Beautiful Monsters: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to the Alien and Predator Films

The end of the 1970s was a turning point for science fiction and horror films. Star Wars, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Halloween set the standard for many years to come. In 1979, a new film would blend these genres together into an SF/horror film that would cross genres, and feature a villain that audiences and critics would find far scarier than Michael Myers or Jason and Pamela Voorhees. Beautiful Monsters is the story of the Alien and Predator film franchises. Each film is chronicled through analysis and extensive background information, and the themes and influences examined through articles. In addition all the spin-off books, comics and computer games are detailed. This is your one-stop guide for everything relating to two of cinema’s most popular and enduring creations who finally met in the 2004 film Alien vs Predator.