10 Horror Movie Monsters That Almost Looked TOTALLY Different

10. The Xenomorph - Alien

There are few movie monsters - if any - more viscerally iconic than that of Alien's Xenomorph, the discomfortingly psychosexual masterwork of surreal artist H. R. Giger.

But before Giger put his indelible stamp on the creature, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon and artist Ron Cobb took their own stab at designing it, resulting in this more conventionally alien piece of concept art.

The four-legged iteration of the monster was a far cry from the more sleek, elegant final design, and above all else, it's tough to imagine anyone ever thinking of this Lovecraftian monstrosity as anything close to the "perfect organism."

Ultimately Giger took over and lent his unique vision to the project, resulting in one of the few truly original monster designs in Hollywood, and one which continues to incite fear over 40 years later.