the pyramid concept inspired by early drafts and concept art for Alien. The director also extrapolated from Predator 2‘s aesthetic. As he explained, “one of the things that struck me was… Read More Hunter of the Cosmos — Alien Vs. Predator
Main Article: Tormentor in the Dark
The popular concept of “Boogeyman” is somewhat nebulous, with different cultures and traditions attributing varied descriptions, characteristics and abilities to the character. The first challenge director Rob Savage stumbled upon, in adapting The Boogeyman by Stephen King, was not only giving something of a definition to the Monster, but also enabling the audience to project… Read More Tormentor in the Dark
Main Article: Frightful Vampires
The Fright Night script was born out of director and writer Tom Holland’s enthusiasm for the vampire genre of old. “I love vampires,” he said, “and I have a lot of affection for the old, sometimes corny, vampire movies and all the Hammer horror films. […] I think that if you’re going to do [a… Read More Frightful Vampires
Main articles:StarBeast — Alien: RomulusStarBeast — Alien: Romulus, the Offspring
In approaching the design aspects for Alien: Romulus, director Fede Alvarez started from the baseline point that everything should be reminiscent of the first two Alien films. Of course, that implied that the iconic stages of the Alien life cycle present in the film should harken back to the very first Alien and the terrors… Read More StarBeast — Alien: Romulus
Content Warning: the article includes discussion and explicit pictures of Alien hybrid genitalia, which may be problematic for readers of a certain sensibility. “You are a beautiful, beautiful butterfly.” As an unexpected side effect of the cloning process, the Alien Queen stops producing eggs and develops a womb-like sac, out of which an abomination, an… Read More StarBeast — Alien: Resurrection, the Newborn
In the last few months, I received some amount of fan mails that asked me if I would reprise work on this website. I realized then that, amid a slew of things, it has been a whopping five years since my last article here on Monster Legacy. Don’t believe I can say that without the… Read More What’s been happening at Monster Legacy
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