H.R. Giger has passed

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H.R. Giger has passed

On 05/13/2014 at 04:56 AM by Vice's Assistant

Taken from Kotaku:

"Swiss artist H.R. Giger, made famous for his work designing the iconic creatures in the Aliens series, has passed away at the age of 74.

TV station SRF and SWI report that he died as a result of "injuries sustained in a fall".

Aside from his work on the Alien films, Giger also worked on the Dune movie that never was, as well as some pretty awesome video games ."

I really loved Giger's work. It was so surreality ergonomic. A sad day for Aliens fans as well anyone who loves that weird style of his.

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Matt Snee Staff Writer

05/13/2014 at 05:05 AM

damn that sucks. I had never heard of the Dune stuff. I have read all six novels. That's crazy.

Vice's Assistant

05/13/2014 at 05:10 AM

I could never sit through the entire Dune movies, too long. I knew him mostly from his work on Alien.

Alex-C25

05/13/2014 at 12:35 PM

Man, really a sad news to hear after school, especially when it's the creator of the Xenomorph, one of my favorite film creatures.

R.I.P Giger.

KnightDriver

05/13/2014 at 03:38 PM

This one image makes me think of Hieronymus Bosch. Something about those shapes are strangely biological as well as alien.

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Super Step Contributing Writer

05/13/2014 at 03:58 PM

Angelo Grant Staff Writer

05/16/2014 at 05:44 PM

This man's creativity was the source of many a childhood nightmare for me.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

05/19/2014 at 04:33 PM

That's sad to find out, really liked his work.

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