Guillermo del Toro and his monster movies, from best to worst

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Guillermo del Toro He is one of the greatest Mexican and world directors, he is a genius who shows that beauty exists even in terror, and that there is a lot of complexity in the world around us.

The Mexican director has based his career on the creation of monsters and creatures that, at first glance, can be disturbing and mysterious, but that have a lot of humanity and that are part of a universe that becomes increasingly richer, and that speaks a lot about the culture, traditions and identity of its creator.

With the passing of the years, and of the projects, Guillermo del Toro has managed to conquer the world, thanks to his special talent for addressing themes such as grief, death, darkness and the supernatural, but also because his films are full of details and symbols, great performances, perfect costumes and impeccable productions.

There’s no one like him when it comes to doing monster movies and among its collection there are a few titles that are extraordinary (and others that are not so extraordinary, but are also very good).

Guillermo del Toro and his monster movies, from best to worst

Pan’s Labyrinth

This is a story of innocence, cruelty, violence, magic and darkness. The film is a kind of fairy tale that takes place in Franco’s time in Spain, where a girl seeks to escape to a world where there is no pain.

The film, which features the director’s best monsters (like the Pale Man and the faun himself), follows Ofelia, a girl who moves with her mother to live with a cruel army captain. There, Ofelia runs into an old faun, who reveals to her that she is actually a lost princess and that, if she wants to return to her father’s kingdom, she has to perform a series of dangerous tests to prove that she has not lost her essence, and with that she immerses herself in a world that is magical and terrifying, and that becomes a way to escape from the harsh reality in which she lives.

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Frankenstein