Tag Archives: Guillermo Del Toro

it is finally here, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, an impassioned ode to Kaiju, Anime and giant robot films. Doc Rotten and Thomas Mariani climb aboard Gipsy Danger to discuss and debate the films and career of Guillermo del Toro from Cronos to Blade II to Hellboy and beyond. Doc and Thomas discover themes abound and monsters in every corner: vampires, aliens, creatures from hell, ghosts and …

SYNOPSIS: As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse. REVIEW: I cannot begin to describe the excitement I felt as this film got closer to it’s release date. As a …

A Tribute Art Exhibit to Del Toro’s Films  Hyaena Gallery – Burbank, CA Curated by Chogrin July 1 through July 31, 2013 Opening Night Reception on July 6th

SYNOPSIS: “A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won’t be enough humans in the world …

Podcast: Monster Movie Podcast Episode 32 – The Hobbit – Pacific Rim – Bait 3D Welcome to the Monster Movie Podcast. Join us this week for hobbits, dwarves and wizards; kaiju and giant robots; and 3D sharks in a tsunami. Co-hosts Doc Rotten and Thomas M are joined this week by Rafe Telsch, the head guru behind the Widescreen Warrior …

Did you like that first part of the interview? If you did, then you’re going to love part two. Check it out below.

“When I was a very young child, about 2 years old, I woke up one night after watching an Outer Limits episode called ‘The Mutant’. I was so scared by it that I started to see green ants on the wall and monsters in my closet. That’s exactly the moment when I made a pact with the monsters. I told …

The dream is dead, and Guillermo Del Toro’s vision for AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS will never see the light of day, at least as a Universal film, anyway. Universal turned yellow at the idea of giving the green light to an R-rated horror film that would require an estimated $150 million to create. The price tag was apparently too …

THQ and Volition announced a new project titled inSANE at Spike TV Video Game Awards in December. inSANE is the first in a trilogy of horror themed games for the XBOX 360, PC, and PS3 platforms. inSANE also marks THQ and Volition’s first collaboration with director Guillermo del Toro (The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth) in a multimedia project. According to …

THE GOLDEN LABYRINTH: THE UNIQUE FILMS OF GUILLERMO DEL TORO (PAPERBACK) by Steve Earles Published by Noir Publishing Publication Date: 2009 Format: color – 192 pages Price: $29.96 If you’ve been paying attention in the past few years you of course have heard the name Guillermo Del Toro becoming a main stay in the film industry. Much like Peter Jackson, …

Guillermo del Toro (HELLBOY, PAN’S LABRYNTH) announced in a recent interview with the L.A. Times that he is hard at work on developing H.P. Lovecraft’s classic novella, ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ into a movie. Guillermo del Toro had a sit down with Universal executives and presented them with his models and concepts for the movie that reportedly will be …

Vampires have become the hot commodity on the market but what they’ve been turned into is a far cry from those of the past. They are now hunky and sparkly and everything that the horrifying Nosferatu was not. In this vampire dominated artistic culture it is hard to ferret out the good from the lousy. Fortunately, I was given the …

The long talked about Criterion Collection edition of Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on December 7. Featuring cover art by Mike Mignola, this presentation harbors a bevy of extras. art. Synopsis: “In 1536, fleeing from the Inquisition, the alchemist Humberto Oganelli disembarked in Veracruz, Mexico. Appointed official watchmaker to the viceroy, Oganelli was determined to …

The supernatural thriller Julia’s Eyes was produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Guillem Morales. The story has Julia as she returns to Bellevue with her husband to visit her sister Sarah, who is near blind due to a degenerative illness for which she has unsuccessfully undergone surgery. When they arrive, Julia finds that Sarah has taken her own …