With the release of Star Wars in 1977, Hollywood learned an important lesson: If summer blockbusters were here to stay, then tie-in merchandising—particularly toys—would have to be part of their ...

The story of this article goes back a few days where the boss man here at Dread Central, Mr. Steve Barton, asked me if I could make a photo gallery of some cool retro horror toys. I’m not too into old ...

Here's a surprise spawned from Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror flick, "Alien": the tie-in action figures are finally coming out, after 34 years in stasis. San Francisco-based toy and apparel company ...

In 1979, Kenner’s Alien action figure was the toy to get. Huge, and prohibitively expensive compared to a kid’s allowance, it depended on parental goodwill to purchase. And that was in short supply.

That’s a bold claim, given how many horrifying Alien toys were marketed to little kids. But this Kenner 18″ figure is both close to H.R. Giger’s original vision ...

No, math didn’t suddenly go crazy. 2020 is in fact the 41st anniversary of Ridley Scott’s original Alien. Once deemed mysterious, terrifying, and woefully inappropriate for toys, the xenomorph ...