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Roger Dicken Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Alien’ & ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth’ VFX Artist Was 84


Roger Dicken died on February 18 at his home in North Wales.

Following his sojourn in space with Kubrick, Dicken found work on the Michael Reeves feature Witchfinder General before lending his hand to When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth by Val Guest. Speaking about the scene in a 1992 interview with indie publication Monster Zone, Dicken said: “I got underneath the set with my activated hand-operated alien and it was this, of course, that ended up appearing revoltingly through his body and pausing momentarily to twitch and breath, etc, before zipping off the table.” He added: “The monster’s exit was accomplished by pulling me along under the table, laying on a trolley with my arm holding the puppet, working it through a slot as it knocked off strategically placed utensils in the process of disappearing.”

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