It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

Quote by Guillermo Del Toro

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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by...

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

I'm a lapsed altar boy.

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is...

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made.

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like...

There are two levels of vampirism: one is the regular vampire, which is just like...

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was...

For Devil's Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud,...

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

I was an altar boy, a spokesperson for the Virgin Mary, I was a choir...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent...

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary...

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to...

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen.

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14,...

Well I think effects are tools.

Well I think effects are tools.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

I was directing before I knew it was called that.

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The...