I wanted to create a sense of fairytale dread, like what The Witches (1990) did, or what many of the old German fairy tales did, and a little bit like the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
I wanted to create a sense of fairytale dread, like what The Witches (1990) did, or what many of the old German fairy tales did, and a little bit like the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
— Guillermo del Toro · IGN Interview: Guillermo del Toro on Crimson Peak, Practical Effects, and Why He Loves Ghosts