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Hero Collector announces new Alien & Predator Figurine Boxes series

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Eaglemoss Hero Collector has announced a new line of 6″ collectible statuettes featuring iconic characters from the Alien and Predator movie franchises. The first wave of Alien & Predator Figurine Boxes include the Xenomorph Drone from Alien, Xenomorph Warrior from Aliens, Xenomorph Grid from Alien vs. Predator, and the Predator (Unmasked) from the original Predator; […]

The Most Powerful Horror Villains Of All Time

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Marvelous Videos on the most powerful horror villains… When your genre is predicated on terrorizing your protagonist, it inherently means giving your antagonist an extra oomph. They need some kind of power or ability that allows them to easily scare a group of humans without succumbing to some mishap like a bullet or fall. Horror […]

Horror Movies With Unbelievable Practical Gore Effects

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Marvelous Videos serves up a slice of practical gore effects… Computer-generated imagery, or CGI, has gotten a bad rep these days from film school dropout channels that believe the older way of creating is inherently better. No matter the flaws in their arguments, though, they do raise a point that, without proper rendering, CGI has […]

Aliens: Fireteam co-op survival shooter calls in the Colonial Marines

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Developer Cold Iron Studios has released an announce trailer for Aliens: Fireteam, a new co-operative third-person survival shooter set within the Alien universe. The game, set for release this summer, pits three-player teams of hardened Colonial Marines against over 20 enemy types, including various Xenomorphs from Facehuggers to Praetorians, along with Synthetics from the Weyland-Yutani […]

The Xenomorph makes its Marvel debut in trailer for new Alien series

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A cinematic horror icon is set to make its Marvel Comics debut this March with the release of Alien #1, kicking off a brand new series from writer Philip Kennedy Johnson and artist Salvador Larroca which promises to explore never-before-seen corners of universe created by Ridley Scott back in 1979. “As a lifelong superfan of […]

Totally Bonkers Space Operas That Deserve More Love

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Ben Robins looks at four totally bonkers space operas that deserve more love… It’s easy to jump straight to the tried-and-tested regulars as far as space operas are concerned. Between the countless alien species, planets and barely pronounceable intergalactic languages, too many seem to end up on the wrong side of dense, and sticking with […]

Marvel announces Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus Vol. 2

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Before it launches the license into a brand new era with its own series, Marvel is set to collect the classic Aliens comic book from Dark Horse beginning this April, and now the publisher has announced that the second volume of Aliens: The Original Years Omnibus will follow in August. A rogue scientist’s genetic experiments […]

Ridley Scott and Noah Hawley team for Alien TV series

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During Disney’s Investor Day virtual presentation, it has been announced that Ridley Scott is set for a return to the Alien universe for a brand new TV series at FX. Scott is set to team with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley on the live-action series, the franchise’s first foray onto the small screen, and […]