Alien Veggies

1. Hellraiser XXVI, The Root of All Evil: Sometimes turnips just go bad.
pinhead
Image: Jasmin

2. Run for your lives! The killer cucumber is on the loose. Arrragh! *runs away shrieking like a girl.
killer cucumber
Image: A Skin For Tomorrow

3. Talk about creepy looking babies. This one resembles something from a Harry Potter film.
alien carrot
Image: dragonflyonthepond

4. These dodgy looking vegetables featured in an advertising campaign for Progress Kids milk, claiming their milk has “a third of your child’s daily nutrition. Because vegetables are scary.” Bet parents had a great time getting their kids to eat their greens after that!
scary broccoli
Image: Tommy Morris

scary cucumber
Image: Tommy Morris

5. What’s cooler than Alien? Why, veggie Alien, of course. Aren’t these images awesome? OK, while they’re not exactly images of real veggies, they just had to be included for the creep factor. They were created by artist Till Nowak and inspired by the works of HR Giger and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
alien salad
Image: Till Nowak

Veggie alien in detail. We think it could do with some acidic drool to make it more realistic.
alien salad detail
Image: Till Nowak

6. Alien offspring of a ravished parsnip.
alien salad offspring
photographer unknown

Pumpkin Thugs2. Petrified Pumpkins >

Scorpion Carrot3. Raucous Roots >

7. The ackee fruit, when ripe and opened, looks a bit too much like giant spider’s eyes for our liking. It’s hard to know whether to eat it or hide from it.
ackee alien
Image: No Quarter Given

8. Children of the Corn strikes again.
scary corn
Image: Sascha Grant

9. Alien carrot spawn.
carrot babies
Image: Susan David63

10. That’s one alien looking spud.
alien spud
Image: Urbanimp

11. If you’re not careful, that little blighter in the middle will bite your nose off if you get too close. It looks as if it’s ready to attack at any moment.
creepy spuds
Image: SeeJaneRunning

12. This creepy heart-shaped potato looks as if it’s been possessed by the bark monster.
alien heart
Image via: 300 million

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