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Necronom IV is a 1976 airbrush print by Swiss surrealist H.R. Giger. It depicts a vaguely humanoid creature against an indistinct, organic background. The painting, along with its similar companion piece Necronom V, are widely recognized as the direct inspiration for the Alien creature from Ridley Scott's seminal 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Paasche F#1 Single Action External Mix Airbrush An airbrush is a small, air-operated tool that sprays various media including ink and dye, but most often paint by a process of atomization. ... Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... The xenomorph as it appears in Alien vs. ... Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential English film director and producer. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Science-fiction books, magazines, film, TV, gaming and fandom material Science fiction (often called sci-fi or SF) is a popular genre of fiction in which the narrative world differs from our own present or historical reality in at least one significant way. ... Horror can mean several things: Horror (emotion) Horror fiction Horror film This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alien is a 1979 science fiction/horror film directed by Ridley Scott, from an original story by Dan OBannon and Ronald Shusett. ...


External links

  • Official website
  • Official Giger database
  • Revelations - Official Clive Barker Resource a snippet of Clive's introduction to Giger's 1992 Necronomicon...


 

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