Bringing the Alien Queen to Life: The Practical-Effects Team Behind Aliens

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Stan Winston and his team—Shane Mahan, Lindsay MacGowan, Alec Gillis, John Rosengrant, and Tom Woodruff Jr.—built the 14-foot Alien Queen for Aliens with a hybrid of fiberglass, foam rubber, silicones, and puppetry, moved production to Pinewood, treated creatures as characters guiding every performance, and later formed Amalgamated Dynamics and Legacy Effects, shaping the lasting legacy of practical effects in film.

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We knew we had a lot to live up to: As Aliens turns 40, we chat to the legendary VFX masters who created the Alien Queen (interview)
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We knew we had a lot to live up to: As Aliens turns 40, we chat to the legendary VFX masters who created the Alien Queen (interview)

Legacy Effects Oscar-nominated duo Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan share tales from the trenches of 1986s Aliens