Mimic was by no means a good film, although this isn't Del Toro's fault. Comparing the experience to the pain of losing a loved one, Del Toro's imagination was given little room to manoeuvre as his monster became little more than a blob of CGI bullshit.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/14/Del-Toros-Vision-21.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Del Toro's Vision"},{"captionHeading":"The Reapers (Blade II)","caption":"
Fortunately for Del Toro, he got a second crack at Hollywood, and didn't disappoint. His Blade movie was by far the best of the trio, and featured the most original take on vampires yet seen. Not only did these bad boys suck blood for fun, but they opened up their entire chin and jaw areas to reveal a seriously nasty second mouth.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/14/Del-Toros-Vision-18.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Del Toro's Vision"},{"captionHeading":"Abe Sapien (Hellboy)","caption":"
Explaining this character's backstory is far from easy, but, put simply, he is a powerful businessman who hooked up with a jellyfish-like being that turned the pair into an \"icthyo sapien\". Del Toro didn't invent him, but he certainly knew how to recreate him on screen.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/29/hellboy-2-28-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"hellboy 2 28"},{"captionHeading":"Sammael (Hellboy)","caption":"
A demon with a 'Lovecraftian' appearance, Sammael would have been laughable in any other director's hands. In Del Toro's, he was as creepy as hell.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/14/Del-Toros-Vision-20.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Del Toro's Vision"},{"captionHeading":"Pan (Pan's Labyrinth)","caption":"
\"I don't know if you caught that when you saw the film... the first time you see Pan, he's a bit grey. One of his ram horns is kind of eaten away at the end and his whole colouration. I was carrying myself a little bit more hunched, my steps weren't as smooth. <\/p>
\"By the end, he's got auburn hair, his horns are completed and shiny, and he's more erect and fluid. So that was a subtlety that again, I didn't even ask questions. I just said, 'He's aging backwards. For some reason, I'm going to go with this.'\" - Actor Doug Jones on playing Pan<\/b><\/p>","url":"2008/8/14/Del-Toros-Vision-23.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Del Toro's Vision"},{"captionHeading":"The Pale Man (Pan's Labyrinth)","caption":"
\"He has a stiff, ‘I've been asleep for a long time,’ sort of walk to him. But he's still scary. Ivana was running down the hallway much faster than I was coming after, but it was terrifying somehow because it's like as I interpret it, he's in his own chamber and when children get in there, they don't go out. So he had all day. <\/p>
\"But of course, she finds a way to outfox him. If you look at those two characters, you may not know that it was one person playing both of them - but I don't know.” Actor Doug Jones on playing Pale Man<\/b><\/p>","url":"2008/8/14/Del-Toros-Vision-22.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Del Toro's Vision"},{"captionHeading":"The Angel Of Death (Hellboy 2)","caption":"
Less said the better on this, lest we spoil the movie. Suffice to say, few of Del Toro's previous monsters have compared to the size and scale of the Angel of Death.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/29/hellboy-2-23-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"hellboy 2 23"},{"captionHeading":"The Tooth Fairies (Hellboy 2)","caption":"
At the other end of the spectrum to Angel of Death, is the tooth fairy. Equally as wicked, yet tiny in size, this thing does some very nasty stuff to your mouth given half the chance.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/29/hellboy-2-31-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"hellboy 2 31"}];