Category Archives: Guillermo del Toro

Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth

July 11th, 2012 | Posted in fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth

There is an essay in the Journal of Religion & Film worth checking out in Volume 16, Issue 1 (April 2012). It is by Richard Lindsay, and the title is “Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth.” Lindsay’s article considers the myth of Pan’s Labyrinth through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s mythology, but one that […]

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TIME: Guillermo del Toro on His Man Cave, and the Fantastic as Religion

August 25th, 2011 | Posted in Guillermo del Toro

TIME magazine features the piece “10 Questions” with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro from the new September 5 issue which is online today and which will be on newsstands tomorrow. Here is an excerpt from the interview with questions and responses of interest to the focus of TheoFantastique: You have an interesting living situation, with a […]

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Victoria Nelson: Guillermo del Toro’s Gothick Cosmos

May 11th, 2011 | Posted in Gothic horror, Guillermo del Toro, Victoria Nelson

While checking the quotes and bibliographical sources in a recent book I was introduced to the work of Victoria Nelson. Nelson is an independent scholar and the author of The Secret Life of Puppets (Harvard University Press, 2002), as well as the forthcoming Gothicka (Harvard University Press, April 2012). In the midst of a very […]

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Guillermo del Toro and Auteur Metaphysics

February 4th, 2011 | Posted in fairy tales, Guillermo del Toro, horror, religion

For a long time I have been interested in the influences on those who make great films and television, and how these influences are reflected in the art they produce. This is especially the case with those artists who embody their art, their art coming out as a result of the creative passions they live […]

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WIRED Interview with Guillermo del Toro: Fantasy, Horror and the Future of Film

May 28th, 2009 | Posted in fantasy, Guillermo del Toro

A friend who is aware of my passion for the fantastic, and that Guillermo del Toro is one of my heroes in this field, passed along a link to a recent article and brief interview with the film director. The article appears in WIRED MAGAZINE 17.06 from May 22, 2009. The piece is by Scott Brown, […]

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Guillermo del Toro: Visionary Fantasy and Mythic Filmmaker

December 26th, 2008 | Posted in archetypes, fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, myths

Given that my family has shifted in the last couple of years to opening Christmas presents on Christmas Eve, and that the vast majority of the gifts that I receive are related to the genres of the fantastic, I really do have a Nightmare Before Christmas. One of my gifts this year has been especially […]

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Pan’s Labyrinth: A Grand Fairy Tale and Key to the World of Wonder

May 17th, 2007 | Posted in fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, Neo-Paganism, Pan's Labyrinth

When I heard late last year that film director Guillermo del Toro had created a dark fairy tale, titled Pan’s Labyrinth in its international distribution, a film which he not only directed but wrote the story for, I couldn’t wait to see it. However, this involved a problem for me. While I am a fan […]

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Pan’s Labyrinth, Myth, and Popular Culture

January 31st, 2007 | Posted in Guillermo del Toro, myths, Pan's Labyrinth, pop culture

Guillermo Del Toro is a film director from Mexico. He has directed a number of horror and fantasy films, including Cronos (1992), Mimic (1997), The Devil’s Backbone (2001), Blade II (2002), and Hellboy (2004).Del Toro’s latest project is the fantasy film Pan’s Labyrinth, set for release in America on December 29, 2006. The Official Movie […]

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