When Guillermo del Toro’s Grandmother Tried to Exorcize Him—Twice
When Guillermo del Toro’s Grandmother Tried to Exorcize Him—Twice
www.mentalfloss.com
When Guillermo del Toro’s Grandmother Tried to Exorcize Him—Twice
The award-winning filmmaker’s love of all things monstrous caused an incident of religious horror in his own life.
What inspires a master of the macabre and the fantastical? In Guillermo del Toro’s case, it was a combination of a fascination with monstrosity and many all-too-real experiences with the monstrous nature of humanity, some of which happened within his own family.