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“When [HR Giger] was a child, his sister took him to a local museum to see an Egyptian mummy — which is indeed eerie, evidenced by its on-camera appearance — an encounter that scared him so much that he returned several weekends in a row, determined to overcome his fear. The mummy and its representation of death became key influences on his art, wife Carmen points out, also noting that ‘you have to come face to face with your dark side before you can see the light.’”

From Cheryl Eddy’s review of the HR Giger documentary Dark Star, available here.