The Space Jockey

Before the xenomorph, there was the ‘Space Jockey’. Slaughtered from the chest out and fossilized, this mysterious pilot was our introduction to the macabre environment of Alien. Nick Abadzis look back at Ridley Scott and H.R.Giger’s 1979 partnership and its first victim… It’s difficult to imagine now how immediate and visceral an impact Alien had when it was first released in 1979 … Read more