No Alien project can ever recapture the sense of cosmic horror upon seeing H.R. Giger’s xenomorph for the first time. So when it came time to design a coterie of fresh monsters for prequel series Alien: Earth , creator Noah Hawley went for the eyes … literally. The so-called Eyeball Monster (or more formally Trypanohyncha Ocellus ) is a deeply upsetting creation: an intelligent white sphere supported by tentacles that invades its prey’s orbital sockets and operates their corpses like puppets.

“There was a revulsion that came from each stage of [the xenomorph],” Hawley says. “So that’s where I started with this idea of ‘if we have a new creature, what’s the most revolting function it can provide?’ Then we’ll design the creature around the function.”

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