![]() ![]() Not much is a better example of that than the appearance of the Angel of Death in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. 9 Angel of Death (Hellboy 2)Ī pattern you’ll find in Del Toro’s monsters is the taking of a creature or entity that already has a fairly accepted appearance and instead throwing that all out the window and creating an entirely new representation. Rolling around with ice-blue eyes and a bone-handled sword, it’s fairly undeniable that Quinlan is one bad mother et cetera. Though the vampires of the Strain in general are top-notch, Quinlan, a human-strigoi (Strain for vampire) hybrid, is one of the very best. Unsurprising, as it’s based on a book series that bears his name as well. The TV series The Strain may not have Del Toro as directly involved as some of his movies, but his fingerprints are all over it nonetheless. Perhaps one of the details that stuck with viewers the most was his rendition of the “reapers”, vampires that have developed a… much more efficient feeding apparatus than a couple of overly pointy canines. 13 Reapers (Blade 2)Ī bit of a throwback to a Marvel movie before there were capital M MARVEL movies, Del Toro directed the second Blade film. ![]() It’s difficult to create something that is simultaneously terrifying and seems to demand a little head pat, but Del Toro does it well. The bean-headed little beasts zoom around like toddlers off too much Kool-Aid, before feasting on an unfortunate unnamed grunt of the BPRD. 14 Tooth Fairy (Hellboy 2)Ĭute and horrifying in perfect balance, the tooth fairies make an early impression in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Here are 14 of Del Toro’s absolute coolest critters. The physical presence of these creepy creatures can be felt palpably on screen, and his knack for inventing and portraying all sorts of things that go bump in the night is part of what makes him one of the best directors of the modern film era. In a world of growing and unavoidable CGI, Del Toro is a committed creator of things that go bump in the night, often with practical effects. When it comes to movie monsters, Guillermo Del Toro has rightly received the rank of maestro. ![]()
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