Foamy Alien, Russian Vampire, Crunchy Heads

It took centuries for nature to create the Xenomorph life-form from Aliens (1986), but it only took an artist 10 weeks in his free time to make one in his garage. Meet Michal Kruszyński, a talented horror/sci-fi fan/father, who honed his sculpting skills on prop projects based on movies like Predator, Gremlins, and Little Shop of Horrors. Says Michal, “By constantly developing my skills, I was soon able to create werewolves, vampires, creatures from Harry Potter, the Addams Family and much more.”

Above you can see Michal’s painstaking process to create the Alien in as much detail as we see in the movies. “I focused on revealing the horrific elements of a replica, just like the director showed us in his cult film. For this complicated project, I used foam and rubber techniques to recreate the Xenomorph’s nuanced body parts.” 

Michal has an Instagram page displaying his other work, which includes a giant buffalo, a cryo chamber, Dobby, the annoying little house-elf from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), a bunch of ghoulish creature heads and more. Click here to gasp in awe.

So while we all wish we could put a life-size Styrofoam Xenomorph in our front yard to scare off annoying little house-elves (next door neighbor kids), here are a few out now/upcoming horror/sci-fi movies that may or may not have taken 10 weeks for someone to make in a garage in their spare time…

SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON THE HILL / Out now (VOD)

“A night of terror ensues when a group of friends party at an abandoned slaughterhouse.”

I just hate it when terror ensues and I’m not there. FOMO.

THE VOURDALAK / June 28, 2024 (Theaters)

“When the Marquis d’Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, is attacked and abandoned in the remote countryside, he finds refuge at an eerie, isolated manor. The resident family, reluctant to take him in, exhibits strange behavior as they await the imminent return of their father, Gorcha. But what begins simply as strange quickly devolves into a full fledged nightmare when Gorcha returns, seemingly no longer himself.”

Fun fact: This was adapted from Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy’s 1839 Gothic horror novella The Family of the Vourdalak, which actually predates Bram Stoker’s Dracula by over half a century. And that’s just off the top of my head.

ODDITY July 19, 2024 (Theaters)

“When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic killing, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge.”

I have a collection of cursed items, too — empties.

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE / October 25, 2025 (Theaters, Imax™)

“Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on their last dance.”

The highly-entertaining trailer shows criminal heads being eaten by Eddie’s Symbiote. I don’t know why, but that looked kinda delicious, like crunchy screaming meatballs. Wish I had/was a Symbiote.