Auteur: Guillermo Del Toro

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With a Lovecraftian influence drawing an innocence and sympathy from the grotesque, Guillermo Del Toro’s dark storytelling roots blossom into beauty and pathos for his monsters, and an underlying cynicism of humanity.

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