One thing the Alien franchise is known for is its creatively hideous array of creatures. Alien: Earth is, of course, no exception, bringing back some famous(ly horrible) monsters from movies past while adding some new (and equally nausea-inducing) critters we've never seen before.

As we find out in episode 1, there are five specimens onboard the doomed Weyland-Yutani USCSS Maginot spaceship that crash lands back to Earth. So what are these aliens, and what do we know about them so far?

1. Xenomorph

If you've seen Alien , you already know all about this one. The franchise's main antagonist, the Xenomorph takes various forms in its lifecycle: First hatching out of an egg to latch onto the face of a victim (Facehugger mode) and planting an egg inside them, gestating, then bur

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