Just over an hour into Dune , something magical happens: We see our first sandworm. A flash of its thick hide as it surfaces all-too-briefly. A shot of its toothy maw devouring a spice harvester whole. We don't get the full worm just yet, but we don't need to. What little we see tells us enough. This is a creature straight out of science-fiction legend, one so iconic to the Dune novels that messing it up would spell immediate failure for any adaptation. Luckily, Dune director Denis Villeneuve's version of Arrakis' sandworms succeeds on all levels. He and his team have managed to create worms that are awe-inspiring and just the right amount of scary, with a distinctive look that sets them apart from previous iterations of the creature. There isn't a blueprint to creating the perfect sandworm. In Frank Herbert's novel, the physical description of the beast is brief. He focuses instead on the worms' impact on the environment: how they sound moving throug
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