By | May 15, 2017 07:00am ET
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Extraterrestrial Terror of ‘Alien’
Since the first slimy Xenomorph burst from the chest of Officer Kane in the 1979 original “Alien” movie, several other versions of the extraterrestrial monster have terrorized space travelers in the nearly 40-year-old sci-fi saga. From chestbursters to facehuggers, here are the creepiest creatures from the “Alien” movies. [The Best Scary Movies That Take Place in Space ]Up first: Neomorphs
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Neomorph
The latest addition to the Xenomorph family makes its debut in “Alien: Covenant” (in theaters May 19). Director Ridley Scott envisioned the Neomorph as a combination of the original Xenomorph and the prehistoric-looking goblin shark found on Earth.Next: The Queen
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Queen
She’s big, she’s scary, and she lays evil eggs: Meet the queen of the Xenomorphs. Much like the queen of a beehive, this queen is larger and stronger than the other aliens in its family. The first queen of the “Alien” saga appeared in the 1986 movie “Aliens,” and were later featured “Alien: Resurrection” and “Alien vs. Predator.”Next: Evil eggs
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Chestburster
The next phase of a Xenomorph’s life cycle has another self-explanatory name. After a Facehugger implants an embryo, this little alien violently erupts from the host’s body. Chestbursters are responsible for some of the most bloody and gut-wrenching scenes of the “Alien” movies.Next: A genetic mixup
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Facehugger
As the name implies, this Xenomorph will hug your face—but not as a display of affection. This long-tailed, crustaceous alien shoves a slimy appendage down its victim’s throat to impregnate them with an alien embryo. It then detaches from the new host and dies shortly afterward. But it certainly doesn’t end there…Next: Chestbursters
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Ovomorphs
The Xenomorph egg, or Ovomorph, is the earliest stage in the lifecycle of the various monsters in the “Alien” saga. Queens can lay the eggs, but other Xenomorphs can also create them via a process called “eggmorphing,” in which they transform a victim into an egg by trapping them inside a cocoon.Next: The hug no one wants
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Newborn
What happens when you mix a human with a Xenomorph? This horrifying, slimy killing machine, apparently. When scientists attempt to clone Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in “Alien: Resurrection”—following her shocking extraterrestrial death in “Alien 3″—the clone somehow winds up with an alien embryo in her body. The scientists then extract that embryo, which grows up to be a Xenomorph Queen. That alien then gives birth to this ghastly human-alien hybrid.Next: Dog aliens
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Runner
Otherwise known as “Dog Aliens” or “Bambi Bursters,” this type of Xenomorph spawns when a Facehugger takes a four-legged animal as its host. Runners made their first appearance in the 1992 film “Alien 3,” when an alien emerges from the crew’s canine companion, Spike.Next: Pointy head, pointy teeth
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Deacon
Named after a bishop’s hat, this pointy-headed and terrifyingly toothy alien appears in the prequel film “Prometheus” when a Trilobite impregnates an Engineer—an intelligent, human-like extraterrestrial the crew encounters on the moon LV-223. The trilobite was an octopus-like Facehugger that Elizabeth Shaw ripped from her own body.Next: A horrifying hybrid
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Predalien
This Predator-Xenomorph hybrid appears in the “Alien vs. Predator ” movies and is the result of a Facehugger impregnating a Predator. Also called a Proto-Xenomorph, it looks a lot like the other aliens in the saga, but sports what looks like a long, tentacled hair. These things are bigger, stronger and arguably scarier than human-born aliens.
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