‘Skitter’ is the name used colloquially to label the eight-limbed extraterrestrial creatures that have a major role in the TV series Falling Skies. Thought by many to be those responsible for the invasion of Earth, they are actually the enslaved subordinates of another sentient race — the Espheni — who hijacked them from their home… Read More Skitters
Monster Legacy had the pleasure to interview a freelance, overlooked creature designer — Mate Jako! Monster Legacy: A more personal question first. What inspired you to become a concept artist? Mate Jako: Well, for a lot of artists you read, their main inspirations are usually comic books, fine art, or cartoons, and they are great,… Read More Exclusive: Interview with Mate Jako!
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Monster Legacy had the honour to interview Monster making veteran Tom Woodruff Jr. in joint collaboration with our friend page Strange Shapes. In 2014, Amalgamated Dynamics celebrates 25 years of effects making — our interview focuses on films such as the latter Alien series chapters, Tremors 2 and more. Read on!
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General Note: this article refers to the original ideas and concepts behind the Pilot of the Derelict seen in Alien (1979); those have since been retroactively altered with the release of Prometheus, and are no longer officially valid, unless the current continuity is altered further. Please note that the Engineers and their suits from Prometheus… Read More Pilot of the Derelict
Main Article: She Creature
After the foundation of Stan Winston Productions in 1997, the company’s first project was a group of straight-to-video films for HBO, which developed completely original concepts based on the titles of certain films directed by Samuel Arkoff in the 50s. Among those was War of the Colossal Beast, whose title was changed, only after filming,… Read More She Creature
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