The first full trailer for Crimson Peak has officially dropped and we at McFarland, like most film geeks, are smitten with Guillermo. This R-rated gothic tale looks to be right up our dimly lit, fear-filled alley. Don’t get us wrong, Pacific Rim (2013), the last film he directed, had great visual effects (giant robots vs. giant monsters — we’re so there!) and giddy sense of fun, but we’re glad he’s firmly back in the horror and dark fantasy …genre.
Now’s the time to catch up on the Mexican director’s previous works (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labryinth, etc.) with The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro. This new collection of essays is edited by John W. Morehead and features a foreword by frequent del Toro collaborator Doug Jones. Now if they’ll just let Guillermo finally make his At the Mountains of Madness movie, all will be right with the world — at least the terrifying underworld portion of it.
Books edited by John W. Morehead:
The Supernatural Cinema of Guillermo del Toro: Critical Essays 2015
Joss Whedon and Religion: Essays on an Angry Atheist’s Explorations of the Sacred 2013 (co-edited with Anthony R. Mills and J. Ryan Parker)
The Characters of The Walking Dead coming 2016 (co-edited with Kim Paffenroth)
