Living the Geek’s Dream

Daniel Zalewiski has an excellent profile of director Guillermo delt Toro in the New Yorker. “Show the Monster” shares how the filmmaker’s lifelong fascination with horror culture has infused movies–and monsters–from Pan’s Labyrinth to Hellboy. It’s worth reading only for its depiction of “Bleak House,” del Toro’s office stuffed with models and mementos from decades of horror movies.