And it’s none more scary than when conjured practically – with real, tangible puppet effects. So, that’s exactly what filmmaker Fede Alvarez chose for Alien: Romulus, his new face-hugging ...

Under director Fede Álvarez, a prominent horror filmmaker, the actors played opposite animatronic and puppet alien creatures, including the famed “face huggers” and the dreaded xenomorph.

Nestor, a blue alien with a baseball hat, is not just any puppet: “He” was created by a professional puppeteer for 29-year-old Tim Kubart and cost $1,500. Kubart, who plays in a band for ...

The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand rods are attached to the elbow and wrist, either in or outside the sleeves. Puppets ...

She is a professor of theater arts at UC Santa Cruz, the editor of “Asian Theater Journal” and has performed as a dalang (puppetmaster) of wayang golek rod puppets and wayang orang dance drama ...