![]() ![]() The head was a bit tricky, since in the book they have no face, only a big ugly mouth. Slugs and coconut crabs were a huge influence for me in finding the overall body shape. ![]() ![]() "Designing the scary Grievers had many challenges. More canonically, Ken Barthelmey, one of the designers, said (emphasis mine): Whenever you see a Griever in the movie, you are terrified and because of that, they hit the mark. In the movie, they almost take on more of a gooey spider form where they do have a distinct face, their legs are like knife-like gadgets, and their screams are spot on. When they move it sounds like knives are being dragged across the floor and their screeches give you immediate goose bumps. In the book, the Grievers are almost sluggish in the sense that they don’t have a distinct front or back, they are super slimy, and they curl up and roll to move quickly. And while this certainly is nightmare-inducing, the decision to make them more like mechanical spiders than part slug does wonders to keep the action ramped up and the tension high.Īnd this article goes into some more detail: In the novel, however, they’re described as being part animal and part machine, rolling and slug-like, covered in hair and slime. It has to be something to do with their amalgamation of parts and the fact that they only come out at night. In both the book and the movie, the Grievers are absolutely terrifying. This article briefly describes the difference in the Grievers from book to film (emphasis mine): The book Grievers are more slug-like and the film ones are more spider-like. ![]()
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