By Beth Accomando – KPBS.org – Photo: Picturehouse.
Photo: Director Guillermo del Toro with actor Doug Jones on the set of “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006).
Guillermo del Toro has worked on both sides of the border, and found success making both personal and Hollywood-backed films. He works in the under-appreciated genre of horror but his horror films push the boundaries of the genre. He turned a vampire into a Christ figure in “Cronos;” sympathized with a ghost in “The Devil’s Backbone;” showed that lethal bugs where just trying to preserve their species in “Mimic;” and revealed compassion for the day-walking vampire superhero in “Blade 2.”
