Guillermo del Toro
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Podcast Appearances
When I was younger, I would read every single one until I found the one that would never leave my brain.
I remember a few that are really well phrased.
Well, Jay Hoberman of the Village Boys wrote a great β he put down Blade II beautifully.
He said, the only thing remotely scary about Blade II is that it's done by the same man that did Devil's Backbone, which is beautiful.
Always a pleasure.
And thank you for the wisdom and the careful guiding of this lengthy interview, which I adored every second of.
Well, it was curiously enough on a Sunday after Catholic Mass, we came back home and then we would watch horror movies on Channel 6 all day.
And it was the first time I saw Frankenstein.
And the moment Boris Karloff crossed the thresholdβ¦
I had an epiphany.
I had a St.
Paul on the road to Damascus kind of experience.
I realized I understood my faith or my dogmas better through Frankenstein than through Sunday Mass.
I saw the resurrection of the flesh, the Immaculate Conception, ecstasy, stigmata.