Giger, and it’s pretty fair to credit much of the film’s popularity and success to that design.
The ’79 Xenomorph was designed by visionary Swiss artist H.R. I think most people reading this right now will agree when I say that the Xenomorph in the original Alien, portrayed by Nigerian actor Bolaji Badejo, is still to this day one of the scariest movie monsters to ever appear on screen.
Giger came on board, the Alien team explored some real weird ideas.
