Alien: Romulus‘ New Monster Is Both ’80s Homage and Cutting-Edge Terror

A very tall man in a suit and detailed practical effects helped make the climax of Fede Alvarez's new film feel agonizingly real.

special effects team talked about bringing the film’s new creature to life, with an emphasis on practical effects to keep things as visceral as possible. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, here’s one of these:

The climactic monster—given the seemingly unremarkable but also horrifying name of “the Offspring”—emerges after Isabela Merced’s imperiled pregnant character injects herself with a compound that transforms her baby into something… well, Xeno-morphic.

A key decision was bringing in seven-foot, seven-inch tall basketball player Robert Bobroczkyi to bring the Offspring to life. “The way he moves is just unique,” Chaillouleau told the trade. “Considering his big size and the concept of what is, he’s giving a lot of new things to watch visually, so I found that to be outstanding.”

Of course, those practical effects were enhanced with of-the-moment tech tools, but the team still aimed for subtlety. “This is a homage to the ’80s, in design style,” Chailloleau explained. “Even the models and the practical , everything has to fit the way they would have done that years ago. We don’t want to look to CG, so motion is very important, because we could not animate that way 40 years ago.”was absolutely intended—although, again, meant to be subtle.

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