Tag Archives: Guillermo del Toro

Reflections on “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time it will come as no surprise that I am a huge fan of Guillermo del Toro. I’ve written numerous blog posts about his work (here’s an example), and edited an anthology on it titled The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays. […]

Godawa and ‘The Shape of Water’: Seeing Pagan Beasts and Missing the Love of the Beauty

The Shape of Water has won numerous awards, including various film festivals, eventually winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Obviously, the film has been very well received, but no film is universally loved. There is always the subjective element, so it’s possible to find reviews from those for whom the film didn’t work. Even […]

del Toro Wins Golden Globes and Affirms Monstrous Faith

Guillermo del Toro recently won the Best Director award at the Golden Globes for The Shape of Water. He was true to himself and his lifelong faith in monsters, as evidenced in his acceptance speech. Excerpts below: “I thank you. My monsters thank you.” “Since childhood, I’ve been faithful to monsters. I have been saved […]

“The Strain” and Recanted Faith

Last night “Belly of the Beast,” Episode 5 in Season 4 of The Strain aired. Once again this series included a theological nugget. This one came via the scene where Abraham Setrakian was laying in a hospital bed where he was discovered by Thomas Eichorst, his long-time vampiric enemy. Eichorst had previously lost track of […]

Trailer for del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” echoes the Gill-man

This looks very interesting. I’m a huge del Toro fan, hence my edited book The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro. But this looks like his unique twist and nod to one of his favorite films, The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

The Atlantic and del Toro’s “Highbrow Horror”

The Atlantic has an article on Guillermo del Toro’s work titled “The Master of Highbrow Horror”. The art accompanying the piece copied above is worth taking a look by itself. You can read the article here.

Guillermo del Toro: You Can’t Take the Catholicism Out of the Collector

As regular readers of this blog are aware, Guillermo del Toro is a figure of particular interest to me. I edited The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays (McFarland, 2015), and have written a number of posts about his work over the years. The most recent was “Del Toro, Bleak House, and Sacred […]

Del Toro, Bleak House, and Sacred Relics

The current issue of Rue Morgue, July 2016, includes an article by Dave Alexander titled “Beyond the Walls of Bleak.” It is inspired by the upcoming tour of some of Guillermo del Toro’s collection in his Bleak House called “At Home with Monsters,” beginning with the venue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. […]

Religious tensions expressed again in The Strain

I’m a little behind on watching episodes of The Strain, but one which aired a couple of weeks ago caught my attention because of the conflicting ways in which it portrayed Christianity. Previously I’ve commented on the way the series engages the Christian faith, particularly in its Roman Catholic expression. This is due to Guillermo […]

“The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro” now available

The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro Critical Essays Edited by John W. Morehead Foreword by Doug Jones $39.95 softcover (6 ¥ 9) Photos, notes, bibliography, index ISBN 978-0-7864-9595-5 Ebook ISBN 978-1-4766-2075-6 2015 Guillermo del Toro is one of the most prolific artists working in film. His directorial work includes Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The […]

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